{
  "id": 1618690,
  "title": "A California County Eyes a New Hire: Tina Peters, the Election Denier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/a-california-county-eyes-a-new-hire-tina-peters-the-election-denier",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T02:41:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/california-voting-shasta-county-tina-peters.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The top elections official in Shasta County offered a job to Ms. Peters, a Trump supporter who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in Colorado.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Election denier Tina Peters to be hired as elections consultant in conservative California county",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/election-denier-tina-peters-to-be-hired-as-elections-consultant-in",
        "published": "2026-08-17T21:07:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}