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The Whelan family is focused on positive news and gratitude.
Some of that is renewed interest in the plight of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, arrested nearly four years ago in Russia and convicted of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison. He has denied the charges.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers in both chambers introduced legislation that would establish an annual “National Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day,” a move that comes days after Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner.
LATE ON TUESDAY morning, aboard Air Force One, President Joe Biden’s tie was loose and his blazer was off. In the conference room at the back of the plane, Rep. Greg Stanton of Arizona stood up and pressed for an urgent answer: When was Brittney Griner coming home?
Washington — For the second time this year, the family of Michigan's Paul Whelan was left "devastated" that Russia agreed to swap an American prisoner for the return of a Russian inmate, and that, again, that American wasn't Paul.
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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, a Democrat who represents Whelan in Congress, said Thursday she's still hopeful and not giving up after speaking to the White House.
(WXYZ) — It’s been nearly 4 years since Paul Whelan was last his home in Novi.
Today, with the news that another American has been released from Russia without him, he says he’s disappointed with the Biden administration.
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Haley Stevens is Paul’s Representative in Congress and the new co-chair of the Congressional task force on American hostages and Americans wrongfully detained abroad.
We asked her what the U.S. could still do.
WXYZ’s Brian Abel asked, “What leverage does the U.S. have at this point to negotiate with? What’s left?”
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — It has long been known that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold the post second in line to the presidency, does not sleep much. These days, as she races in and out of cities across the nation in a grueling, nonstop push for campaign money to hang on to her embattled House majority, even her bedtime hours are consumed with thoughts of how to win.
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A Novi business fell under the gaze of one of the most powerful women in America on Wednesday.
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi toured Our Next Energy, a battery startup charging forward in the future of electric vehicle technology.
Congresswomen Haley Stevens (11th District) and Debbie Dingell (12th District) joined Pelosi as they promoted electric vehicle provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.
NOVI, Mich. (FOX 2) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in Novi on Wednesday to push electric vehicle provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, which are aimed at taking an aggressive stance on climate change and reducing energy costs.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Oakland County Wednesday to tour an electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer and tout EV provisions included in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Democratic-led federal government's efforts to boost electric vehicles during a tour of the headquarters of a battery manufacturing startup — not missing an opportunity to criticize ex-President Donald Trump for a lack of leadership in the sector.