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Proof: Republicans pull funding of Trump-backed Senate candidate in critical North Carolina race

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T20:12:24Z","headline":"Republicans pull funding of Trump-backed Senate candidate in critical North Carolina race","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/02/republican-pac-funding-north-carolina-senate-michael-whatley","v":1}

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48b61bbd332e522c246c1d53983de140ba2fe76298c1da09c20d6b59479bbb42

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969632, mined 2026-10-02 20:44 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 20:19 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-48b61bbd332e.json prints 48b61bbd332e522c246c1d53983de140ba2fe76298c1da09c20d6b59479bbb42. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-48b61bbd332e.json and headline-48b61bbd332e.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-48b61bbd332e.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.

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