{
  "id": 8326312,
  "title": "US defence secretary calls Washington Post report on US troop deaths a ‘lie’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/us-defence-secretary-calls-washington-post-report-on-us-troop-deaths",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T22:28:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-defence-secretary-calls-washington-post-report-us-troop-deaths-lie"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US defence secretary calls Washington Post report on US troop deaths a ‘lie’ We earlier reported that more US troops have died during the US-Israeli war with Iran than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed, according to a report by the Washington Post, citing six anonymous US officials. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth denied the report on the underreporting of US service member deaths during the…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}