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  "id": 7826004,
  "title": "House speaker sending lawmakers home early ahead of US midterm election recess",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/house-speaker-sending-lawmakers-home-early-ahead-of-us-midterm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T16:26:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/mike-johnson-cancels-house-vote-hegseth"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete Hegseth US politics live – latest updates The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson , announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled for Thursday, sending lawmakers home one day early ahead of the midterm election recess. The latest change to the legislative schedule means…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "House heading home early",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/house-heading-home-early",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:50:42.000Z"
      }
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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."
}