{
  "id": 3833999,
  "title": "Letter signed by Democratic senators calls on ICE to halt electric shock gloves",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/letter-signed-by-democratic-senators-calls-on-ice-to-halt-electric",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T21:50:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/6056134-senators-oppose-ice-shocking-gloves/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A group of mostly Democratic senators pressed for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to not use gloves that can electrically shock people in a Thursday letter. In the letter addressed to ICE Acting Director David Venturella, the senators said that they were writing “to express deep concern about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Group of Democratic senators calls on ICE to cancel plan to buy electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/group-of-democratic-senators-calls-on-ice-to-cancel-plan-to-buy",
        "published": "2026-08-27T16:53:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "ICE awards $16.7 mil. contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ice-awards-16-7-mil-contract-to-buy-6-000-pairs-of-gloves-that",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:32:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/ice-grants-16-7-million-contract-to-buy-thousands-of-electric-shock",
        "published": "2026-08-27T23:32:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}