{
  "id": 2249393,
  "title": "Ousted transgender CIA officer warns White House politics undermining U.S. intelligence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/ousted-transgender-cia-officer-warns-white-house-politics-undermining",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T22:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ousted-transgender-cia-officer-warns-white-house-politics-undermining-u-s-intelligence"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly 20 years of service in the intelligence community ended for Julia Curlee last year. Curlee was the first CIA officer to transition openly and continue serving the agency until she was fired abruptly early in Trump's second term. She writes about being targeted as a transgender woman in an essay for The Atlantic titled \"The wrong kind of American.\" Curlee joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/is-it-illegal-for-the-president-to-spend-patriotic-donations-on-a",
        "published": "2026-08-20T22:08:40.000Z"
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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."
}