A district judge expanded an injunction from 23 states to all 50 states.
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Badlands MediaSep 16, 2026
Reuters reports that U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on August 11, 2026 expanded her June injunction from 23 mostly Democratic-led states to nationwide, and other outlets report the same expansion to all 50 states. The extracted claim matches the passage's wording, and the 'she' in the post resolves to Talwani.
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… That means there's a presumption that you're going to be successful on the merits if if she's giving an injunction like that, especially. And then and then, if it doesn't even if you needed more examples of the weaponization, she took the injunction from the 23 states and expanded it to all 50. So she said that injunction, though, don't forget, and that, that, I think, hang on a second, that is, um, in my opinion, proof of the coordination, right? Ah, before this rule, this final rule was put forward, she withdrew the injunction. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters (tier1) reports that U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani expanded her June injunction from 23 mostly Democratic-led states to nationwide, in a ruling dated August 11, 2026.[1]
Supports. Newser, citing AP and NPR, reports that Talwani's June order blocked USPS in the 23 states that sued and that her Tuesday ruling expanded the block to all 50 states.[2]
Context. Eastern Herald (unrated) describes the same August 11 expansion from the 23 states plus DC to all fifty states, though it is a lower-credibility source.[3]
Sources
3 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 not rated
- 1Judge blocks US Postal Service from restricting mail-in votingreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Judge Expands Injunction Against Trump Voting Ordernewser.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Federal Judge Blocks Trump's USPS Mail-Voting Order in All 50 Stateseasternherald.com · not rated · cited for: context
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