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  "id": 4726722,
  "title": "DEA Tactic That Let Fentanyl Flood the Streets Investigated by House Republicans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/dea-tactic-that-let-fentanyl-flood-the-streets-investigated-by-house",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-31T21:07:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
    "slug": "medpage-today",
    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/opioids/122835"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases is now under investigation by Republicans on the House Oversight...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "House Republicans launch investigation into DEA tactic that allowed fentanyl to hit streets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/house-republicans-launch-investigation-into-dea-tactic-that-allowed",
        "published": "2026-08-31T13:01:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}