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Melania Trump's Guest List For President's Congressional Address Underscores Vast Social Differences From Biden Era
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 - 6:13pm | 535First Lady Melania Trump has invited over a dozen guests to her husband's address to Congress who have personal experiences that underscore key Trump administration policies that differ by worlds from his predecessor's Joe Biden. President Donald Trump's address is expected to go heavy on his...
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Trump Administration Secures Release Of Cannabis Prisoner Marc Fogel From 14-Year Russian Sentence
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 - 6:31pm | 442Marc Fogel, who was sentenced to 14 years in a Russian penal colony after his 2021 arrest in Moscow for possessing medical marijuana, is coming home. The White House announced Tuesday, per various news outlets, that it had negotiated Fogel's release. White House national security adviser Michael...
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Kamala Harris Spoke To Alexey Navalny's Widow After Prisoner Release: Some Freed Worked With Opposition Leader To 'Build A Free, Democratic Russia'
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 9:07pm | 604Vice President Kamala Harris has expressed her support for Yulia Navalnaya and her commitment to those fighting for freedom in Russia, following a significant prisoner exchange. What Happened: On Thursday, Harris posted about her conversation with Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexey Navalny on X. This...
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Russia Prisoner Swap: Senators Demand Inclusion Of Cannabis Prisoner Marc Fogel, Mom Takes Antony Blinken To Court
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 2:47pm | 657Following the good news that Russia released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, as part of a major prisoner exchange with the U.S., Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman and Reps. Mike Kelly, Chris Deluzio and Guy Reschenthaler want...
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Congress Members To Biden Administration: Do More To Free Americans In Russian Prisons, Start With Marc Fogel
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 2:41pm | 600Marc Fogel, now in his 60s, was sentenced by a Russian court to 14 years in prison in June 2022 for allegedly “large-scale” cannabis smuggling. Fogel was, in fact, a legal medical marijuana patient in Pennsylvania where he used cannabis as an alternative to opioids for...
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Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Seek To Release American Cannabis Patient Detained In Russia
Friday, July 28, 2023 - 4:30pm | 605"Marc Fogel's sentence is vastly disproportionate to the severity of his nonviolent crime," says a resolution filed by bipartisan congressional lawmakers, who are rallying against Russia's incarceration of the U.S. citizen. Fogel was given a 14-year sentence for possessing medical...
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Family Of Imprisoned Teacher In Russia Wants Biden To Classify Him 'Wrongfully Detained'
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 - 4:12pm | 1003Marc Fogel, a history teacher, was arrested in August 2021 at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport after Russian authorities discovered marijuana in his luggage. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) has been vociferous in support of Fogel's release from a Russian penal colony,...
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Congress Members To Biden: Why Isn't Medical Marijuana Patient Jailed In Russia Considered 'Wrongfully Detained'?
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 10:41pm | 577Four bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the State Department to explain to Congress why it has not designated Marc Fogel, who is serving time in Russia for possessing medical marijuana, “wrongfully detained.” U.S. Reps Mike Kelly (R-PA) and...
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House United In Call For Release Of Americans Detained in Russia, Including Medical Marijuana Patient
Friday, June 16, 2023 - 2:51pm | 538The House unanimously approved a resolution this week calling on Russia to “immediately release” Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Arrested in March, Gershkovich, 31, is being detained and charged with espionage - the first time Russia has accused...
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Sen. Daines And Former Russia Diplomat Urge Blinken To Designate Marc Fogel as 'Wrongfully Detained' In Russia
Friday, June 9, 2023 - 1:48pm | 455U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul published an open letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the Biden Administration to “immediately designate Mr. Marc Fogel as wrongfully detained and prioritize securing his release.” Fogel, who...
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Fogel 'Wrongfully Detained' Like Brittney Griner: Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Biden Admin To Push For His Release
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 9:34am | 839A group of Congress members consisting of both Democrats and Republicans is pressing the State Department to use its diplomatic resources to make the task of ensuring the release of former U.S. diplomat Marc Fogel from Russian prison a priority. In a letter addressed to...
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Senators Rubio, Manchin, Casey & Six More Urge State Dept. To Classify Marc Fogel 'Wrongfully Detained' In Russia For Cannabis
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - 2:56pm | 555A coalition of bipartisan senators is calling on the State Department to reclassify another U.S. citizen imprisoned in Russia for medical marijuana as “wrongfully detained.” The letter, led by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), argues that Marc Fogel who previously worked at the...
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Putin Spokesperson: Brittney Griner Is Not A Hostage, She Broke Russian Law By Possessing Cannabis Oil
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - 10:11am | 479A spokesperson for Russian leader Vladimir Putin said WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention was not about "being a hostage," seemingly in response to the State Department’s position that she is being wrongfully detained in Russia. “It’s not...