{
  "id": 5306767,
  "title": "U.S. journalist gets 2 year sentence for acting as agent for China, DOJ says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/u-s-journalist-gets-2-year-sentence-for-acting-as-agent-for-china-doj",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T10:14:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/thomas-pauken-ii-us-journalist-two-year-sentence-agent-china-doj-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "American journalist Thomas Weir Pauken II has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of China's government within the U.S., the Justice Department says.",
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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."
}