U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Rule Changes

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 2 days ago

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