{
  "id": 15619686,
  "title": "Trump administration will let companies bid to mine the deep ocean off American Samoa's coast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/trump-administration-will-let-companies-bid-to-mine-the-deep-ocean",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T14:54:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/6157807-deep-ocean-mining-american-samoa/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Trump administration is officially moving ahead with a decision to lease ocean tracts off the coast of American Samoa for deep sea mining. The decision, announced Monday, would represent the first time the U.S. government has offered up offshore mining leases. Large-scale deep sea mining has never been done before, but the seafloor could...",
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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."
}