{
  "id": 16215868,
  "title": "Midterms: Names too similar in election? Trump orders lawsuit against Alaska",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/midterms-namen-bei-wahl-zu-ahnlich-trump-befiehlt-klage-gegen-alaska",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-23T18:50:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/midterms-namen-bei-wahl-zu-aehnlich-trump-befiehlt-klage-gegen-alaska/100264607.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump has claimed he ordered a drastic intervention in the Alaska elections, one and a half weeks before the US congressional elections. The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging a risk of confusion between two Republican candidates, Dan S. Sullivan and Dan J. Sullivan, running for a Senate seat. The lawsuit aims to prevent the election results from being confirmed if Dan S. Sullivan, the incumbent Republican Senator, loses votes due to name confusion with his challenger. The election will take place on November 3, and the lawsuit seeks to protect the integrity of the 2026 Senate election in Alaska.",
  "summary": "A rigged game by the Democrats or just pure coincidence? In the northernmost US state, two Republicans are competing for a Senate seat. Now the President has intervened.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}