Paul Whelan, an American the Biden administration considers to be wrongfully detained by the Russian government, was able to call his parents on Friday, providing some relief following a period of silence that left officials “deeply concerned” for his well-being.
President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the Roosevelt Room of the White House Friday before signing a resolution that successfully averted a national railway strike ahead of the holiday season.
The Biden administration still has not clarified whether an official in the Department of Energy is still on payroll in the days since a story that the official was charged with stealing luggage went viral.
City officials in Uvalde, Texas, are suing a local prosecutor’s office for access to records and other investigative findings related to the mass shooting at an elementary school in May that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Nearly three weeks after four University of Idaho students were found killed inside their off-campus home, police officers are investigating the incident to uncover who is responsible.