<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/10/23/alaksa-senate-trump-midterm-lawsuit-justice/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-24T16:37:22.471Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-24T16:37:22.471Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Trump orders lawsuit to block U.S. Senate results in Alaska if Republican incumbent loses]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/SCJZUVOLRFETPCATZRDRQQOTZI.jpg?auth=3e987821671ff9ce11aef5a27e007eee388c6d67a618a6aff05d8f6d6cf7c3e7&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3300&amp;height=2200</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Dan Sullivan, left, is a former teacher running for U.S. Senate in Alaska against Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, right. President Donald Trump said Friday he directed the Justice Department to file a lawsuit that seeks to block certification of the race if the Republican incumbent loses. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026/10/22/attorney-general-mayes-maricopa-county-recorder-heap-lawsuit-25-citizen-voters-save/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-24T01:00:05.968Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-24T01:00:05.968Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[After lawsuit, Maricopa County reinstates 25 voters mistakenly flagged in citizenship check]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/VSA7P24FIRERNHJLTI4O5ZVMKA.jpg?auth=b156af992e1bc5ce0700590370f6b4c3adf1712bef37f716fbc6ce589df728b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3431&amp;height=2320</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, pictured here in 2024, has sued the Maricopa County Recorder's Office over its handling of a group of voters falsely flagged as noncitizens earlier this year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>