Democrats say supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot restrictions will ensure 'safe, secure and accurate elections' – US politics live

Democrats say supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot restrictions will ensure'safe, secure and accurate elections' - US politics live Comments come after court on Monday rejected the president's mail ballot restrictions ahead of the November midterm elections Supreme court rejects Trump's mail ballot restrictions for midterm elections Tue 15 Sep 2026 06.20 EDTFirst published on Tue 15 Sep 2026 06.02 EDT Supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot restrictions will ensure'safe, secure and accurate elections' Tue 15 Sep 2026 06.20 EDTFirst published on Tue 15 Sep 2026 06.02 EDT Supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot restrictions will ensure'safe, secure and accurate elections' Donald Trump is facing a rare backlash from the US Congress as Democrats and some Republicans push for guardrails on the world's most powerful AI companies. Concerns over the dangerous potential of AI reached fever pitch this week after tech leaders sounded the alarm over the rapid advancement of the technology and its potential threat to humanity. Trump dismissed the anxieties on Monday, describing them as a "HOAX" and "conspiracy" and insisting on social media: "The only control or'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!" But the 80-year-old president, who has sidelined Congress on numerous issues during his second term, looks increasingly isolated as members of both major parties acknowledged the risks and expressed a desire to act before it was too late. Don Beyer, a Democratic congressman from Virginia, said: "History will look very poorly on that tweet. He's being really foolish: not the first time he's been really foolish but perhaps catastrophically foolish in this case."