{
  "id": 16673589,
  "title": "Court blocks bid by Trump DoJ to stop California from counting mail-in ballots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/court-blocks-bid-by-trump-doj-to-stop-california-from-counting-mail",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T22:44:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/court-california-ballots"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "California counties were told by DoJ to set aside and verify ballots administration claims belong to noncitizen voters A US appeals court on Monday ruled against Donald Trump’s justice department in a major voting dispute ahead of the midterm elections, denying a request to block California from counting mail ballots from people on a list of more than 20,000 registered voters the federal…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/trump-administration-asks-washington-to-set-aside-ballots-from-400",
        "published": "2026-10-26T21:27:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Trump administration asks Washington state to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/trump-administration-asks-washington-state-to-set-aside-ballots-from",
        "published": "2026-10-26T21:52:57.000Z"
      }
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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."
}