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  "id": 18177980,
  "title": "Politics of fear failed to stop El-Sayed's historic US Senate win",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/politics-of-fear-failed-to-stop-el-sayeds-historic-us-senate-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T19:47:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/11/politics-fear-failed-stop-el-sayeds-historic-us-senate-win"
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  "summary": "By Nathan Layne DEARBORN, Michigan, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The US president repeatedly branded him a jihadist. His Republican opponent questioned his loyalty to America. Campaign mailers suggested he had ties to terrorists and warned that, if elected, he would bring sharia law to Michigan. Before Abdul El-Sayed could make history as the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, he endured what critics…",
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    "outlets": 3,
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "15 positions Abdul El-Sayed sets out in his Michigan Senate campaign",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/15-positions-abdul-el-sayed-sets-out-in-his-michigan-senate-campaign",
        "published": "2026-11-04T20:14:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Rep. Hillary Scholten on Abdul El-Sayed's Senate victory, Democrats huge midterm gains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/rep-hillary-scholten-on-abdul-el-sayeds-senate-victory-democrats-huge",
        "published": "2026-11-04T23:14:33.000Z"
      }
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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."
}