Supreme Court rejects Trump request to halt California vote count

The US Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's last-minute request to intervene in California's midterm election vote count, ending its bid to disqualify ballots. The Justice Department had sought to set aside 20,000 ballots it alleged may have been issued to non-US citizens, but the high court's one-line order denying an injunction leaves lower-court rulings in place.

California election officials had questioned the government's claims, saying the list of names is riddled with inaccuracies and that segregating ballots while voting is underway is unfeasible. The ruling comes on the eve of the midterms, which will determine control of Congress for the final two years of President Donald Trump's second term.