Our world in photos: June 2
June 2, 2026
Photos capture election ballots, French Open action, court challenges, NBA Finals and healthcare struggles worldwide.
Photos capture election ballots, French Open action, court challenges, NBA Finals and healthcare struggles worldwide.
States are suing to block an executive order they say would restrict mail-in voting and interfere with state election authority.
New York AG Letitia James and 11 states urge the Senate to reject the SAVE America Act, warning it would disenfranchise millions of voters.
Donald Trump’s executive order seeking broad changes to how elections are run is vast in scope and faces almost certain litigation.
A New York law allowing any registered voter to cast a ballot by mail was upheld Tuesday by the state’s highest court.
A final tally of absentee ballots has confirmed that Republican Nicole Malliotakis has defeated U.S. Rep. Max Rose, denying the Democrat a second term representing
New York may permanently expand voting by mail — something it tried on a wide scale for the first time this year — while also
Sen. Parker enters comptroller race Brooklyn State Sen. Kevin Parker has entered the race for New York City comptroller. Among his rivals, all on the Democratic side, are Brooklyn Councilmember
After a heated race and more than a week since the election, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Max Rose has conceded, making Republican Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis the winner of the race
The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise. In
Counties across New York began to count more than 1.5 million absentee ballots Monday, a last push that will determine the outcome of several races that remain undecided nearly a
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The most polarizing election in a generation wraps Tuesday, and even in a solidly blue state like New York, candidates for Congress and the state Legislature in a handful of
New Yorkers are getting to vote early for the first time in a general presidential election, an attractive option for anyone worried about social distancing on Election Day or concerned
Throughout American history judges have generally tried to avoid getting involved in political questions, including litigation about elections. They followed Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter’s famous advice to avoid “embroilment”
With the clock ticking down to Election Day, officials are cautiously optimistic New York has fixed problems with mail-in voting that led to delays and disenfranchisement in a rocky June
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Several high-profile cases of voters getting incorrect blank absentee ballots in the mail are raising questions about how often such mix-ups occur and whether they could affect this year’s presidential
Rose pays tribute to Brooklyn educator on House floor U.S. Rep. Max Rose delivered a congressional tribute for Mrs. Madeleine Brennan, the longtime principal of Dyker Heights Intermediate School 201,
Two conservative operatives were charged Thursday in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade Black residents in Detroit, New York City and other Democratic-leaning U.S. cities from voting by
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Since many Brooklyn voters received absentee ballots whose return envelopes are labeled with incorrect names and addresses, several local officials have reached out to their constituents to explain exactly what
Mail-in voting has gotten off to a rocky start in New York City, where election officials sent out a large number of absentee ballots to Brooklyn voters with the wrong
Lawyers for the U.S. Postal Service argued in court Thursday against accusations that service cuts are slowing down the mail and threatening the integrity of the presidential election. The latest
The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that
“For months now, President Trump has carefully planted the seed that he might not leave the office of the presidency willingly if he loses.” This is the opening line of
With so much focus being placed on the fairness of the upcoming presidential election, the New York State Bar Association has decided to create a task force designed to help
It took about two months for the final votes to be counted, but Maria Aragona was finally able to announce last week that she was the winner of June’s Democratic
Immediately following remarks from President Donald Trump that many thought signaled a plan to purposefully undermine the U.S. Postal Service in order to rig the presidential election by starving it
Anticipating a wave of mail-in voting this fall, New York state will now give voters a chance to correct missing signatures and other clerical errors so their absentee ballots can
New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of an outbreak — like coronavirus — under a new state law signed Thursday. New Yorkers
With the Trump administration openly trying to undermine mail-in voting this fall, some election officials around the country are hoping to bypass the Postal Service by installing lots of ballot
Election officials are warning that cash-strapped New York has a lot of work to do before Nov. 3 to ensure it can handle an even bigger flood of absentee ballots
Out-of-work bartenders set up shop in Prospect Park On Saturday evenings, some Brooklynites sit on blankets in Prospect Park, waiting for bartenders to refill the empty bottles they’ve brought to
A federal judge on Monday ordered the New York State Board of Elections to count thousands of absentee ballots that were disqualified because of missing postmarks, ruling in favor of
Civil liberties groups are asking a state court to block New York election officials from enforcing a requirement that voters register 25 days before an election. Representatives of the New