How Trump won the legal fight over his White House ballroom

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<p>The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that construction of President Trump&rsquo;s White House ballroom can continue. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ada_mdTASRdGDCKfaqT5xOw">Washington Post</a>&rsquo;s Justin Jouvenal explains why the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued and lost.</p> <p>Mail-in ballots for the November midterms are about to start going out &mdash; and the rules around them are still unsettled. The <a href="https://apple.news/A5JmJshZdT06fUhRO6FnIQQ">AP</a>&rsquo;s Nick Riccardi walks through Trump&rsquo;s executive order to overhaul the mail-voting system, the legal challenges that have put it on hold, and what it all means for voters this fall.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s been the worst wildfire season in a decade in the American West. <a href="https://apple.news/A4CvYlLWAQPq8DEe0NXmAFw">Montana Free Press</a> reporter Robert Chaney explains recent federal changes to firefighting efforts.</p> <p>Plus, <a href="https://apple.news/AUCPF_jWcRrGN1pmt1rcM6g">Army Secretary</a> Dan Driscoll is resigning, a man was convicted in the <a href="https://apple.news/AWDXjKIYWTRq9nk2im39ihw">murder of Tupac Shakur</a> after 30 years, and <a href="https://apple.news/AXWga-v9-Qb-QnNZlh_zOkA">Lionel Messi</a> said goodbye to Argentina&rsquo;s national team.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.</p>