{
  "id": 7795060,
  "title": "Patel rips Democrats after clashes at hearing: 'Buffoons’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/patel-rips-democrats-after-clashes-at-hearing-buffoons",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:50:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6092298-fbi-kash-patel-defense-senate-hearing-democrats/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "FBI Director Kash Patel rebuked Democratic lawmakers who criticized him on Tuesday during an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing them of acting “like buffoons on Capitol Hill.” “This FBI, under my leadership and President Trump’s administration, is here for the people of America, not for the cacophony of the United States Senate...",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Why FBI chief Kash Patel was grilled over Epstein files, ‘bestiality’, prostitution rules in Senate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/why-fbi-chief-kash-patel-was-grilled-over-epstein-files-bestiality",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:04:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Moment Kash Patel’s senate hearing takes bizarre turn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/moment-kash-patels-senate-hearing-takes-bizarre-turn",
        "published": "2026-09-16T11:12:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}