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[^2]\n\nThe Trump administration requested the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay on a federal judge's injunction blocking new mail-in voting regulations in North Carolina. [^3]\n\nUS House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson stated on September 4 that the bill imposing new sanctions on Russia is unlikely to be put to a vote before the midterm elections on November 3. [^4]\n\nGallup noted that the average perception of government corruption in the US between 2010 and 2025 was between 72% and 79%. [^5]\n\nThe federal judge stated that the President's order is likely unconstitutional and practically impossible to implement in time for the November 2026 midterms. [^6]\n\nThe proposed rules require the U.S. Postal Service to approve ballot envelope designs and verify voter eligibility before mailing ballots. [^7]\n\nCertain Republican members in the lower house of the US Congress also disagree with the proposed sanctions, according to Speaker Johnson. [^8]\n\nSpeaker Mike Johnson noted that a number of Democrats in the House's Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees have criticized the proposed sanctions bill. [^9]\n\nThe document imposes sanctions on top Russian state and military officials and state companies. 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