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Early voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds as millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day

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Judge orders DOJ to stop trying to "intimidate" California election officials

A California judge late Friday ordered the federal government to stop demanding that state and local election officials separate out ballots or not count certain votes from alleged noncitizens, and to stop threatening officials with criminal prosecution if they do not comply. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson came in response to a lawsuit filed a day earlier by labor unions and other groups, accusing the Trump administration of intimidating California election workers and interfering in the administration of the midterms.

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Trump's tariffs could shutter this Canadian town - its residents are fighting to save it

As you cross the Ottawa river into Témiscaming, Quebec, the paper mill takes up much of the horizon. The town itself was built over a century ago, around the mill and the region's forests filled with pine, birch, spruce and fir. Now, the main employer and economic anchor sits idle after trade talks broke down between Canada and the US and President Donald Trump imposed more tariffs on the country. Most of the mill‘s 360 employees are out of work, kept afloat for the moment with partial pay from government tariff-relief.