{
  "id": 17787360,
  "title": "Who funded the midterms? Inside US elections’ historic bipartisan spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/who-funded-the-midterms-inside-us-elections-historic-bipartisan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T11:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/02/who-funded-midterms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Major changes in US law and industry have shifted the sources of large contributions to political campaigns – and how much they spend The upcoming midterm elections will be the most expensive elections ever conducted in the US. And more of the money is “dark” than ever before, meaning it’s impossible to get a full picture of who is spending gargantuan sums to influence races that could provide a…",
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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."
}