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• In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to restrict the use of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. • The ruling centers on the constitutional balance between a state legislature's power to prescribe election manners and Congress's authority to override those rules for federal elections. • This decision ensures that California's existing voting system remains unaffected, preserving the legality of late-arriving mail ballots.

Republican senator for Maine, facing tough re-election battle, says she has had benign essential tremor for decadesUS politics live – latest updatesSusan Collins, the Republican Maine senator seen by Democrats as vulnerable in November’s midterm election, has revealed a decades-old medical condition she said affects her appearance, but not her ability to do her job.Collins, 73, told News Center Maine, an NBC affiliate, that she has a benign essential tremor she treats with medication, which sometimes causes her hands, arms and head to tremble. Continue reading...