{
  "id": 17890821,
  "title": "US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/us-supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-to-set-aside-20-000-california",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T01:25:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/11/1569523/us-supreme-court-rejects-trump-bid-set-aside-20000-california-ballots"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US Supreme Court has rejected a bid by the Trump administration to set aside over 20,000 mail-in ballots in California, on the grounds that they may not be from American citizens. The decision came a day before the US midterm elections, and the court's unsigned, one-sentence ruling provided no reasoning for the decision. The federal government had previously accused California of having 190,000 illegal voters on its rolls, which was later revised to 20,000. The DOJ filed an emergency lawsuit to prevent the state from sending ballots to these individuals, but lower courts had already rejected the demand multiple times. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that once challenged ballots are mixed with lawful ones, there is no way to retrieve the challenged ballots. The case reflects the Trump administration's ongoing pattern of attempted election interference, as noted by US District Judge David Carter.",
  "summary": "WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Trump administration emergency bid to force California to set aside the mail-in ballots of more than 20,000 people on the grounds they may not be American citizens.",
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    "outlets": 8,
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        "published": "2026-11-02T23:09:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Trump 'thinking about renaming Lincoln Reflecting Pool'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/trump-thinking-about-renaming-lincoln-reflecting-pool-17874109",
        "published": "2026-11-02T23:09:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/far-from-the-campaign-trail-trump-promotes-his-reflecting-pool",
        "published": "2026-11-02T23:22:03.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Trump brushes aside tough midterm prospects with visit to Reflecting Pool",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/trump-brushes-aside-tough-midterm-prospects-with-visit-to-reflecting",
        "published": "2026-11-03T00:28:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Supreme Court rejects Trump request for California to set aside ballots from alleged noncitizens",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/supreme-court-rejects-trump-request-for-california-to-set-aside",
        "published": "2026-11-03T01:00:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump makes final midterms pitch at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/trump-makes-final-midterms-pitch-at-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool",
        "published": "2026-11-03T01:01:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Trump promotes Reflecting Pool before election day",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/trump-promotes-reflecting-pool-before-election-day",
        "published": "2026-11-03T01:22:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}