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The Justice Department's lawsuit over potential confusion in the Alaska Senate race continues to stir controversy days ahead of the midterm elections. CBS News' Kaia Hubbard reports.

Attorney General Todd Blanche sparred with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan over the Justice Department's preemptive lawsuit in the Alaska Senate race. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

Could a second Dan Sullivan upend the Senate race?

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit last week to preemptively challenge the certification of Alaska's Senate race if the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan, loses.

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department's lawsuit over Alaska's Senate election, saying the challenge seeks to address potential voter confusion involving two candidates named Dan Sullivan.

The Trump administration wants to ensure Alaskans are not misled into voting for the wrong Dan Sullivan in the U.S. Senate race, Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday in two interviews defending a new federal lawsuit.

Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D) responded to the Justice Department's (DOJ) lawsuit seeking to block her state from certifying its election results should her Republican challenger lose, saying Friday the move was "frivolous." “This is clearly corruption. This is clearly a very desperate attempt to cling to power, using his allies in Washington, D.C....

President Trump is calling into question the integrity of the upcoming Alaska Senate vote, asking the Justice Department to block future certification over possible confusion around the identities of two candidates who share the same name. Nancy Cordes has more.

President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.

"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret.) says restrictions on Starlink service have dealt a significant blow to Ukraine's counter-drone capabilities and disrupted an early-warning system for incoming ballistic missiles. Carlos Gutierrez, former Commerce Secretary and CEO of Kellogg and author of Sheer Will, says trade under the Trump administration has become all-encompassing and can be used as part of geopolitical and political negotiations beyond trade itself. (Source: Bloomberg)

The department, in a highly unusual lawsuit, argued that confusion over candidates with similar names could taint the election result.

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to preemptively block certification of the Alaska U.S. Senate contest should the state certify "electoral results tainted by the inclusion" of liberal activist Daniel J. Sullivan, who is being propped up by left-wing Democrats due to sharing the same name as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. The post DOJ Moves to Preemptively Block Certification of Alaska Senate Race appeared first on Breitbart .

Justice Department sues to block Alaska Senate race results if Republican loses; 11 days until midterm contests.

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit calling on the courts to block the certification of Alaska's Senate race if the Democratic candidate wins.

The Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit to block the results of Alaska’s highly competitive Senate race in November should it be impacted by “voter confusion.” Republicans have said they are worried about the race, which features Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Democrat Mary Peltola as the primary contenders, because of the presence of […]

The Trump administration has preemptively filed a lawsuit to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race, citing name confusion among the candidates.