{
  "id": 5149557,
  "title": "How New York Times Reporters Traced Dark Money in Politics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/how-new-york-times-reporters-traced-dark-money-in-politics",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T16:32:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/insider/how-reporters-trace-dark-money-in-politics.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "About $1 billion in anonymous contributions is coursing through midterm races across the country. Figuring out where the funds are coming from is no easy task.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}