Politics Jul 19 Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over story reporting on Epstein ties By Alanna Durkin Richer, Larry Neumeister, Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Politics Jul 18 Trump mired in Epstein controversy as Wall Street Journal reports on 2003 letter Trump promised a lawsuit after The Wall Street Journal described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday. By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
World Jun 26 U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. By Jim Heintz, Kirill Zarubin, Associated Press
World Mar 28 What family and supporters have said about U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich’s year in Russian prison When Gershkovich was arrested a year ago — the first U.S. journalist taken into custody on espionage charges since 1986 at the height of the Cold War — it came as a shock, even though Russia had enacted increasingly repressive… By Emma Burrows, Associated Press
Politics Feb 05 Michigan’s Dearborn ramps up security after inflammatory op-ed leads to rise in ‘Islamophobic’ online attacks Mayor Abdullah Hammoud posted on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, that the item published Friday “led to an alarming increase in bigoted and Islamophobic rhetoric online targeting the city of Dearborn.”… By Associated Press
Aug 14 WATCH: State Department holds briefing as a U.S. ambassador visits jailed reporter Gershkovich in Russia By Sam Mednick, Associated Press U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy on Monday made her third visit to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been behind bars in Russia since March on charges of espionage. Continue reading
Apr 18 U.S. journalist held by Russia on espionage charges to stay in jail By Associated Press A Russian judge ruled Tuesday that American journalist Evan Gershkovich must remain behind bars on espionage charges in a case that is part of a Kremlin crackdown on dissent and press freedom amid the war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Apr 13 Russia may consider prisoner swap after trial of detained U.S. reporter By Associated Press Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Russian state news agency Tass on Thursday that talks about a possible exchange could take place through a dedicated channel that Russian and U.S. security agencies established for such purposes. Continue reading
Apr 05 WATCH: Blinken says Wall Street Journal reporter ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday he has “no doubt” that Russia has wrongfully detained an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal who was arrested last week on spying allegations. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 12:17 Russia arrests American journalist Evan Gershkovich on spying charges By Geoff Bennett, Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi For the first time in nearly 40 years, Russian authorities arrested an American journalist on espionage charges. Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal was detained on Wednesday while reporting in central Russia. It’s an escalation of a Kremlin campaign… Continue watching