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  "title": "Tetris distances itself from controversial White House ‘arcade’ games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/tetris-distances-itself-from-controversial-white-house-arcade-games-5693350",
  "topic": "culture",
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  "published": "2026-09-05T01:09:00.000Z",
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