{
  "id": 11902005,
  "title": "Trump's nominee for Hostage Affairs envoy faces scrutiny on controversial Russia plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/trumps-nominee-for-hostage-affairs-envoy-faces-scrutiny-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/international/6124543-trump-hostage-affairs-coale-belarus-russia-ukraine/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Trump is tapping his charismatic, straight-talking former lawyer, who has helped free hundreds of political prisoners from Belarus, to serve as the U.S. official charged with bringing home unjustly detained Americans abroad. John Coale, who serves as special envoy to Belarus, has detailed “vodka infused” negotiations with that country’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, to...",
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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."
}