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  "id": 16817240,
  "title": "Trump shows off tanker with ‘1m barrels of oil’ and floats Venezuela as 51st state",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/trump-shows-off-tanker-with-1m-barrels-of-oil-and-floats-venezuela-as-16817240",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T23:07:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/trump-oil-tanker-venezuela"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President at Texas campaign rally hails deal struck with post-Maduro government as ‘greatest oil victory in history’ Donald Trump suggested Venezuela would become the 51st state of the United States on Tuesday as the president showed off a tanker he claimed had “one million barrels of oil on it” from the country, nine months after deposing its president. At a campaign rally in Corpus Christ,…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump continues calls for Venezuela to be 51st state",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/trump-continues-calls-for-venezuela-to-be-51st-state",
        "published": "2026-10-27T20:28:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Here's whether Texas could go blue as midterms approach, Trump visits state again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/heres-whether-texas-could-go-blue-as-midterms-approach-trump-visits",
        "published": "2026-10-27T22:49:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "World : Trump Floats Idea Of Venezuela Becoming '51st State'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/world-trump-floats-idea-of-venezuela-becoming-51st-state",
        "published": "2026-10-27T23:50:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Trump floats idea of Venezuela becoming '51st state'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/trump-floats-idea-of-venezuela-becoming-51st-state",
        "published": "2026-10-28T00:47:06.000Z"
      }
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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."
}