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
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
A gag order put in place before former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York will remain through his sentencing in September, an appeals court ruled Thursday. Trump has repeatedly challenged the order, which currently bars him from commenting publicly on prosecutors and court staff involved in the case, and their families. It originally
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
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
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is threatening to subpoena Columbia University should the school refuse to provide internal communications on campus anti-Semitism from Josef Sorett, the dean at the center of the texting scandal that has rocked the Ivy League institution, as well as other university leaders. The committee’s chairwoman, Rep. Virginia
Republican candidates who have espoused election-related conspiracy theories won several primaries in down-ballot races in Arizona this week, in what mainstream voting groups characterized as a concerning trend ahead of November’s hotly contested election. U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake, former state Sen. Sonny Borrelli and former Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem were among