Three NYC progressive Democrats expected to win US House seats in midterms

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Justice Department asks Supreme Court to halt California count of 20,000 mail ballots

On Monday, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to temporarily stop California from counting mail-in ballots from 20,000 voters it believes are non-citizens, one day before the midterms. The move has raised fears that federal law enforcement powers are being used in a partisan way. Over the weekend, a judge barred the administration from threatening election officials over ballots, and more than 50 million early votes had been cast by Sunday.

• A judge ruled that the administration must stop threatening election officials, who had received letters demanding that ballots of possible non-citizen voters be set aside.
• A record number of early votes has been cast, with over 50 million ballots in, ahead of Tuesday's midterms.
• Three progressive Democrats from New York City are expected to win House seats, according to a report.
• Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who is not up for re-election, had a stroke on Sunday and is reported to be alert.