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Blanche says Trump isn’t trying to meddle with Alaska election results, Trump escalates anti-Muslim attacks against El-Sayed, DOJ demands to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots.
Long-serving President Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat against a student-led opposition movement.
President Donald Trump on Friday said he personally directed the Department of Justice to file a lawsuit seeking to prevent Alaska from certifying its Senate election results if Republicans lose. “I’m the one that said do it,” the president told reporters shortly after landing in Florida.
One week before midterm elections, President Donald Trump is struggling to deliver on his promise to bring down costs.
The president has spread false claims about ranked-choice systems, voting machines, vote counting and past results to question the integrity of elections.
Earlier in the election cycle, Republicans were pushing each other aside to claim the strongest Trump credentials, especially when U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, state Treasurer John Fleming and U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow were competing in the Republican Senate primary.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, ahead in the polls, has ruled out a partnership with Benjamin Netanyahu, but some in the Trump administration are discussing the idea.
I don't think the president of the United States or anybody else can intervene in my discretion,” Isaac Herzog told MS NOW.
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The latest: Blanche says Trump isn’t trying to meddle with Alaska election by suing over Senate race
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Trump administration’slawsuit to block certification of Alaska’s Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses the race and argued the legal challenge was a necessary step to avoid confusing voters in the closely watched midterm race.
President Trump went to extraordinary lengths for Tina Peters, a former election official convicted of helping to breach the very voting system she swore to protect.
