{
  "id": 17983378,
  "title": "The dangerous loophole turning U.S. attorney’s offices into political instruments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/the-dangerous-loophole-turning-u-s-attorneys-offices-into-political",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/6190139-us-attorney-office-leadership-crisis/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In February 1897, all criminal prosecutions in the District of Columbia stopped. Trials were postponed. New arrestees unable to post bond faced indefinite detention. A wanted fugitive captured in another state could not be extradited. For 22 days, no prosecutorial authority existed in the nation’s capital. The cause of this disruption? The absence of a...",
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  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}