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  "id": 1248313,
  "title": "Trump’s midterm malaise: endless war and high prices could spell doom for Republicans in November",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/trumps-midterm-malaise-endless-war-and-high-prices-could-spell-doom",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T10:00:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/trumps-midterm-malaise-endless-war-and-high-prices-could-spell-doom-for-republicans-in-november"
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  "summary": "‘Complete unraveling’ of Trump and Republican project reflects attitude of not caring at all about governance He was always one step ahead. Donald Trump won the US presidency as a wildly unlikely outsider in 2016 and staged an astonishing comeback to win it again in 2024. Even his foes grudgingly called him a political savant with an intuition for exploiting grievances that left so-called experts…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Trump's 2024 grocery photo op now haunts Republicans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-now-haunts-republicans",
        "published": "2026-08-16T04:50:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "How Iowans feel about Trump's tariffs, Canada's treatment as Republicans vie for support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/how-iowans-feel-about-trumps-tariffs-canadas-treatment-as-republicans",
        "published": "2026-08-16T08:00:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}