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  "textContent": "California's highest court just told a powerful sheriff to stand down, NBC News reports. The state Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to halt his probe into alleged fraud in the state's November 2025 special election and to preserve more than 650,000 ballots his office...",
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