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Justice Department dismisses lawsuit over California disputed ballots

Nov 6, 11 PM ET to Nov 7, 10 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

10outlets carried it
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11 hourson the front pages
10front pages at once, at its peak
26 sof TV captions
1radio newscast
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Nov 6, 11 PM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
Nov 7, 6 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Nov 7, 6 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Nov 7, 10 AM ETpeak: on 10 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Nov 6, 11 PM to Nov 7, 10 AM ET (peak 10), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated

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1 Google News

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📰 Every outlet's headline 10left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost🕒 Nov 6, 11 PM ET DOJ Drops Lawsuit To Force California To Set Aside Disputed Ballots
CBS News🕒 Nov 6, 9 PM ET DOJ dropping suit over alleged noncitizen ballots
Los Angeles Times🕒 Nov 6, 9 PM ET Feds move to dismiss case over 20,000 California ballots after Supreme Court denied appeal
Mediaite🕒 Nov 7, 12 AM ET Justice Department Drops Lawsuit Against California Over Alleged Noncitizen Voters
Reuters🕒 Nov 7, 4 AM ET Trump administration ends California balloting lawsuit
The Hill🕒 Nov 6, 10 PM ET DOJ dismisses lawsuit over California’s 20,000 disputed ballots
Just the News🕒 Nov 6, 11 PM ET Justice Department drops attempt to set aside California ballots it believes belong to noncitizens
Newsmax🕒 Nov 6, 9 PM ET DOJ Drops Bid to Force Calif. to Set Aside 20,000 Ballots
The Gateway Pundit🕒 Nov 7, 10 AM ET Justice Department Drops Lawsuit Against California Over 20,000 Ballots Mailed to Non-Citizens
The Washington Sun🕒 Nov 6, 10 PM ET DOJ Drops Its Bid to Force California to Segregate Disputed Ballots

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

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🐘 Fox News 26 s

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🫏 NPR News Now 1× · 🥇 led 1

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ Names in it

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what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

the running story it belongs to

🧵 DOJ California voter fraud case

DOJ warns California election officials of legal risks for counting suspected noncitizen ballots
Oct 17, 9 PM ET
DOJ sues California over 20,000 suspected noncitizen voters
Oct 14, 11 AM ET
DOJ charges 28 noncitizens in California voter fraud case
Oct 19, 2 PM ET
Justice Department seeks court order over alleged noncitizen voters in California
Oct 21, 12 PM ET
DOJ charges 48 noncitizens with election crimes
Oct 26, 6 PM ET
Judge questions doj's claims of noncitizens on California voter rolls
Oct 23, 9 PM ET
Justice Department subpoenas California election officials in voter rolls investigation
Oct 29, 7 PM ET
Appeals court rejects DOJ request to set aside disputed California ballots
Oct 25, 10 PM ET
Analysis finds over 40% of names on DOJ list not on California voter rolls
Nov 1, 1 PM ET
Ninth Circuit allows Trump administration to request noncitizen ballot separation
Nov 3, 8 PM ET
Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's bid to set aside California ballots
Nov 2, 1 PM ET
Justice Department dismisses lawsuit over California disputed ballots (this story)
Nov 6, 11 PM ET