A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail voting in federal elections in the states that challenged it, finding the executive branch and mail service did not have the power to do so. Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts […]

The Constitution ‘does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,’ the judge wrote

The ruling marks the second judicial setback in two days for Trump's efforts to reshape federal election rules through executive action.

A federal judge in Boston has halted President Trump's executive order on mail-in voting, citing unlawful interference with state election administration. The order, which aimed…