{
  "id": 12133197,
  "title": "Congressional acuity test? Some lawmakers want to talk about age, absences",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/congressional-acuity-test-some-lawmakers-want-to-talk-about-age",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6117834-congressional-absence-reform-debate/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Calls for congressional reform have bubbled up on both sides of the aisle after two lawmakers' months-long absences fueled debate over what to do when lawmakers go missing. With regular reminders that this is one of the oldest Congresses in U.S. history — Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (Iowa), 93, contended with his own...",
  "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."
}