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  "id": 17936463,
  "title": "From the US midterms to the hard right in Britain, empathy has become a dirty word in politics | John Harris",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/from-the-us-midterms-to-the-hard-right-in-britain-empathy-has-become",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T08:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/03/us-midterms-hard-right-britain-empathy-politics"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Around the world, virtues such as compassion and kindness are gathering dust, like old hymn books in a long-deserted church Towards the end of the summer, the Tory-Reform defector Robert Jenrick authored an op-ed piece for the Daily Telegraph about the seemingly impossible economics of rising benefits bills because of mental ill-health. In his capacity as Reform’s Treasury spokesman, his task was…",
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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."
}