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  "id": 9082708,
  "title": "German chancellor Merz clings to office after historic election defeat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/german-chancellor-merz-clings-to-office-after-historic-election-defeat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T03:52:18.000Z",
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    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/world/x0d1uahpf"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "German Chancellor Friedrich Merz refused to step down after his conservative party suffered its worst local election loss in postwar Germany.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Merz’s dilemma: Redraft German economic reforms, or go down defending them",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/merzs-dilemma-redraft-german-economic-reforms-or-go-down-defending",
        "published": "2026-09-22T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}