New York Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Gag Order Challenge

Trump and his attorneys repeatedly asked Merchan and other courts to terminate the gag order, arguing that it violated his constitutional right to free speech. A New York state appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to lift a gag order imposed in his business records falsification case, with the order remaining in

U.S.-Russia prisoner swap frees Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan

After a historically complex, monthslong negotiation involving more than six countries and two dozen prisoners, the Biden administration on Thursday announced it had secured the release of three American citizens from Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, all of whom are expected to arrive

Watch Live: Biden announces prisoner swap freeing Americans held in Russia

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

‘Betrayed the American People’: Rep. Stefanik Slams Biden-Harris Admin’s ‘Sickening’ 9/11 Plea Deal

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) on Thursday said the Biden-Harris administration “betrayed the American people” by striking a “sickening” plea deal that lets the three terrorists behind the 9/11 attack avoid the death penalty. “On September 11, 2001, as the world watched the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, the American people rallied together in