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  "id": 16105788,
  "title": "Trump blasts basketball star LeBron James for not standing still during US anthem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-blasts-basketball-star-lebron-james-for-not-standing-still",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T20:38:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371833/trump-blasts-basketball-star-lebron-james-not-standing-still-during-us-anthem"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States after the NBA star appeared to continue his warm-ups while the national anthem was performed before Philadelphia’s season opener on Tuesday. “I said right from the beginning that he’s no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE,” Trump said of James in a social media post sharing the video. “LeBron James should apologize…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Donald Trump says LeBron James disrespected the United States, demands apology",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/donald-trump-says-lebron-james-disrespected-the-united-states-demands",
        "published": "2026-10-22T17:18:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Amazon issues refunds from a 2025 settlement, crediting \"President Trump's Federal Trade Commission,\" the first time an FTC refund has been tied to a president (Alfred Ng/Politico)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/amazon-issues-refunds-from-a-2025-settlement-crediting-president",
        "published": "2026-10-22T18:40:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "President Trump rips LeBron about national anthem, 'total disgrace'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/president-trump-rips-lebron-about-national-anthem-total-disgrace",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:43:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "What is the history behind Trump’s LeBron blast over US national anthem?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/what-is-the-history-behind-trumps-lebron-blast-over-us-national-anthem",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:51:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Trump says wind turbine imports threaten national security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/trump-says-wind-turbine-imports-threaten-national-security",
        "published": "2026-10-22T22:14:01.000Z"
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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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