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  "id": 15033007,
  "title": "Trump claims neither he nor Musk caused Ukraine Starlink outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/trump-claims-neither-he-nor-musk-caused-ukraine-starlink-outage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T19:39:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6154786-trump-denies-starlink-outage-cause/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Trump claimed on Friday that neither he nor SpaceX founder Elon Musk caused Ukraine’s Starlink outage earlier this week as the president clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries. “I didn’t do that. No, we didn’t do that at all. In fact, I don’t even think it was...",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Trump claims he doesn’t know who ordered Starlink restrictions in Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/trump-claims-he-doesnt-know-who-ordered-starlink-restrictions-in",
        "published": "2026-10-16T16:56:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ukraine advances in occupied Donetsk as Trump hands Putin diesel deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/ukraine-advances-in-occupied-donetsk-as-trump-hands-putin-diesel-deal",
        "published": "2026-10-16T17:28:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "'They were both in on it' — Musk suggested Trump restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/they-were-both-in-on-it-musk-suggested-trump-restrict-ukraines",
        "published": "2026-10-16T18:19:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Trump denies ordering restrictions on Ukraine’s military Starlink service and says he doesn’t think Elon Musk did, either",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/trump-denies-ordering-restrictions-on-ukraines-military-starlink",
        "published": "2026-10-16T18:45:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Musk pushed Trump to slow Starlink in Ukraine as Russian drones attacked cities – The Telegraph",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/musk-pushed-trump-to-slow-starlink-in-ukraine-as-russian-drones",
        "published": "2026-10-16T19:06:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Trump denies limiting Ukraine access to Starlink network",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/trump-denies-limiting-ukraine-access-to-starlink-network",
        "published": "2026-10-16T19:33:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Trump says did not order curb to Starshield for Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/trump-says-did-not-order-curb-to-starshield-for-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-10-16T20:49:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/musk-approached-trump-to-slow-down-starlink-in-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-10-16T22:07:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/musk-approached-trump-to-slow-down-starlink-in-ukraine-15053736",
        "published": "2026-10-16T22:07:12.000Z"
      }
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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."
}