Russian prisoner swap raises debate over ramifications: ‘Are we actually feeding the beast?’

by admin | Aug 2, 2024 | Politics

Contributor/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two dozen prisoners from seven countries were freed in a historic swap on Thursday, including several wrongfully detained American citizens held in Russia.President Joe Biden called the deal, the largest of its kind since...

Trump doubles down on false racial attacks on Harris, Republican senators squirm when confronted about it

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Politics

Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Republican senators ABC News spoke with Thursday squirmed when asked about former President Donald Trump falsely questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity during his interview at the National...

Biden tells Americans freed from Russian detention, ‘Welcome almost home’

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Politics

ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday celebrated an extraordinary prisoner exchange that freed several Americans wrongfully detained in Russia, calling it a “feat of diplomacy and friendship” in remarks from the White House.Biden was...

Trump’s comments on Jewish Democrats, second gentleman Doug Emhoff spark criticism

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Politics

Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former president Donald Trump is facing criticism for recent comments made about the Jewish community in which he claimed a Jewish American who votes for a Democrat is “an absolute fool.”The American Jewish...

New DHS watchdog report details how close Kamala Harris came to ‘viable’ pipe bomb on Jan. 6

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Politics

Montinique Monroe/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service faced an array of challenges — and made some potentially dangerous mistakes — while trying to protect the president, vice president and vice president-elect on Jan. 6, 2021, the day...