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• The Trump administration appealed a judge's decision to halt President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections.
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• Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, the march echoes the Rev.
• National Park Service backs Trump's arch, despite its impact on Washington's sightline.
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Notably, the Trump administration appealed a judge's decision to halt President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting before the midterm elections. Trump's executive order would allow the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to deliver ballots from states that do not submit lists of eligible voters and follow a uniform envelope style. But with the first mail ballots set to go out next week, a federal judge discovered that states don't have the time or capital to produce new mail ballots and upload voter data.

Trump, meanwhile, arrives at an awkward moment for his presidency on Friday as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran reaches the six-month mark, a notable milestone for a conflict that the Republican leader repeatedly assured Americans would be a "little excursion" lasting a matter of weeks.

Meanwhile, a new National Park Service report backs Trump's proposed arch, despite what it notes are adverse effects to the sightline between a host of iconic landmarks in Washington, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. The report published Friday states the 250-foot-tall (76-meter) memorial arch is projected to disrupt the historical significance of dozens of sites near its planned location adjacent to Memorial Bridge.

Thousands of individuals have gathered on the National Mall in Washington for the 2026 "Defend the Vote" march, calling for voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm elections. Organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, the march echoes the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 march.

FBI no longer treating an applicant's experience with prostitution as automatic bar against hiring.

For context, the FBI is no longer treating an applicant's prior encounters with prostitutes as an automatic bar against employment.

For context, the change comes against the backdrop of broader worries regarding a loosening of recruitment requirements at the nation's premier federal law enforcement agency.

Notably, the bureau still intends to dismiss applicants who are made public during the vetting process to have engaged in prostitution within the last 10 years, three or more times overall or while in a position of trust.

That's according to guidance issued this past spring and described by a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss internal decision-making and spoke on condition of anonymity.

For others, it will allow for consideration of the context of the conduct rather than treat it as grounds for an automatic rejection from the FBI's hiring process.

Taken together, the developments around lIVE  Trump administration appeals latest ruling halting his mail voting order point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.