{
  "id": 16379367,
  "title": "'Donald Trump goes further than the eccentric scientist from 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.' He is shrinking America'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/donald-trump-goes-further-than-the-eccentric-scientist-from-honey-i",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T22:26:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/10/25/donald-trump-goes-further-than-the-eccentric-scientist-from-honey-i-shrunk-the-kids-he-is-shrinking-america_6763429_23.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Le Monde English columnist Alain Frachon analyzes the US president's decision to assist Vladimir Putin in the war against Ukraine, specifically citing a diesel fuel deal. Frachon argues this decision is part of an ongoing campaign to dismantle the superpower status of America.\n\nIn the 2024 presidential race, data scientist Thomas Miller predicted a Trump victory. Miller, a professor at Northwestern University, uses a method that starts with major prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket before applying proprietary algorithms to adjust for inherent biases. For the 2024 contest, Miller updated his victory odds for Trump or Harris every 10 minutes. He has since updated his methodology to handicap Senate elections by calculating the percentage chance of seats turning blue or red in real time.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "The data scientist who called Trump’s 2024 win now gives Democrats a 78% shot at the Senate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/the-data-scientist-who-called-trumps-2024-win-now-gives-democrats-a",
        "published": "2026-10-24T09:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}