{
  "id": 16529017,
  "title": "Appeals court resists DOJ's bid to immediately segregate 20k California ballots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/appeals-court-resists-dojs-bid-to-immediately-segregate-20k",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T22:02:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6171263-appeals-court-denies-emergency-california-hearing/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A federal appeals court appeared unlikely to immediately agree to the Trump administration’s bid to segregate 20,000 California ballots it says are likely noncitizen voters, expressing skepticism at a rare Sunday hearing that a trial judge needs to move quicker. “I don't see how we have jurisdiction,” said U.S. Circuit Judge Mark Bennett. The Justice Department (DOJ) sued...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "California election officials frustrated, rattled by DOJ demand to sequester 'noncitizen' ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/california-election-officials-frustrated-rattled-by-doj-demand-to",
        "published": "2026-10-25T15:17:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "9th Circuit questions DOJ demand to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/9th-circuit-questions-doj-demand-to-set-aside-20-000-california-mail",
        "published": "2026-10-26T00:54:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}