{
  "id": 10518090,
  "title": "How the phrase 'Lower 48' became a fixture in Alaska's high-stakes Senate race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/how-the-phrase-lower-48-became-a-fixture-in-alaskas-high-stakes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T19:29:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-the-phrase-lower-48-became-a-fixture-in-alaskas-high-stakes-senate-race"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The most biting insult in Alaska politics is to be accused of being aligned with the \"Lower 48.\" That's code for candidates taking marching orders from powerful forces in the contiguous United States rather than sticking up for Alaskans.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}