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  "id": 16227244,
  "title": "Senate Democrat Probes Tether Payments to Ex-White House Crypto Adviser’s Firm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/senate-democrat-probes-tether-payments-to-ex-white-house-crypto",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T20:16:02.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded Tether’s records on payments to Nxum, a firm co-owned by former White House crypto adviser Bo Hines.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "US senator probes Tether after reported deal with ex-Trump crypto adviser",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-senator-probes-tether-after-reported-deal-with-ex-trump-crypto",
        "published": "2026-10-23T17:42:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Sen. Blumenthal seeks answers from Tether over payments to firm founded by ex-White House crypto adviser",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/sen-blumenthal-seeks-answers-from-tether-over-payments-to-firm",
        "published": "2026-10-23T17:46:09.000Z"
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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."
}