{
  "id": 4184700,
  "title": "Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/trumps-dhs-is-using-an-obscure-law-to-secretly-snoop-on-journalists",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-29T12:00:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies The Trump administration has been deploying an obscure legal maneuver to try to obtain private information on journalists, non-profits and unions, raising alarm over a power the government has asserted without judicial oversight. In one instance, the government…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
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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."
}