US supreme court lifts restrictions on controversial voter database

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The US supreme court has lifted restrictions on a controversial federal database of voters as Donald Trump seeks to impose tougher restrictions on voting ahead of November’s midterm elections. While the president and his officials have claimed the expanded database aims to combat voting by noncitizens, critics contend it could disenfranchise eligible voters. Not signed in before? Create a free account The justices granted a request from the Trump administration on Friday ⁠to block a judge’s orde