Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand scaled up their responses to devastating floods that have left more than 1,000 dead in the three countries.
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A woman stands inside her flooded house in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
A survivor carries salvaged gas cylinders at an area affected by flash flood in Aceh Tamiang, on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Survivors walk past logs swept away by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A man looks at the damage caused by the floods at Gampola, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Water level mark is visible on a wall of a house where family photos hang at a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Survivors walk past logs swept away by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A house is seen buried in the mud at a village affected by flash flood in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A man holds a chicken as he walks on log used as a makeshift bridge at a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A woman stands inside a damaged house in a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
People wade through a submerged area of Colombo, Sri Lanka, following flooding on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Cars and houses are submerged in floodwaters in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
A general view of the landslides is shown in Sarasavigama village in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Th wreckage of a motorcycle is seen caked in mud as people inspect the ruin of a house at a village affected by a flash flood in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ade Yuandha)
Volunteers move rolls of fabric damaged from floods in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)
Somsak Remsringam, owner of the convenience shop, looks at the damaged contents after floods in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)
Landslide survivors look at the damages caused by the rain and landslides in Sarasavigama village in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A man wades through a flooded road carrying a cat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov, 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Rescuers use ropes to evacuate the body of a flood victim in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nazar Chaniago)
Rescuers search for flood victims in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nazar Chaniago)
Flood victims wade through water in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov, 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Peoples move a car damaged from floods in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)
Landslide survivors look at the damages caused by the rain and landslides in Sarasavigama village in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Rescuers move people to safety in a submerged area of Colombo, Sri Lanka, following flooding on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A woman stands inside her flooded house in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
A survivor carries salvaged gas cylinders at an area affected by flash flood in Aceh Tamiang, on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Survivors walk past logs swept away by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A man looks at the damage caused by the floods at Gampola, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Water level mark is visible on a wall of a house where family photos hang at a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
Survivors walk past logs swept away by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A house is seen buried in the mud at a village affected by flash flood in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A man holds a chicken as he walks on log used as a makeshift bridge at a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A woman stands inside a damaged house in a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
People wade through a submerged area of Colombo, Sri Lanka, following flooding on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Cars and houses are submerged in floodwaters in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
A general view of the landslides is shown in Sarasavigama village in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Th wreckage of a motorcycle is seen caked in mud as people inspect the ruin of a house at a village affected by a flash flood in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ade Yuandha)
Volunteers move rolls of fabric damaged from floods in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)
Somsak Remsringam, owner of the convenience shop, looks at the damaged contents after floods in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)
Landslide survivors look at the damages caused by the rain and landslides in Sarasavigama village in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A man wades through a flooded road carrying a cat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov, 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Rescuers use ropes to evacuate the body of a flood victim in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nazar Chaniago)
Rescuers search for flood victims in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nazar Chaniago)
Flood victims wade through water in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Nov, 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Peoples move a car damaged from floods in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarot Meksophawannakul)
Landslide survivors look at the damages caused by the rain and landslides in Sarasavigama village in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Rescuers move people to safety in a submerged area of Colombo, Sri Lanka, following flooding on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order for the November elections.
The legal wrangling comes even as states start sending out mail ballots, leaving the administration little time to make big changes in mail ballot rules.
“Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more States will begin the mailing process as the injunction remains in place — including Alabama on September 9 and at least five States the week of September 13,” Solicitor General John Sauer said in the filing.
“Once those ballot envelopes enter the mailstream, there is no retrieving them. And while the injunction allows the Postal Service and the States to continue taking steps to ensure that their envelopes satisfy the Rule’s requirements ... each day the injunction is in place risks sowing confusion and chaos because the injunction makes those preparatory steps voluntary, rather than mandatory.”
The appeal marks the third time the administration has asked the high court to intervene. The high court has allowed the plan to move forward but not ruled on whether it is legal.
The battle could have major ramifications for this year’s elections, when control of Congress is at stake. Nearly one-third of voters in the U.S. cast mail ballots.
Democratic states and voting rights groups say the changes are unconstitutional. Election officials contend there isn’t enough time to revise their systems to comply with the new Postal Service directives.
The Trump administration has framed the restrictions as commonsense changes that are within its power to regulate the mail.
“Simply put, the best way to address respondents’ fears about inability to comply with the Rule is to grant an immediate administrative stay of the order, followed by a full stay pending further review,” Sauer said. “That will remove the improper cloud of uncertainty that the district court has cast over the Rule, making clear to all involved that compliance with the Rule is not optional and must start without further delay.”
Trump has long sought to limit mail voting, even though he himself often uses that method to cast his own ballot. He has falsely blamed mail balloting for his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Bden, spreading baseless claims of fraud. But so far, he has been unable to change the longstanding voting procedure.
Wake County Board of Elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)
Wake County Board of Elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)
Olivia McCall, director of the Wake County Board of Elections, poses for a portrait on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)
FILE - Vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary election are seen on March 12, 2024, at the Clark County Elections Office in Vancouver, Wash. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Envelopes for mail-in ballots at the Wake County Board of Elections are seen on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)