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  "id": 16664008,
  "title": "Bessent mocks Obama outside Cheesecake Factory in DC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/bessent-mocks-obama-outside-cheesecake-factory-in-dc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T21:23:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6173437-bessent-mocks-obama-cheesecake-factory/"
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  "summary": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Obama outside a Cheesecake Factory in Washington on Monday after the former president likened recent White House renovations to the famous restaurant chain. “Well, two things. This is the man who built the museum that looks like Darth Vader's tomb,” Bessent said while exiting from a Cheesecake Factory...",
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        "published": "2026-10-26T22:28:01.000Z"
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        "published": "2026-10-26T23:01:59.000Z"
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        "title": "Scott Bessent responds to Obama’s ‘Cheesecake Factory’ joke with lunch stop, social media jab",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/scott-bessent-responds-to-obamas-cheesecake-factory-joke-with-lunch",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/watch-record-early-voting-in-key-states-as-trump-obama-appeal-to",
        "published": "2026-10-26T23:55:23.000Z"
      }
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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."
}