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  "id": 16274745,
  "title": "Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes a national security threat",
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  "published": "2026-10-24T03:38:20.000Z",
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  "summary": "Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon dismantled 80 ‘propaganda cells’ operating under new names at 30 universities.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/pentagon-designates-confucius-institutes-in-us-a-national-security",
        "published": "2026-10-23T23:51:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/pentagon-designates-confucius-institutes-in-us-a-national-security",
        "published": "2026-10-24T00:28:52.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/pentagon-designates-china-backed-campus-cultural-centers-a-threat-to",
        "published": "2026-10-24T01:21:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Pentagon designates China-funded Confucius Institutes as US national security threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/pentagon-designates-china-funded-confucius-institutes-as-us-national",
        "published": "2026-10-24T01:27:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Pentagon puts China-funded Confucius Institutes on US security threat list",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/pentagon-puts-china-funded-confucius-institutes-on-us-security-threat",
        "published": "2026-10-24T04:50:23.000Z"
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