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  "id": 9875012,
  "title": "Trump uses contested power to cut nearly $1B US in Congress-approved spending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/trump-uses-contested-power-to-cut-nearly-1b-us-in-congress-approved",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-26T00:50:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-pocket-rescission-spending-cuts-9.7359457"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "U.S. President Donald Trump is cancelling nearly $1 billion US in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending, a move some lawmakers called illegal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/trump-cancels-nearly-1-billion-in-spending-a-move-some-lawmakers",
        "published": "2026-09-26T01:38:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}