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  "id": 15636526,
  "title": "Donald Trump is not only coddling Vladimir Putin. He is becoming Vladimir Putin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/donald-trump-is-not-only-coddling-vladimir-putin-he-is-becoming",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/donald-trump-is-not-only-coddling-vladimir-putin-he-is-becoming-vladimir-putin-20261020-p616rh.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "Trump is doing more than favouring Putin. He is acting in Putin’s interests even when it harms his own.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "The Guardian view on Trump and Putin: Ukraine’s future is not theirs to bargain away | Editorial",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/the-guardian-view-on-trump-and-putin-ukraines-future-is-not-theirs-to",
        "published": "2026-10-19T17:25:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Putin proposes summit with Trump and China's Xi to discuss Ukraine, Wall Street Journal reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/putin-proposes-summit-with-trump-and-chinas-xi-to-discuss-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-10-19T17:58:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Donald Trump is not only coddling Vladimir Putin. He is becoming Vladimir Putin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/donald-trump-is-not-only-coddling-vladimir-putin-he-is-becoming-15636547",
        "published": "2026-10-19T18:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Ukraine’s drones lose their Starlink link above 100 mph. Musk, Rubio and Trump all say it wasn’t them",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/ukraines-drones-lose-their-starlink-link-above-100-mph-musk-rubio-and",
        "published": "2026-10-19T18:50:48.000Z"
      }
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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."
}