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  "id": 17366143,
  "title": "US judge blocks Justice Dept over election directives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/us-judge-blocks-justice-dept-over-election-directives",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T07:34:32.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2026/1031/1597445-us-elections/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Justice Department from threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution if they fail to comply with its directives on processing ballots.",
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "US judge bars justice dept from threatening election officials",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/us-judge-bars-justice-dept-from-threatening-election-officials",
        "published": "2026-10-31T06:00:51.000Z"
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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."
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