The judge orders the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials.
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Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials
2 minNTBVoters queue to vote in Anchorage, Alaska Photo: Emily Mesner / Reuters / NTBJudge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officialsA federal judge in the USA has prohibited the Trump administration from threatening to prosecute election officials who refuse to comply with demands to remove voters from the voter rolls.
The ruling came on Friday, a few days before the midterm elections to Congress on Tuesday, November 3rd.
Judge Trina Thompson believes the Department of Justice went too far when it threatened to prosecute state and local election officials who did not cooperate with the administration's measures against alleged illegal voting from
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- Our correspondent took this photo of unaffiliated Dan Osborn when he was recently in Nebraska. Photo: Kjetil Hanssen
Are there any independent candidates who have a chance of being elected, or will all those elected come from the two major parties?
Henrik StensbyIn Nebraska, unaffiliated Dan Osborn has hardly any chance of being elected to the Senate. Republican Pete Ricketts is, however, the big favorite. The Economist gives Ricketts an 85 percent chance of re-election.
Our USA correspondent Kjetil Hanssen was recently in Nebraska to report on the Senate election there. You can read Kjetil's report.
October 28thWhen the strike general brought a snack giant to his knee. Now the pipe fitter will stand alone against the parties.Steinar Dyrnesigoes19:11 The Pope voted in the US electionPhoto: Guglielmo Mangiapane / ReutersThe Pope voted in the US electionPope Leo voted in the American midterm election. He is therefore the first pope to do so.
This was confirmed by the Vatican on Friday.
According to the Vatican, the American-born pope believes in "a right and duty for citizens to participate in democratic processes."
Pope Leo was named before Robert Prevost. He is from Chicago and cast his postal vote there. It is not known which candidates he voted for.
Since 2000, he has voted twice in democratic primaries and three times in Republican ones. This is apparent from information from the Illinois State Board of Elections.
Media: Trump reverses course β still holds rallies
President Donald Trump is returning to Washington after a round of rallies, including in South Carolina. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP / NTBMedia: Trump reverses course β still holds ralliesDonald Trump cancelled two rallies that were supposed to be held in Kansas and Iowa over the weekend, but has reversed course and still holds them, according to two news agencies.
It was the Republican National Committee (RNC) that first announced the cancellations and that they instead relied on so-called "telealliances," where Trump speaks to voters online.
The Republicans hoped this way to reach more voters directly in the last 72 hours before the election than with local rallies.
But now Trump has reversed course, according to
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