{
  "id": 15407780,
  "title": "Small business owners are doing OK – but will that help Trump overcome his low approval ratings?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/small-business-owners-are-doing-ok-but-will-that-help-trump-overcome",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T12:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/18/small-business-owners-trump-economy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Overall, economic sentiment for Trump is poor, but small businesses seem fairly confident, according to several surveys There are 34m small businesses in the United States. They employ approximately half of the country’s workers and generate about half of the country’s GDP. They’re an important voting block. So how are they feeling about the economy as we head into November’s midterm elections?…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Small business owners are doing OK – but will that help Trump overcome his low approval ratings?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/small-business-owners-are-doing-ok-but-will-that-help-trump-overcome-15408581",
        "published": "2026-10-18T12:00:02.000Z"
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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."
}