{
  "id": 3869496,
  "title": "ICE awards $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ice-awards-16-7-million-contract-to-buy-6-000-pairs-of-gloves-that",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T01:43:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/28/ice-awards-16-7m-contract-to-buy-6-000-pairs-of-gloves-that-deliver-electric-shocks_6756921_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Department of Homeland Security, ICE's parent agency, reacted defiantly to critics of the purchase. 'Sanctuary politicians attempting to ban our federal law enforcement from any safety equipment is despicable and a deliberate attempt to undermine and endanger our officers,' the agency said in a statement.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "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 Hill",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:50:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "US to buy thousands of electric shock gloves for ICE agents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-to-buy-thousands-of-electric-shock-gloves-for-ice-agents",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:07:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "US ICE grants $16.7 million contract to buy thousands of electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-ice-grants-16-7-million-contract-to-buy-thousands-of-electric",
        "published": "2026-08-28T02:54:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "ICE agents in US to be equipped with pain-delivering electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/ice-agents-in-us-to-be-equipped-with-pain-delivering-electric-shock",
        "published": "2026-08-28T03:38:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}