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The new interpretation expands the reporting requirement beyond the state agencies directly responsible for administering the federal programs.

Cook denied any wrongdoing, calling the allegations a pretext to remove her for monetary policy differences, and she sued to keep her job.

"This new policy will just create confusion, unnecessary costs, and unacceptable risks for voters going into Election Day, and my office is going to court to stop it," NYAG Letitia James said.

King rejected the allegations against him, telling Walla that he is “proud to be a loyal emissary of the Jewish people in Israel and around the world."

Trump's executive order, issued in March, directed the Department of Homeland Security to compile and ​transmit to the states a list of US citizens eligible to vote in each state.

The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice program on Tuesday announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the location of several of the people included in the charges.

Attorney General Todd Blanche described the scheme as "one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in US history" and said it showed "how far people will go to cheat our immigration system."

Dingwei Chen, a 29-year-old Chinese citizen, tried to purchase US-manufactured military communications hardware on the black market with the intention of smuggling the technology to China.

Blanche won confirmation in a 50-49 vote, with Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski opposing him. Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote.

New Mexico sued the Justice Department for access to the files, saying the records are needed to identify alleged victims, witnesses, and facilitators connected to Zorro Ranch.