{
  "id": 15561365,
  "title": "How gas prices became a lightning rod for voter anger ahead of the US midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/how-gas-prices-became-a-lightning-rod-for-voter-anger-ahead-of-the-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T04:29:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
    "slug": "the-conversation-au",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/how-gas-prices-became-a-lightning-rod-for-voter-anger-ahead-of-the-us-midterms-294663"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Donald Trump has repeatedly promised oil prices will “drop like a rock”. The opposite has happened, and Americans will likely punish his party at the midterms.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}