{
  "id": 12382555,
  "title": "Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/veteran-conservative-lawyer-quits-trumps-interior-department-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T13:00:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/veteran-conservative-quits-trumps-interior-department"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists An 18-year veteran of the US Department of Interior has resigned in protest from the sprawling federal agency, denouncing “a deeply troubling assault on the rule of the law” that took place at the department under Donald Trump. John Murdock, an attorney…",
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  "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."
}