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Judge curbs Justice Department election threats; Iran's leader orders retaliation if US strikes again; FBI blames North Korea for Binance hack

A federal judge bars the Justice Department from threatening election workers over flagged ballots; the department seeks to isolate Alaska ballots; D.C. and Virginia sue over Trump's arch; a judge pauses fast-tracked asylum cases for migrant children; Iran's supreme leader orders retaliation without geographic limits if the US resumes strikes after the midterms; investigations tally damage to US bases; the FBI blames North Korea; Rubio on Bolsonaro.

Today's facts

  1. Election workers: judge bars Justice Department threats over noncitizen-voting claims (Northern District of California)
  2. Alaska Senate race probe: Justice Department seeks to isolate ballots, Democrats sue over closed rural polls (Alaska)
  3. Triumphal arch: District of Columbia and Virginia sue to stop construction (Washington and Virginia)
  4. Migrant children's asylum cases: judge blocks fast-tracking for now (United States)
  5. Iran: supreme leader orders retaliation without geographic limits if US strikes after the midterms (Tehran)
  6. Iranian strikes on US bases: investigations put damage at billions of dollars (Middle East)
  7. Binance theft: FBI attributes the roughly $6 billion hack to North Korea (United States)
  8. Bolsonaro's arrival: Rubio says Washington did not facilitate the flight (United States)

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