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  "id": 16680961,
  "title": "Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in California Ballot Lawsuit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/appeals-court-declines-to-intervene-in-california-ballot-lawsuit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T00:04:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/politics/appeals-court-california-ballot-suit.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Court dismisses DOJ's request to force California to set aside ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/court-dismisses-dojs-request-to-force-california-to-set-aside-ballots",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:09:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Appeals court declines to rule on federal bid to set aside California ballots of alleged noncitizens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/appeals-court-declines-to-rule-on-federal-bid-to-set-aside-california",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:23:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Appeals court rules against DOJ in California ballot fight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/appeals-court-rules-against-doj-in-california-ballot-fight",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:25:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}