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The latest: DOJ voting charges, Kim photos, Vance heckler

Ten of the 28 defendants are Mexican nationals, and acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter says at least eight allegedly voted more than once; state officials dispute widespread fraud.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere is the latest.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's eleven Eastern, eight Pacific, and the Justice Department has charged twenty-eight people in California with voting crimes, saying all of them are green card holders barred from voting in federal elections.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe DOJ also asked a federal court to stop California from processing ballots tied to about twenty thousand people it calls likely noncitizens.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentState officials dispute claims of widespread fraud.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSeventeen of the twenty-eight are not yet in custody, and officials expect to arrest them soon.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSeparately, North Korea has released new photos meant as proof of life for Kim Jong Un after rumors he had died.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn other news, a protester behind JD Vance at a North Carolina rally stood up with a state flag sign and demanded the Epstein files.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVance called it an illegal crossing and joked that one isn't bad.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd Netflix has let go of film chief Dan Lin, days after its content chief. He was reportedly still at a screening on the Netflix campus Sunday, so the badge outlived the job.

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  1. China opens long-delayed bridge to North Korea · Breitbart
  2. Trump: California officials will 'go to jail' if state ignores DOJ… · The Hill
  3. Photos show luxury boat with 50m pool and water slides near Kim Jong… · BBC
  4. DOJ sues California over 20,000 alleged noncitizen mail ballots · Breitbart
  5. DOJ charges 28 California residents with voting crimes · The New York Times
  6. North Korea releases photos of Kim Jong Un after rumors · New York Post
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