A judge expands a block on U.S. Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order

Several voting rights groups asked the judge to bar the USPS from implementing Trump’s order anywhere in the nation. A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service nationwide from implementing part of President Trump's executive order for mail-in voting restrictions.Why it matters: The ruling effectively freezes a key piece of Trump's attempted overhaul of mail-in voting.

His executive order had enabled the USPS to refuse to deliver ballots to states that did not cooperate with the Postal Service on preventing what the administration has claimed is rampant voting by non-citizens.Flashback: Federal judge blocks Trump's mail-in voting orderEditor's note: This is a breaking news story. A federal judge expanded a block on a key part of President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for this fall's midterms, banning the Postal Service from carrying out directives in every state.(Image credit: Nathan Howard)