{
  "id": 826627,
  "title": "Trump directs Navy to return to steam catapults on aircraft carriers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/trump-directs-navy-to-return-to-steam-catapults-on-aircraft-carriers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T01:00:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6029103-trump-orders-navy-catapult-reversal/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Trump ordered the U.S. Navy on Thursday to remove the electromagnetic catapult system on aircraft carriers to launch fighter planes and revert back to using catapult systems, a move that officials and experts argue would raise costs in the process. The president directed the service to have Ford-class aircraft carriers, such as the Doris...",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Trump orders US aircraft carriers to go back to steam catapults",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/trump-orders-us-aircraft-carriers-to-go-back-to-steam-catapults",
        "published": "2026-08-13T23:40:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/trump-orders-the-navy-to-return-to-an-older-system-of-launching-jets",
        "published": "2026-08-14T00:02:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}