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Proof: Trump targets tax-free diesel as Republicans approach midterms

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T05:22:17Z","headline":"Trump targets tax-free diesel as Republicans approach midterms","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"france24","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261006-trump-targets-tax-free-diesel-as-republicans-approach-midterms","v":1}

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SHA-256

e54090c8a2d9051cebeb8787caa0668f8c684e9c4dc2d98f79b7dfbe59d80298

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970137, mined 2026-10-06 05:50 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 05:29 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 05:29 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e54090c8a2d9.json prints e54090c8a2d9051cebeb8787caa0668f8c684e9c4dc2d98f79b7dfbe59d80298. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e54090c8a2d9.json and headline-e54090c8a2d9.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-e54090c8a2d9.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.