Live updates: First mail ballots being sent amid challenge to Trump’s restrictions

What to know today FIRST BALLOTS MAILED: The first ballots of the 2026 general election are going out in the mail today even as President Donald Trump appeals a challenge to his executive order seeking to restrict mail voting to the Supreme Court. North Carolina will begin sending absentee ballots this afternoon to voters who have requested them in all 100 counties. CONGRESSIONAL MAPS: The Missouri Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the state’s redrawn congressional map, which would draw Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver out of his seat, cannot be used in this year’s elections in a blow to Republicans. Meanwhile, Maryland's Supreme Court said a Democratic redistricting amendment to the state constitution must be put on the November ballot. ARMY APPOINTMENT: Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle, a civilian leader in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Live updates and the latest news as the first mail ballots being sent amid challenge to Trump’s restrictions and Missouri and Maryland Democrats scored wins in state redistricting challenges.