{
  "id": 6574637,
  "title": "D.O.J. Escalates Threats to States in Battle for Election Records",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/d-o-j-escalates-threats-to-states-in-battle-for-election-records",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T09:04:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/department-of-justice-election-fraud-states.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The department sent letters to at least 30 states demanding they retain election records, an outgrowth of President Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud.",
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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."
}