Biden hails deal freeing Americans from Russia: “Their brutal ordeal is over”

Washington — President Biden addressed the nation Thursday after securing the release of American citizens imprisoned in Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan, Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, saying their “brutal ordeal is over.” All three American citizens are on their way back to the United States, along with

Trump’s big cryptocurrency bet

Former President Donald Trump, who once called bitcoin “a scam,” is now pitching himself as the pro-crypto presidential candidate. “You’re going to be very happy with me,” Trump said at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday.  “If crypto is going to define the future, I want [it] to be mined, minted and