AP Top Political News at 5:48 p.m. EDT

Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midtermsSupreme Court grants Republican emergency appeal on TV ad rates before midtermsUS issues sanctions on Turkish bank that it calls a 'critical financial lifeline' for IranWidow of airman killed in Mideast is upset she was told Iran wasn't a war while sorting out benefitsWatchdog report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, misused fundsEPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlandsJudge clears a lawsuit against Kyrsten Sinema under North Carolina's 'homewrecker' lawVance says Iran fight isn't a 'war' as Trump tries to navigate unpopular conflict as election nearsMidterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigati