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  "id": 18178796,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T20:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/susan-collins-senate-defeat-troy-jackson"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’ The political demise of Susan Collins – a fixture of Maine and Washington politics for three decades – recalls the famous line in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises about how one of the novel’s characters experienced bankruptcy: gradually, then suddenly. In the run-up to Tuesday’s…",
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    "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": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-04T18:59:58.000Z"
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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."
}