US director Spike Lee and US civil rights activist Al Sharpton (C) march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial during a "Defend the Vote" rally in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2026, marking the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 "March on Washington" for civil rights. A US federal judge blocked President Donald Trump's executive order on August 27 curbing the use of mail-in ballots, the latest twist in a legal dispute months before November's midterm elections. Trump signed an order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterms, but it was immediately met with multiple legal challenges. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)