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Supreme Court rejects Trump admin's bid to set aside thousands of California ballots

Voters check in at a polling location in Los Angeles in June. (Kyle Grillot / Bloomberg via Getty) WASHINGTON — In a loss for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday swiftly rejected the administration’s request that California separate out up to 20,000 mail-in ballots that officials allege could be submitted by noncitizens. In a brief order without explanation, the court turned away an emergency request the Trump administration filed just hours earlier in an unusual last-minute flur