Though California could be key to House control, it now has few battlegrounds - Los Angeles Times

• Former President Donald Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that blocked key parts of his executive order restricting mail-in voting. • Solicitor General John Sauer filed an emergency application for a stay of the injunction to reinstate the restrictions ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News that Iran is facing a different leadership style under President Trump, describing him as someone who "actually takes action." • The comments follow ongoing regional instability, with Iran continuing to target Gulf countries and tensions remaining high in the Strait of Hormuz.

• Alberta is preparing for a symbolic referendum on separation from Canada, though the movement faces severe legal, economic, and political hurdles. • The push for independence is complicated by internal divisions within the Conservative Party and the influence of online content-creation farms.

• Italy has temporarily suspended the Schengen border-free arrangement with Spain following a surge of migrant crossings in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the scenes in Ceuta as "shocking," prompting Finland and Denmark to support Italy's decision.

• French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed that France will not seek Spain's removal from the Schengen visa-free travel zone following a mass border crossing crisis in the enclave of Ceuta. • The statement follows accusations from Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who slammed some EU nations, including Italy, for "selfish" and "polarising" responses to the influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco.

• Thousands of unauthorized border crossings into Spain's North African exclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, have triggered a migration crisis. • The surge in crossings has provided the conservative opposition with political ammunition to criticize Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's migration policies.

• Tens of thousands of African migrants, primarily from Morocco, attempted to storm the Spanish border enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. • The surge followed a mass amnesty offer from socialist President Pedro Sanchez and a Spanish Supreme Court ruling preventing the immediate deportation of migrants intercepted at sea.

• European leaders are reacting to a migration crisis in Ceuta, with officials from Finland and Sweden accusing Spain of failing to protect the Schengen Area's external borders from infiltration. • Finland's Rantanen urged European nations to support a proposal by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to tighten border security and prevent illegal entries.

• Spain reports that approximately 48,300 migrants have returned to Morocco as of Friday evening following recent unrest in Ceuta. • In response to the crisis, Italy has temporarily suspended its Schengen free-travel pact with Spain to tighten border security.

• Spain and the European Union are coordinating with Morocco to manage a sudden influx of approximately 60,000 migrants into the North African enclave of Ceuta. • The crisis may have been triggered by a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that declared the practice of pushing migrants back into Morocco without processing their applications illegal.

• Thousands of migrants have forced their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, sparking a diplomatic crisis among EU member states. • Spain's Interior Ministry attributes the surge to human trafficking networks that exploited a recent Supreme Court ruling to lure young migrants into attempting the crossing.