00:01The U.S. Supreme Court rejects the Trump administration's request to temporarily stop California from counting some 20,000 mail
00:08-in ballots.
00:09Those ballots are from registered voters the administration claims are not U.S. citizens.
00:13The administration wanted California to hold off counting the ballots until it makes sure every one of those 20,000
00:19registered voters are U.S. citizens.
00:21California is the country's most populous state and a stronghold of the Democratic Party.
00:25California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, calls the court's decision a welcome sight for all Americans given the disgusting and
00:33dangerous attacks on our democracy by the federal government.
00:36This as Trump and congressional candidates made their final arguments to U.S. voters on Monday, November 2, the eve
00:42of the midterm elections.
00:43Tensions also rose in Michigan where Abdul El-Sayed aims to become the first Muslim elected to the Senate.
00:49Trump urged Republicans to pretend he is on the ballot in an effort to increase voter participation.
00:53Democrats are widely favored to retake the House but face a greater challenge in the Senate.
00:58Loss of control in either chamber would constrain Trump and empower Democrats to investigate his administration.
01:04A Senate majority would also allow them to block his appointees to federal courts including the Supreme Court.
