{
  "id": 18624556,
  "title": "DOJ dismisses lawsuit over California's 20,000 disputed ballots",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/doj-dismisses-lawsuit-over-californias-20-000-disputed-ballots",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T02:32:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/6205747-doj-dismisses-california-ballot-lawsuit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Justice Department (DOJ) requested Friday to dismiss its lawsuit against California, which sought to make the state's election officials set aside roughly 20,000 ballots for voters the federal government alleged were not U.S. citizens. The Supreme Court already ruled against the Trump administration in an emergency order ahead of Election Day, preventing them from...",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}