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  "id": 696514,
  "title": "US immigration officers to be equipped with gloves that deliver electric shocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/us-immigration-officers-to-be-equipped-with-gloves-that-deliver",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T19:21:22.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US immigration agency is buying enforcement officers and agents $20m worth of gloves, which the maker says are safe when properly used.",
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "AP report: ICE plans to give its officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ap-report-ice-plans-to-give-its-officers-gloves-that-can-deliver",
        "published": "2026-08-12T18:46:22.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "US immigration officers to be equipped with gloves that deliver electric shocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/us-immigration-officers-to-be-equipped-with-gloves-that-deliver-697604",
        "published": "2026-08-12T19:21:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "ICE plans to equip officers with electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ice-plans-to-equip-officers-with-electric-shock-gloves",
        "published": "2026-08-12T21:43:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/ice-plans-to-outfit-officers-with-electric-shock-gloves",
        "published": "2026-08-12T22:13:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Trump administration plans to give ICE officers electric-shock gloves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-administration-plans-to-give-ice-officers-electric-shock-gloves",
        "published": "2026-08-12T22:22:57.000Z"
      }
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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."
}