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  "id": 1597498,
  "title": "Blanche refuses to pledge Justice Department independence from White House",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/blanche-refuses-to-pledge-justice-department-independence-from-white",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T00:21:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "Attorney General Todd Blanche is refusing to put up a wall between the Justice Department and the executive branch. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Blanche says no attorney general should pledge independence from the White House",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/blanche-says-no-attorney-general-should-pledge-independence-from-the",
        "published": "2026-08-17T16:44:07.000Z"
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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."
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