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This photo combination shows, in the centre, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and clockwise from top left are Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, corporate security executive and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Lilia Chanysheva, former coordinator of regional offices of the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny, co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Memorial Human Rights Centre Oleg Orlov, artist and musician Sasha Skochilenko, Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin, government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service Alsu Kurmasheva and former head of Open Russia movement Andrei Pivovarov.

Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap

This photo combination shows, in the centre, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and clockwise from top left are Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, corporate security executive and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Lilia Chanysheva, former coordinator of regional offices of the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny, co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Memorial Human Rights Centre Oleg Orlov, artist and musician Sasha Skochilenko, Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin, government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service Alsu Kurmasheva and former head of Open Russia movement Andrei Pivovarov.

August 1, 2024, 8:22am Latest News

A massive prisoner swap involving the United States and Russia was underway Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said. Read story

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offers remarks following the Senate Democrats policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Washington.

In an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, Schumer introduces the No Kings Act

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., offers remarks following the Senate Democrats policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Washington.

August 1, 2024, 8:16am Latest News

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will introduce legislation Thursday reaffirming that presidents do not have immunity for criminal actions, an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last month. Read story

A supporter of the Islamist Hamas movement reacts as she holds a poster of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh during a protest to condemn his killing, at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh, Hamas&rsquo; political chief in exile who landed on Israel&rsquo;s hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital early Wednesday.

Killing of Hamas leader points to break with U.S.

A supporter of the Islamist Hamas movement reacts as she holds a poster of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh during a protest to condemn his killing, at the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh, Hamas&rsquo; political chief in exile who landed on Israel&rsquo;s hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital early Wednesday.

July 31, 2024, 4:31pm Politics

Israel’s suspected killing of Hamas’ political leader in the heart of Tehran, coming after a week in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised U.S. lawmakers he would continue his war against Hamas until “total victory,” points to an Israeli leader ever more openly at odds with Biden administration efforts to… Read story

FILE- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003 in this photo obtained by the Associated Press. The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda&#039;s Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, The Defense Department said Wednesday.

Guantanamo inmate accused of being main plotter of 9/11 attacks to plead guilty

FILE- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003 in this photo obtained by the Associated Press. The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda&#039;s Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, The Defense Department said Wednesday.

July 31, 2024, 4:04pm Nation & World

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter in al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday, pointing to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East. Read story

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the American Federation of Teachers&rsquo; 88th national convention, July 25, 2024, in Houston. Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that was conducted after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race.

About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the American Federation of Teachers&rsquo; 88th national convention, July 25, 2024, in Houston. Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that was conducted after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race.

July 31, 2024, 1:31pm Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some key Democratic constituencies that had been especially tepid about President Joe Biden, a new poll shows. Read story

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Radford, Va.

VP nominee Vance a likely no-show for kid tax break vote

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Radford, Va.

July 31, 2024, 8:40am Nation & World

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, may not be fond of “childless cat ladies,” but he’s almost certain to skip a vote this week on legislation to expand the child tax credit. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on combating fentanyl, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 21, 2023, in Washington. Biden is calling on Congress to do more to reduce the flow of fentanyl into the United States. The new push comes just as former President Donald Trump steps up attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Biden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints Harris as weak on border

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on combating fentanyl, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 21, 2023, in Washington. Biden is calling on Congress to do more to reduce the flow of fentanyl into the United States. The new push comes just as former President Donald Trump steps up attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris.

July 31, 2024, 8:26am Nation & World

President Joe Biden is prodding Congress to help him do more to combat the scourge of fentanyl before he leaves office. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden looks toward White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford as actor Lucy Liu watches in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Comerford has retired after nearly three decades of making meals and cooking up state dinners for five different presidents and their families.

White House chef retires after nearly 30 years, 1st woman and 1st person of color to have the job

FILE - President Joe Biden looks toward White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford as actor Lucy Liu watches in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Comerford has retired after nearly three decades of making meals and cooking up state dinners for five different presidents and their families.

July 31, 2024, 8:18am Nation & World

The White House’s executive chef has retired after nearly three decades of making meals and cooking up state dinners for five different presidents and their families. Read story

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens as U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024.

Acting Secret Service boss says he ‘cannot defend’ why roof in Trump rally shooting was not secured

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens as U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024.

July 30, 2024, 11:10am Nation & World

The acting director of the Secret Service says he “cannot defend” why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was not secured. Read story

Harris and Trump launch new advertisements for presidential election sprint

July 30, 2024, 9:10am Nation & World

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump released new television advertisements on Tuesday as part of a multimillion battle to gain the upper hand in this year’s reshaped campaign. Read story