{
  "id": 18042544,
  "title": "A look at the DOJ's effort to gain greater control over elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/a-look-at-the-dojs-effort-to-gain-greater-control-over-elections",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T23:50:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-the-dojs-effort-to-gain-greater-control-over-elections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In recent months, the Trump administration and the Department of Justice have led an extraordinary effort to exert federal control over state-run elections. Nearly all of those efforts, so far, have been blocked or rejected by the courts. To discuss election security and the prospect of potential election interference, Geoff Bennett spoke with Rick Hasen and Juliette Kayyem.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}