{
  "id": 16226440,
  "title": "Bipartisan lawmakers press Hegseth to expand Ukraine’s access to Starshield",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/bipartisan-lawmakers-press-hegseth-to-expand-ukraines-access-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T19:41:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6169094-lawmakers-press-trump-hegseth-starshield-ukraine/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers is pressing the Trump administration to restore and expand Ukraine’s access to Starshield satellite systems, warning that a failure to do so will cripple Kyiv’s military operations against Russia. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers — all of them staunch Ukraine allies —...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Ukraine's restricted access to Musk's Starshield is costing lives, Carney says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ukraines-restricted-access-to-musks-starshield-is-costing-lives",
        "published": "2026-10-23T19:16:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "After Starshield, Ukraine wants its own satellites",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/after-starshield-ukraine-wants-its-own-satellites",
        "published": "2026-10-23T20:47:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}