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  "id": 18089841,
  "title": "US midterms 2026: Trump buckles down for two years as a lame-duck president",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/us-midterms-2026-trump-buckles-down-for-two-years-as-a-lame-duck",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T07:33:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
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    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/11/04/us-midterms-2026-trump-buckles-down-for-two-years-as-a-lame-duck-president_6771349_4.html"
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  "summary": "Even before the Democrats' sweeping midterm victory, the American president had largely ignored Congress. He had warned that he would use his veto and grant pardons. But Donald Trump will be forced to confront his own decline, as the conversation about the future of the Republican Party intensifies.",
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        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Americans deliver stunning rebuke to Trump as blue wave sweeps country",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/americans-deliver-stunning-rebuke-to-trump-as-blue-wave-sweeps-country",
        "published": "2026-11-04T06:40:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais English",
        "title": "Democrats sweep the midterms on a wave of rebuke to Trump’s presidency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/democrats-sweep-the-midterms-on-a-wave-of-rebuke-to-trumps-presidency",
        "published": "2026-11-04T07:00:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Trump congratulates Democrats on midterms, says Iran war played role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/trump-congratulates-democrats-on-midterms-says-iran-war-played-role",
        "published": "2026-11-04T07:10:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Wednesday briefing: What the Democrat midterms victory tells us about Trump’s future as president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/wednesday-briefing-what-the-democrat-midterms-victory-tells-us-about",
        "published": "2026-11-04T07:11:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Trump congratulates Democrats on midterms win, says Iran war played role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/trump-congratulates-democrats-on-midterms-win-says-iran-war-played",
        "published": "2026-11-04T07:13:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Why my party lost in US Midterms – Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/why-my-party-lost-in-us-midterms-trump",
        "published": "2026-11-04T07:22:02.000Z"
      }
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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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