The Russian oligarch who bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding parties

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  Good morning.

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  After President Trump fails to change the rules for mail-in ballots,

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  Reuters speaks to state officials who are still concerned about the upcoming elections.

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  "They're public servants, and they're just trying to do the right thing,

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  and unfortunately, in the past several years,

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  they've just been subjected to a wave of threats and harassment."

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  ProPublica looks at the Russian oligarch who helped pay for Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebrations.

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  And for the first time, the US reveals it's deployed weapons into space.

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  It's Wednesday, September 16th.

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  I'm Gideon Resnick.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  President Trump had sharp words for the Supreme Court yesterday,

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  after justices blocked his attempts to impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots.

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  He described it as a "big loss for Republicans"

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  and wrote that the three members he appointed were, quote, "not the people I interviewed to serve."

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  But many state election officials were celebrating the decision.

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  They had argued that changing the rules this close to the midterms would be impossible to execute.

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  Legally, states remain in charge of running their elections,

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  and after this ruling, they now have more clarity on a crucial voting method for millions of Americans.

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  But as Reuters reports, many are still concerned about their elections getting disrupted.

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