{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_o3igz47xd3uz5y4edrlq","title":"Welch leads effort urging Trump Admin to fight for release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/welch-leads-effort-urging-trump-admin-to-fight-for-release-of-political-o3igz47xd3","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_o3igz47xd3uz5y4edrlq","seq":478267,"kind":"article","title":"Welch leads effort urging Trump Admin to fight for release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan","url":"https://vermontbiz.com/news/2026/september/29/welch-leads-effort-urging-trump-admin-fight-release-political-prisoners","summary":"Welch leads effort urging Trump Admin to fight for release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan tim Tue, 09/29/2026 - 04:28 Bipartisan Senators call on Trump Admin to include release of all political prisoners held in Azerbaijan as part of efforts to strengthen the U.S.– Azerbaijan partnership Vermont Business Magazine U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) joined U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in leading a bipartisan effort calling on the Trump…","published":"2026-09-28T16:55:34Z","seen":"2026-09-28T16:55:34Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-vermontbiz-com-a3e852","name":"vermontbiz.com","domain":"vermontbiz.com"},"via":"kite-vermontbiz-com-a3e852","topics":["vermont"],"authors":["tim"],"entities":[{"id":"Q2073798","name":"Welch","type":"person"},{"id":"Q227","name":"Azerbaijan","type":"place"}],"story":"st_o3igz47xd3uz5y4edrlq","category":"politics","category_p":0.8100000023841858,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.15000000596046448,"political":0.9900000095367432}]}