Half of Americans Think Biden Got Special Treatment in Document Probe

About half of Americans think President Joe Biden got special treatment when federal prosecutors decided last week they would not prosecute him for allegedly mishandling classified documents, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Some 53 percent of respondents, including 29 percent of Democrats, in the four-day poll which closed on Monday, agree with a statement that “Biden received special treatment because

Blinken speaks with Paul Whelan, American detained in Russia, for third time

Washington — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with Paul Whelan, an American businessman the U.S. considers to be wrongfully detained in Russia, on Monday.  “Yesterday, as it happens, I spoke on the phone with Paul Whelan,” Blinken said Tuesday at an event on hostage diplomacy at the Wilson Center in Washington. “Our