00:00In the United States, on Sunday, a second federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's administration
00:04from implementing a new Postal Service rule that would tarry mail-in voting requirements.
00:09Washington-based U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols' decision comes as Trump's Republicans battle
00:17to retain control of both houses of Congress in the November 3rd midterms.
00:21Nichols granted a request from the Democratic Party for a plenary injunction blocking the rule.
00:27He recalled that, in a separate case, Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani blocked the rule September 4th
00:34at the behest of Democratic-led states and voting rights groups.
00:38However, the U.S. Supreme Court is still weighing the administration's request to overturn a separate order blocking the rule.
00:45Trump, who falsely claims that his 2020 presidential election defeat was the result of widespread voter fraud,
00:52has stepped up his campaign against voting by mail ahead of midterms.
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