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  "id": 7677328,
  "title": "Kash Patel loosened rules to allow 'bestiality victims' into FBI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kash-patel-loosened-rules-to-allow-bestiality-victims-into-fbi-7677328",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T01:24:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
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    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/kash-patel-loosened-rules-to-allow-bestiality-victims-into-fbi-20260916-p60xtj.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "FBI Director Kash Patel has been quizzed by Senator John Kennedy over a decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI applicants.",
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: 'Why would you get into bestiality?'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/gop-senator-presses-patel-on-fbi-policy-change-why-would-you-get-into",
        "published": "2026-09-15T15:05:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Watch: Durbin presses Patel on FBI response to shootings involving law enforcement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/watch-durbin-presses-patel-on-fbi-response-to-shootings-involving-law",
        "published": "2026-09-15T16:05:50.000Z"
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "WATCH: Patel explains why FBI no longer considers bestiality an automatic hiring disqualifier",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/watch-patel-explains-why-fbi-no-longer-considers-bestiality-an",
        "published": "2026-09-15T20:07:07.000Z"
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        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Epstein, FBI firings and bestiality: Key moments from Kash Patel's Senate grilling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/epstein-fbi-firings-and-bestiality-key-moments-from-kash-patels",
        "published": "2026-09-15T23:18:51.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Kash Patel loosened rules to allow 'bestiality victims' into FBI",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kash-patel-loosened-rules-to-allow-bestiality-victims-into-fbi",
        "published": "2026-09-16T01:24:02.000Z"
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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."
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