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  "id": 16936812,
  "title": "‘Like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory’: how did the restaurant end up in a Maga fight over ‘elitism’?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/like-saddam-opened-a-cheesecake-factory-how-did-the-restaurant-end-up",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T17:41:49.000Z",
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    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/cheesecake-factory-obama-trump"
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  "summary": "Obama has been accused of ‘snobbery’ over his Trump diss, as people rush to defend the restaurant chain’s ‘affordable opulence’ Around lunchtime on Tuesday, a Rolls-Royce stopped at the intersection of Beverly Drive and Dayton Way in Beverly Hills, California. Local people in athleisure walked past Balenciaga, Dior and Prada boutiques, as visitors on Hollywood bus tours ogled nearby Rodeo Drive,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Let them eat cheesecake! Obama’s dig at gilded Trump White House causes MAGA meltdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/let-them-eat-cheesecake-obamas-dig-at-gilded-trump-white-house-causes",
        "published": "2026-10-27T16:18:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "How The Cheesecake Factory went from a family recipe to a global chain — and a White House punchline",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/how-the-cheesecake-factory-went-from-a-family-recipe-to-a-global",
        "published": "2026-10-28T14:09:14.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "What Does the Cheesecake Factory’s Designer Think of Obama and Trump’s Jabs at His Décor?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/what-does-the-cheesecake-factorys-designer-think-of-obama-and-trumps",
        "published": "2026-10-28T16:24:47.000Z"
      }
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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."
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