The U.S. president's Republican Party is locked in a tight battle to retain control of Congress in November's midterm elections.
Supreme Court on Monday lifted one court order blocking President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing an executive order restricting the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections. But the fate of Trump’s order remains uncertain, as a separate injunction blocking a key part of the plan remains in place. Republicans are locked in a tight battle to retain control of Congress in the midterms.
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