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February 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Just Released a Shady Russian Prisoner
Here’s how Donald Trump really got Marc Fogel free.
February 12, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Russia Embarrasses Marco Rubio With Update on Prisoner Release
The Kremlin provided a quick fact-check after Rubio claimed there was no prisoner swap between Russia and the United States.
December 16, 2024
Edith Olmsted
CNN Under Fire for Sketchy Syrian Prisoner Story
CNN is investigating its own video story about a man supposedly being freed from a Syrian prison.
October 1, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Trashes Freeing of American Hostage in Unhinged Speech
Donald Trump is angry Brittney Griner was freed from Russian prison.
August 1, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Biden Expertly Trolls Nancy Mace Over Russia Prisoner Swap
The South Carolina Republican demanded to know what Joe Biden was up to. He was only too happy to tell her.
August 1, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Makes Russia Prisoner Swap All About Him in Bonkers Response
Donald Trump has weighed in on the prisoner exchange. You’ll wish he hadn’t.
May 10, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Allies Have a Horror Movie Plan to Clear Out Death Row Prisoners
The infamous Project 2025 includes a plan to purge prisons.
March 24, 2020
Nick Martin
The Pandemic Economy in American Prisons
From manufacturing hand sanitizer to processing chicken, incarcerated workers face extreme risk for virtually no pay.
September 23, 2013
David Thomson
'Prisoners' and the Rotten State of Hollywood
November 5, 2001
Elizabeth Rubin
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