Supreme court to issue opinions, with eyes on high-stakes cases; Trump to meet House speaker to break legislative gridlock – live

Decisions still outstanding in birthright citizenship cases among others; Trump and Congress in standoff over housing and voter ID billsSign up for the Breaking News US emailA federal judge in Boston has blocked implementation of Donald Trump’s executive ⁠order directing his administration to compile a national voter file and to restrict the use of mail-in ballots, preventing it from taking force ahead of November’s midterm elections that will decide control of ⁠Congress.US district judge Indira ⁠Talwani sided ​with several Democratic-led states who argued that the president is trying to unlawfully interfere with the states’ administration of federal elections. Continue reading...