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  "id": 602997,
  "title": "‘Stranger things have happened’: Trump coy on calling midterm-elections emergency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/stranger-things-have-happened-trump-coy-on-calling-midterm-elections",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T20:10:03.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "The president’s cryptic response to the idea of declaring a national security emergency ahead of the November elections gives oxygen to a call coming from his boosters in the right-wing media.",
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Stranger things have happened’: Trump coy on calling midterm-elections emergency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/stranger-things-have-happened-trump-coy-on-calling-midterm-elections-603064",
        "published": "2026-08-11T20:10:03.000Z"
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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."
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