{
  "id": 2121900,
  "title": "From McDonald’s to Congress: can a former fry cook flip a key district for Democrats?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/from-mcdonalds-to-congress-can-a-former-fry-cook-flip-a-key-district",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T11:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/20/mcdonalds-congress-affordability-democrats"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Manny Rutinel hopes price-tag politics can win key voters in Colorado House race During his presidential campaign in October 2024, Donald Trump staged a photo op at a McDonald’s franchise in Pennsylvania, where he was briefly taught how to work the fryer and drive-thru window at the closed restaurant, while making several unsubstantiated claims about Kamala Harris’s past summer job at McDonald’s.…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Sajjan Kumar, former Congress MP convicted in anti-Sikh riots case, passes away",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/sajjan-kumar-former-congress-mp-convicted-in-anti-sikh-riots-case",
        "published": "2026-08-20T09:59:28.000Z"
      }
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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."
}