Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Amid backlash from both Democrats and Republicans,
the Trump administration is backing off plans for a nearly $1.8 billion fund for people
who feel they've been victimized by unfair prosecution by the government.
The Justice Department says it will abide by a federal judge's temporary order to not proceed with any steps to create
or fund the program as a lawsuit against it plays out.
And here's Elena Moore reports.
This comes as Republicans look forward to the midterm elections.
This has caused a lot of headaches for the White House.
We don't see Republicans break with the president very often,
but this is an issue where there has been some rare pushback within the party.
Even after the DOJ's statement yesterday about abiding by the court's decision,
we saw multiple Senate Republicans push for the White House to just end the fund.
NPR's Elena Moore reporting.
A federal judge in Boston is hearing arguments today over President Trump's executive order restricting voting by mail.
NPR's Hansi Luang reports the post office has proposed rules that would carry out parts of the order.
President Trump's order from March calls for the U.S.
Postal Service, which is independent of a president's administration, to come up with lists of eligible voters
and only deliver mail and ballots to people on those lists.
In response, USPS has proposed using information from state election officials to create voter lists while making no.