{
  "id": 784908,
  "title": "Maine Democrat Jackson acknowledges punching man in 1988; he and partner dismiss pushing allegation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/maine-democrat-jackson-acknowledges-punching-man-in-1988-he-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T15:32:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6027615-jackson-partner-denies-allegations/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson on Thursday acknowledged punching a man as a teenager in 1988, but he and longtime partner Lana Pelletier disputed that he had pushed her after the Bangor Daily News obtained and reported on a police report that detailed the nearly 40-year-old allegations. “Nearly forty years ago, when I was...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}