Appeals Court Questions Justice Dept. Claim That Trump Owns White House Records
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3 outlets (NYT, CBS News and ABC News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 3 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Justice”, “Dept”, “Claim”, “noncitizens”. Distinct wording: NYT uses “Questions” and “Appeals”; CBS News uses “ballots” and “claims”; ABC News uses “Department” and “threatens”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- NYT reports: “President Trump using his phone during a visit to his golf course in Virginia last year.”
- CBS News reports: “The Justice Department sued California, alleging that the federal government has identified more than 20,000 noncitizens who are unlawfully registered to vote.”
- ABC News reports: “The Justice Department is threatening California with possible legal action over what it says are noncitizens believed to have received mail ballots for next month’s midterm elections”
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- NYT: Appeals Court Questions Justice Dept. Claim That Trump Owns White House Records
- CBS News: Justice Dept. sues California, claims noncitizens were sent ballots
- ABC News: Justice Department threatens California with legal action over claim of noncitizens on voter rolls
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