David Whelan says it will be ‘really hard’ if brother Paul is left out of deal that frees Brittney Griner
David Whelan, the brother of imprisoned U.S. marine Paul Whelan, said he is cautiously optimistic about the renewed U.S. effort to free his sibling and Brittney Griner from detention in Russia but expressed concerns in an interview with The Hill that Paul could ultimately be left out of a deal that frees the WNBA star. “If Paul is left behind again it will be really hard, and yet we realize that Ms. Griner’s case is a different case and it’s a different person and it’s a different family and the U.S. government has to deal with each of these cases one by one,” he said
Read MoreAverage college student needs more than five years to graduate: report
Story at a glance The Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP) Insights Report focused on the ratio of credits earned to credits attempted and the credit accumulation rate, which measures a student’s “timely accumulation” of credits. During their first year in college, students attempt on average fewer than 27 hours while earning 22 credits.
Read MoreTaiwan: Chinese military drills violate island's sovereignty
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday condemned China’s plans to conduct live-fire drills following Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to the island, saying the move violates Taiwan’s sovereignty. Beijing on Tuesday announced it would conduct military exercises, including live-fire drills, in six maritime regions and their air space off the coast of Taiwan between Thursday and Sunday local time, just days after Pelosi became the highest-ranking U.S
Read MoreFormer Treasury secretaries backing Inflation Reduction Act
Five former Treasury secretaries on Wednesday signed a statement backing the Inflation Reduction Act, pushing back against the claim that the reconciliation bill will raise taxes on Americans who make under $400,000 a year. The former Treasury secretaries, both Republicans and Democrats, said the legislation is "financed by prudent tax policy that will collect more from top-earners and large corporations," according to the letter, which was obtained by
Read MoreHollywood floods money to key Dem Senate candidates
With just months to go ahead of the November midterms, Hollywood stars are flooding Democratic campaigns with cash, aiming to ward off Republican challengers and hold the evenly split Senate. The campaigns of high-profile Democratic Senate candidates in fiercely competitive races — including Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania and incumbent Sens. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) and Mark Kelly (Ariz.) — appear to be getting the biggest celeb paydays. In Georgia, a top target for the GOP as it attempts to net a single seat in the upper chamber to recapture the majority,
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