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Proof: Trump returns to Texas for Senate nominee he can't help but insult

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T20:22:17Z","headline":"Trump returns to Texas for Senate nominee he can't help but insult","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cnn","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/07/politics/trump-texas-ken-paxton","v":1}

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SHA-256

e7278c8097cb22bf20b3b14b16da1cace4b88fe6abfc59978565b596ae7694e0

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970388, mined 2026-10-07 20:35 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 20:29 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 20:30 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e7278c8097cb.json prints e7278c8097cb22bf20b3b14b16da1cace4b88fe6abfc59978565b596ae7694e0. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e7278c8097cb.json and headline-e7278c8097cb.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-e7278c8097cb.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.