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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Outline Election Demands Sent to States

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By: Zach Montague
A federal judge gave the government until noon on Friday to share which states had received letters trying to enlist them in an effort to find evidence of voter fraud.

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Early voting in New York City last week.
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Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Bid to Set Aside California Ballots

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By: Shawn Hubler
The judge ruled that no immediate action was necessary, dealing another setback to the administration as it moves to target voting by noncitizens.

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Election workers process mail-in ballots in San Diego.
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Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters

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By: Shawn Hubler
In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election.

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The Trump administration has pressed an effort to disqualify people it says are noncitizens from voting on Nov. 3.
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Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit

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By: Zach Montague
By a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s request that it immediately order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots.

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Ballots being processed in City of Industry, Calif., during last year’s election.
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Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase

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By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs
A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the GOP Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.

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President Trump at a midterm election campaign rally in Guardian Centers in Perry, Ga., on Saturday.
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In Alaska, Some Early Voting Sites in Rural Villages Have Not Yet Opened

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By: Anna Griffin and Emily Schwing
“There is no legal excuse” for the failure of 18 polling sites to open for early voting, a state lawmaker said.

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Senator Dan Sullivan finished second in the primary to Representative Mary Peltola and has trailed her in polls since.
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Alaska Election Gambit Shows Justice Dept. Has Bowed to Trump’s Demands

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By: Glenn Thrush · Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated executive power.

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President Trump during a campaign rally in support of Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Wasilla, Alaska, this month. Mr. Trump urged the Justice Dept. to intervene in the Senate race.
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They Were Accused of Illegal Fishing. They Ended Up in ICE Detention.

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By: Madeleine Ngo and David Ovalle
In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding the reach of President Trump’s deportation campaign.

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A canal in Dania Beach, Fla., in September. The canal was the site of an encounter that led Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers to contact federal immigration authorities.
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Justice Dept. Demands That California Counties Help Identify Noncitizen Voters

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By: Laurel Rosenhall and Shawn Hubler
Election officials across the state received letters from the agency saying if they fail to comply, they “risk significant federal scrutiny.”

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A ballot processing center in Industry, Calif., last year. California elections rely heavily on mail voting.
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Judge Denies Medical Release for N.Y.C. Man Shot by ICE

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By: Luis Ferré-Sadurní
Oscar Belgal, a Dominican immigrant, was shot in the neck on Oct. 8 and detained at a federal prison. His lawyers had said he needed outside medical care.

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Immigration agents descended upon Oscar Belgal, an undocumented Dominican immigrant, as he drove with his son along a strip of small stores in New York on Oct. 8.
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Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results

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By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.

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President Trump, who has continued to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, has been relentless in his efforts to sow doubts about the integrity of American voting.
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Judge Restricts D.H.S. Field Operations Aimed at Unearthing Voter Fraud

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By: Zach Montague and Shawn Hubler
The ruling largely blocked homeland security agents from carrying out field interviews in nine states, including California, as part of a sprawling effort to find noncitizens registered to vote.

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California voters casting ballots last November in a statewide special election.
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