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  "id": 15647895,
  "title": "Mahmoud Khalil takes legal fight to Supreme Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/mahmoud-khalil-takes-legal-fight-to-supreme-court",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T18:53:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6158605-mahmoud-khalil-legal-fight-supreme-court-appeal/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University demonstrator who became a flash point in the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian foreign college students, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take up his case, his lawyers said. Khalil was jailed for months last year, and he has long asserted his detention was retaliation for his protected speech. The...",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Supreme Court to decide if 160-year-old home distilling ban is constitutional",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/supreme-court-to-decide-if-160-year-old-home-distilling-ban-is",
        "published": "2026-10-19T13:36:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US Supreme Court denies bid by accused 9/11 mastermind to revive plea deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/us-supreme-court-denies-bid-by-accused-9-11-mastermind-to-revive-plea",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:48:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil asks US Supreme Court to hear immigration case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/anti-israel-activist-mahmoud-khalil-asks-us-supreme-court-to-hear",
        "published": "2026-10-19T22:09:58.000Z"
      }
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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."
}