{
  "id": 15048789,
  "title": "Filings: Meta reduced its $65M midterms budget by $25M through refunds, primarily from a super PAC it launched in 2025 with $45M to fight state AI bills (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/filings-meta-reduced-its-65m-midterms-budget-by-25m-through-refunds",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T21:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/technology/meta-midterms-funding.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}