US judge bars Trump administration from threatening election officials over ballots

▲ Escalating

Trump alleges electoral fraud as courts block moves against election officials and ballots

On Sunday, DW reported that US President Trump is alleging electoral fraud after allies lost power in Serbia, Brazil and Israel. DW says Flavio Bolsonaro failed to gain power in Brazil, Serbian president Vucic was voted out, and Netanyahu's position has weakened. Late on Saturday, a judge barred the administration from threatening election officials who had received letters demanding that ballots of possible non-citizen voters be set aside. Early voting for the US midterms has passed 43 million ballots.

• A judge ordered the administration to stop threatening election officials over ballots of possible non-citizen voters.
• On Friday, the 9th Circuit again rejected a bid to remove 20,000 ballots from California's count, calling the petition unconstitutional.
• On Saturday, a federal judge dismissed with prejudice Trump's multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
• Early voting has surged, helped by Hispanic voters, and appears to outpace earlier elections in some battleground counties.