Trump lynching claim renews pain for kin of victims
The piece recalls Willie Edwards Jr and Emmett Till, lynched in 1957 and 1955, whose relatives condemn President Trump for likening impeachment to lynching. It notes no prosecutions for the murders, FBI reviews, and memorials by the Equal Justice Initiative. Relatives stress the harm of equating legal actions with racial terror.
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Ala
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South
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
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Malinda Edwards
Willie Edwards
Deborah Watts
Till
Emmett
Chicago
FBI
Edwards
Equal Justice Initiative
United States
Janet Langhart Cohen
Jimmy Gillenwaters
Kentucky
Cohen
William Cohen
Maine
Anne
Anne Frank
Josephine Bolling McCall
Elmore Bolling
McCall
Bolling
Dayton
Ohio
Trump lifts Turkey sanctions and says cease-fire permanent
President Trump announces sanctions relief after Turkey agrees to a permanent cease-fire in Syria and defends troop withdrawal. He warns that sanctions could be reimposed if Turkey backslides, while noting Kurdish lives saved and urging other nations to share security duties.
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Turkey
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Donald Trump
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Recep Tayipp Erdogan
Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill amid protests
Hong Kong government formally withdraws the unpopular extradition bill after months of demonstrations. Secretary for Security John Lee cites social conflict as the reason. Pro democracy lawmakers press him as protests broaden to universal suffrage and police abuse concerns. Taiwan and Beijing tensions color the Chan Tong-kai case, with Taiwan offering to extradite but Hong Kong insisting on self handled flight. Tsai Ing-wen says she would try Chan if Hong Kong declines, while rejecting mutual legal assistance with Taiwan.
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Lee
Chan Tong-kai
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Poon Hiu-wing
Chan
Beijing
China
Tsai Ing-wen
Taipei
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