{
  "id": 16899268,
  "title": "US midterms could trigger a debt ceiling showdown worse than 2011",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/us-midterms-could-trigger-a-debt-ceiling-showdown-worse-than-2011",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T12:30:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3372280/us-midterms-could-trigger-debt-ceiling-showdown-worse-2011"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Some readers, especially non-Americans, might wonder what the recurring squabbles in Washington over the debt ceiling and government shutdowns mean. That’s understandable. In virtually every country in the world, when the legislature approves a budget that results in net new borrowing of, say, 50 billion euros (US$55.8 billion), the government is thereby authorised to take on that debt to finance…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}