{
  "id": 5353548,
  "title": "US commerce secretary erroneously said no Americans have died in Iran war, Trump claims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/us-commerce-secretary-erroneously-said-no-americans-have-died-in-iran",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:38:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/03/howard-lutnick-iran-war-deaths-trump"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President said Howard Lutnick had Venezuela operation on his mind when he was discussing Iran war on CNBC Donald Trump has claimed his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, erroneously stated that no Americans had been killed in the war with Iran because he was thinking about a previous US operation, in Venezuela. The claim, at odds with the Pentagon’s count of 18 US service members dead in the…",
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        "outlet": "Ynetnews",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/crossing-hormuz-in-the-dark-the-secret-oil-operation-testing-trumps",
        "published": "2026-09-02T22:33:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Lutnick apologizes for saying no Americans have died in Iran war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/lutnick-apologizes-for-saying-no-americans-have-died-in-iran-war",
        "published": "2026-09-03T13:46:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Secy apologizes for saying no Americans died in war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/secy-apologizes-for-saying-no-americans-died-in-war",
        "published": "2026-09-03T14:32:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Trump says US has 'unlimited' ammunition as CENTCOM reports Iran's military weakened",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/trump-says-us-has-unlimited-ammunition-as-centcom-reports-irans",
        "published": "2026-09-03T16:06:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "'This is GREAT': Trump lauds Syria 'pitching itself' as alternative to Strait of Hormuz amid Iran war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/this-is-great-trump-lauds-syria-pitching-itself-as-alternative-to",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:08:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}