Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has scaled back a plan to collect data on mail-in voters under President Donald Trump’s executive order. The Justice Department now frames the data-sharing initiative as dependent on a new U.S. Postal Service rule, reversing a prior stance that suggested active integration of voter data. Critics argue the order unconstitutionally oversteps presidential authority over elections.