{
  "id": 849107,
  "title": "US Senator Schumer calls for firing of Hegseth over handling of aircraft carrier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/us-senator-schumer-calls-for-firing-of-hegseth-over-handling-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T06:35:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-senator-schumer-calls-firing-hegseth-over-handling-aircraft-carrier"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US Senator Schumer calls for firing of Hegseth over handling of aircraft carrier US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voiced his demand for \"completely incompetent\" Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to be removed from his position over his handling of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. \"When Pete Hegseth was nominated, everyone knew he was completely incompetent,\" he wrote on X. \"Now our…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}