Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
4 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
78/100
NBC News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
30
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
In a loss for President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday swiftly rejected the administration’s request that California separate out up to 20,000 mail-in ballots that officials allege could be submitted by noncitizens.
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officials → reject → noncitizens
In a brief order without explanation, the court turned away an emergency request the Trump administration filed just hours earlier in an unusual last-minute flurry of election litigation.
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administration → turn → litigation
Lower courts had also ruled against the Trump administration.
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courts → rule → administration
The court acted so quickly that it did not even ask California for its views first, as it normally does in such cases.
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it → act → cases
California officials had resisted the Justice Department’s intervention, noting that it is already illegal under state law for noncitizens to vote and expressing skepticism about whether the federal government’s information is accurate.
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information → resist → skepticism
Separately, the administration has warned California election officials they could face prosecution if they allow noncitizens to vote.
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noncitizens → warn → prosecution
A federal judge told the Justice Department on Saturday to stop making such threats.
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judge → tell → threats
Although elections are administered exclusively by local officials, the Trump administration says it has grounds to intervene because there is a federal law that prohibits voting by noncitizens.
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that → administer → noncitizens
Trump has long claimed, without evidence, that millions of noncitizens illegally vote in U.S. elections.
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millions → claim → elections
Experts say it rarely happens.
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it → say → ?
That has not stopped the administration from putting pressure on states to check voters’ citizenship, including by using a federal database.
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That → stop → database
But the effort has faced multiple setbacks.
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effort → face → setbacks
When the federal government said it had confirmed 185 noncitizens registered to vote in Nevada, the state responded that all of them were, in fact, citizens.
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all → say → fact
Thousands of mail-in ballots have already been submitted and processed in California.
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Thousands → mail → California
Once election officials check whether a ballot is valid by checking the voter’s signature against voter registration records, the details identifying the voter are discarded before the vote is counted.
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vote → check → voter
As a result, it would be impossible to retroactively determine which votes may have been cast by the alleged noncitizens.
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votes → determine → noncitizens
In rejecting the Trump administration’s claims, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said there was no evidence Congress intended the federal law that bars noncitizens from voting to pre-empt state election laws.
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that → reject → laws
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