The United States has scrapped plans for a photo with participants at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Atlanta after several European diplomats objected to being photographed with Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, and threatened to walk out.

The Vatican confirmed Friday that the Chicago-born pontiff had submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, citing his long-standing belief in civic participation.

Ordinary citizens across the country are participating in grassroots efforts to guard against possible election interference by the Trump administration.

Federal prosecutors issued criminal grand jury subpoenas to three L.A. County election officials, demanding they appear in court the day after the election.

Accusation that Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia leaked information on the wars in Iran and Ukraine comes hours after his ouster from a top military planning post.