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Trump DOJ enforcer hedges on midterm meddling with ‘shocking’ caveat: ‘Well, I don’t know’

The Justice Department official leading Trump’s push for states’ voter rolls couldn’t rule out a challenge to midterm results on Sunday’s “60 Minutes,” two weeks before Election Day. “Well, I don’t know what is going to happen, but I can tell you that absent some shocking contingency that is unexpected, there should be no interruption in the usual course…

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Student Loans on Ballot as Trump Officials Gear Up to Garnish Wages From Defaulted Borrowers After MidtermsAs the Trump administration makes plans to task private debt collectors with going after millions of student borrowers in default on their federal loans, officials are reportedly pushing for the effort to begin after the midterm elections—as they grapple with the fact that many supporters of President Donald Trump are likely to be affected. The…

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Feds arrest alleged noncitizen voters in California amid broader election fight with stateFederal authorities have charged 28 people from across California with illegally registering to vote or casting ballots in federal elections despite not being U.S. citizens — escalating an election battle between the state and the Trump administration just weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms.

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