U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

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Court fight over Trump's federal voter list

Upheld the injunction on July 26, 2026

For more than a century, states have run their own voter rolls and decided who gets a mail ballot. In March, President Trump ordered the federal government to build one national list and told the Postal Service to mail ballots only to people on it.

Updated Aug 25

Trump administration takes Harvard funding-freeze loss to appeals court, betting on a bigger fight over university control

Rule Changes

Will hear the government’s appeal

Harvard won. A federal judge said the government unlawfully cut off Harvard's research money—then ordered the taps turned back on. Now the Trump administration is appealing, keeping a cloud over a sprawling research portfolio that runs from medical breakthroughs to national-security science.

Updated May 15