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Judge bars DoJ from threats to election workers as Trump to hold tele-rallies three days before elections – live

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Judge bars DoJ from threats to election workers as Trump to hold tele-rallies three days before elections – live. (2026, October 31). The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/31/doj-threats-election-workers-trump-tele-rallies

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A federal judge halted the Department of Justice from threatening or coercing election workers, preventing them from segregating ballots that might be cast by ineligible voters. This ruling comes as President Trump holds tele-rallies three days before midterm elections, emphasizing a contentious period with significant legal and political developments impacting voting processes across the United States.
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As of October 31, 2026, the Trump administration provided support to nearly half of the nation's 184 operating coal plants through various means including financial handouts and regulatory exemptions. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) analysis revealed that 90 coal plants received direct assistance from the administration; this included $950 million in taxpayer dollars given to 24 coal plants, and Clean Air Act exemptions from toxic pollution limits granted to 70 plants. Surbhi Sarang, director and senior attorney at EDF, stated that these actions are harmful to Americans by increasing electricity costs and air pollution levels. One notable plant receiving support is the Colstrip plant in Montana, which a 2018 Rice University study found responsible for up to 177 premature deaths annually due to PM 2.5 particles causing respiratory diseases, heart attacks, and strokes.

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Trump PERSON · 6× Americans NORP · 3× Hilary Beaumont PERSON · 2× Senate ORG · 2× the Associated Press ORG · 2× the Environmental Defense Fund ORG · 2× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× EDF ORG · 1× Iowa GPE · 1× Surbhi Sarang PERSON · 1×

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The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal and a civil investigation into an alleged scheme by Mary Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats to confuse voters in the closely watched Senate race by recruiting a spoiler candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan.
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🔮 On Sunday, he will make appearances at rallies in Iowa in Kansas in a reversal after he initially backed out.

Claims (18 extracted, 3 hedged)

Trump boosted US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and 'passes to pollute' Hilary Beaumont asserted
Trump → boost → dollars
It’s a good time to be a coal plant in the US. asserted
It → ’ → US
The Trump administration has given support to almost half of the nation’s coal plants, helping them to continue operating despite economic and regulatory headwinds, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund. uncertain
them → give → Fund
The analysis, which looked at the 184 operating coal plants that are connected to the grid, found that 90 received support from the Trump administration through “cash handouts, free passes to pollute, and requirements to stay online past their retirement dates”. asserted
90 → look → dates
The administration provided $950m in taxpayer dollars to 24 coal plants and handed Clean Air Act exemptions from toxic pollution limits to 70 coal plants, according to the EDF analysis. uncertain
administration → provide → analysis
“It’s extending the life of these coal plants,” said Surbhi Sarang, director and senior attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund. asserted
Sarang → extend → Fund
“The administration has leveraged a multitude of tools to prop up coal plants, and ultimately all of that is harming Americans even more by increasing electricity costs, by increasing pollution – it’s like Americans are getting hit twice.” asserted
Americans → leverage → pollution
My colleague Hilary Beaumont has the full story here: asserted
colleague → have → story
Donald Trump is tele-rallying from Mar-a-Lago with just three days to go before the midterm elections. asserted
Trump → - → elections
On Sunday, he will make appearances at rallies in Iowa in Kansas in a reversal after he initially backed out. asserted
he → make → reversal
With control of the US Congress on the line, next week’s midterm elections amount to a referendum on Trump, who has repeatedly urged voters to pretend he is himself on the ballot, as his approval ratings continue to decline. asserted
ratings → amount → ballot
Late on Friday, a federal judge barred Trump’s justice department from threatening or coercing election workers to stop processing ballots, the Associated Press reported. asserted
Press → bar → ballots
The decision also bars the department from demanding local election officials segregate or not count ballots that the federal government deems may have been cast by ineligible voters. uncertain
government → bar → voters
It marked another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over local elections, after a federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Department of Justice’s request for California to sequester 20,000 disputed ballots. asserted
California → mark → ballots
The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal and a civil investigation into an alleged scheme by Mary Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats to confuse voters in the closely watched Senate race by recruiting a spoiler candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan. asserted
who → confirm → incumbent
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed resisted a demand from his defeated primary rival, congresswoman Haley Stevens, that he apologize for criticism of US military aid to Israel on Friday – two days before they were scheduled to campaign together in Detroit. asserted
they → resist → Detroit
Early voting this cycle has set a record. asserted
cycle → set → record
More than 49 million Americans have already cast ballots, either in person or by mail, the Associated Press reported. asserted
Press → cast → mail
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