{
  "id": 16444122,
  "title": "'Never seen a president excel in straight-up grifting': Obama unloads on Trump ahead of US midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/never-seen-a-president-excel-in-straight-up-grifting-obama-unloads-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T06:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2039697/never-seen-a-president-excel-in-straight-up-grifting-obama-unloads-on-trump-ahead-of-us-midterms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has been telling voters to view the midterm elections as if he were on the ballot, and on Saturday one of his Democratic predecessors did just that. Ten days out from the elections that will determine control of the closely divided Congress, Barack Obama took to the campaign trail to accuse the Republican president of corruption, deride his strategy for Iran and skewer…",
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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."
}