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Alaska officials ask judge to deny DOJ’s ‘impossible’ demand to set aside ballots

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The Republican-led state government urged the judge to dismiss the “unwarranted federal interference” in the Senate race.

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Most outlets converge on the same core framing: a federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s Alaska Senate race lawsuit, with CBS News and Reason adding that the ruling was with prejudice or rested on standing and other legal defects. The Guardian US and NPR emphasize the attempt to block certification if the Republican incumbent lost, while NBC News and CBS News are the only ones to spell out the ballot-name dispute around candidates named Dan Sullivan. CNBC alone says the DOJ vowed to appeal.

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