Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal charges

A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking the Trump administration from threatening or intimidating election officials amid pressure tactics used by the administration in the weeks leading up to next week’s midterm elections.

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In Alaska race, Trump targets a long, sometimes sordid political tradition of 'spoiler' candidates - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

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By investigating an Alaska Democratic Senate hopeful over her campaign’s reported involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent, President Donald Trump’s administration is targeting a political trick that has been used in American politics for decades.

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Paramilitary Recruitment: Desperate Applicants Ignore CDCFIB Warning, Pay N7,500 For NDLEA Drug TestParamilitary Recruitment: Desperate Applicants Ignore CDCFIB Warning, Pay N7,500 For NDLEA Drug Test

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By Kingsley Omonobi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that applicants undergoing recruitment into four agencies under the Ministry of Interior will not be required to pay for the mandatory Drug Integrity Test (DIT). The agencies are the Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Federal Fire Service and Nigeria Security and…

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Feds 'surge' law enforcement to Alaska after 'troubling new revelations' in 'Decoy Dan' Senate scheme

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“As we speak, law enforcement around the country are taking investigative steps with respect to the criminal investigation,” the top federal prosecutor in Alaska said Friday.

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Michael Bloomberg visited this Boston science museum as a child; decades later, he donates $155 million to honour his late parents and transform the institution

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Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is giving $155 million to Boston's Museum of Science, an institution he visited as a child and credits with sparking his lifelong love of learning. Announced in August 2026 through Bloomberg Philanthropies, the gift is the largest in the museum's history and supports a new 10,000-square-foot public science venue named the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common, after his late parents.

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Polish president turns back from Senegal trip after ally suspended from top court in judiciary battle

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"At a moment like this, the President must be in Poland. I am cutting short my flight to Senegal. I am returning," he said on X.

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Criminal investigation of Alaska Senate race is 'ongoing,' U.S. Attorney says

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The winner of the Alaska election could determine whether Republicans retain their majority in the U.S. Senate or if Democrats take control of the chamber.

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