Biden admin says Rodman could 'complicate' efforts to free Griner
The Biden administration is discouraging former NBA player Dennis Rodman from traveling to Russia to help free fellow basketball star Brittney Griner, saying such a visit would only complicate existing efforts to secure Griner’s release from Russian prison. “We put forward a substantial proposal to Russia to seek the freedom of Paul Whelan or Brittney Griner,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters at a briefing Monday afternoon, when asked about Rodman’s stated plans. “We believe that anything other than negotiating further through the established channel
Read MoreFormer rep: US 'can do better' than having two octogenarians face each other in 2024
Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd (R) said on CNN's "New Day" on Monday that the U.S. “can do better” than having two “octogenarians” face off in the next presidential election, referring to President Biden, 79, and former President Trump, 76. “Well, the fact that we're talking about potentially two octogenarians as our choice in 2024, we're better than that, America! We can do better!” said Hurd after being asked by "New Day" anchor John Berman how satisfied he was with the potential 2024 candidates. “Candida
Read MoreDemocratic House, Senate campaign committees outpace Republicans in July
Democrats’ campaign arms in the House and Senate have outpaced that of their Republican counterparts for the month of July, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings. While the House Republicans’ campaign arm said in filings last week that it had raised $9.8 million last month, its Democratic counterpart said it had raised $13.5 million in July. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Read MoreMusk presses for dismissal of Twitter suit, subpoenas Dorsey
Elon Musk is calling for the dismissal of a Twitter shareholder lawsuit over his terminating his multibillion-dollar buyout deal — and subpoenaing the social media company’s former CEO as he fights a lawsuit from Twitter itself seeking to make him complete the takeover. The moves follow Musk’s unexpected announcement in July that he’d walk away just a few months after making
Read MoreJudge sets timeline for motions regarding Graham Georgia grand jury subpoena
A federal judge on Monday set a series of deadlines for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney as she considers whether Graham must testify before a grand jury probing whether former President Trump and his allies attempted to interfere with the 2020 election. A federal appeals court on Sunday temporarily
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