Court seeks widened citizenship checks before the midterms

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower-court block and allow broader state access to the SAVE citizenship verification system, including Social Security data, to speed voter eligibility checks ahead of the 2026 midterms. A district judge called SAVE error-prone and privacy-invasive, and an appeals court upheld the blockade, making the Supreme Court ruling pivotal for election administration and voter privacy.