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  "id": 14604703,
  "title": "Texas Democrat James Talarico faces grilling from voters at town hall in tight Senate race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/texas-democrat-james-talarico-faces-grilling-from-voters-at-town-hall",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T03:08:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/texas-democrat-james-talarico-televised-town-hall-us-politics"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Talarico casts himself as a moderate who would put Texans’ needs over party allegiances amid close contest against Republican Ken Paxton James Talarico, the Texas Democratic nominee for Senate, sat face to face with several undecided voters who grilled him on a slew of contentious issues including Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, abortion and foreign aid, during a CNN town hall on Wednesday…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Texas A-G, Senate candidate Paxton partied in Dubai with his mistress, federal fugitives - report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/texas-a-g-senate-candidate-paxton-partied-in-dubai-with-his-mistress",
        "published": "2026-10-14T21:50:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Talarico debates Texas voters in CNN-Jubilee town hall amid tight Senate race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/talarico-debates-texas-voters-in-cnn-jubilee-town-hall-amid-tight",
        "published": "2026-10-15T02:50:13.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "11th Senate Race: Akpabio courts Tinubu, warns Uzodimma over ambition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/11th-senate-race-akpabio-courts-tinubu-warns-uzodimma-over-ambition",
        "published": "2026-10-15T04:18:19.000Z"
      }
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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."
}