{
  "id": 18171599,
  "title": "Who won in China? In the US midterms, Susan Collins and the local firefighters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/who-won-in-china-in-the-us-midterms-susan-collins-and-the-local-18171599",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T18:59:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/us-elections/article/3373314/who-won-china-us-midterms-susan-collins-and-local-firefighters"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Republican Senator Susan Collins won in China on Tuesday. So did the volunteer firefighters. Voters in several small American communities with China in their names cast ballots in Tuesday’s US midterm elections. Their local contests had little to do with Beijing and a great deal to do with fire engines, budgets and paving. In China, a lakeside town in northeastern Maine, Collins outpolled…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Susan Collins to Greg Abbott: Incumbents who lost their seats in the 2026 US midterm elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/susan-collins-to-greg-abbott-incumbents-who-lost-their-seats-in-the",
        "published": "2026-11-04T11:47:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "What the downfall of near three-decade senator Susan Collins says about Republican unpopularity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/what-the-downfall-of-near-three-decade-senator-susan-collins-says",
        "published": "2026-11-04T20:00:42.000Z"
      }
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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."
}