The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.

Attorneys for Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, say she is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital.

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Sally Yates is a former acting U.S. attorney general and deputy attorney general and a longtime federal prosecutor.

The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.