{
  "id": 17015017,
  "title": "Trump bid to set aside California ballots would 'wreak havoc' on democracy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/trump-bid-to-set-aside-california-ballots-would-wreak-havoc-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T04:56:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/10/1566087/trump-bid-set-aside-california-ballots-would-wreak-havoc-democracy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "LOS ANGELES: A US judge strongly rebuked the Trump administration on Wednesday by rejecting a request by the Justice Department to temporarily block California from counting mail ballots for the midterm elections from more than 20,000 registered voters the department alleges are likely noncitizens.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}