A federal judge appeared inclined on Thursday to extend a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s plan for the Postal Service to establish new tracking and verification standards for mail ballots.U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani repeatedly questioned whether the Trump administration had adequately explained how the policy would work with 70 days remaining before the midterm elections.

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