{
  "id": 1783308,
  "title": "Sen. Slotkin presses Hegseth, Caine to commit to keeping U.S. military out of the midterm elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/sen-slotkin-presses-hegseth-caine-to-commit-to-keeping-u-s-military",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:36:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sen-slotkin-presses-hegseth-caine-to-commit-to-keeping-u-s-military-out-of-the-midterm-elections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "\"I'd ask you to confirm a simple statement: the Department of Defense will not send Federal troops to the polls or to seize election materials of any kind,\" Slotkin wrote to Hegseth and to Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in letters Tuesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}