{
  "id": 1685992,
  "title": "Trump’s aircraft carrier demands may lead to waiting game for Navy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/trumps-aircraft-carrier-demands-may-lead-to-waiting-game-for-navy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6034297-trump-aircraft-carrier-design-changes/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Trump is increasingly putting his thumb on the scale by wading more into the designs of U.S. aircraft carriers, backing potentially seismic design changes that would increase construction costs and scramble timelines to complete the build. The president has ordered a return to steam catapults on Ford-class aircraft carriers, and the U.S. Navy is...",
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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."
}