WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden will name Antony Blinken, a veteran foreign policy official and longtime confidant, as his secretary of state, his campaign announced Monday, Blinken, who ...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of espionage Friday and sentenced to 16 years in prison in a trial that his employer and the U.S. government denounced as a sham.

Blinken and Biden also called for the release of Paul Whelan, a businessman and former U.S. Marine who was convicted of espionage in 2020 and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday spoke with Paul Whelan, a businessman and former Marine who the U.S. government says is wrongfully imprisoned in Russia.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that he had spoken by phone on Monday with Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine held in Russia since 2018, and that the Biden administration will keep working ...

Washington — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with Paul Whelan, an American businessman the U.S. considers to be wrongfully detained in Russia, on Monday.

Blinken was accompanied by his wife, Biden’s White House cabinet secretary Evan Ryan, and their 3-year-old daughter, who was dressed in the Ukrainian flag’s blue-and-yellow scheme.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke over the phone with Paul Whelan, a wrongfully imprisoned American citizen who has been jailed by Moscow since 2018, according to sources familiar with the call.

The United States has a standing proposal to secure Paul Whelan's freedom from Russia, though there isn't a "clear path forward" for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.Both Whelan and ...

Tell you wife.” In July 2010, Hunter Biden had emailed Blinken’s wife, Evan Ryan, to ask for her husband’s personal email. Ryan is now the Cabinet secretary in the Biden White House.

The ties between Blinken and Hunter Biden appeared to deepen on June 16, 2010, when Hunter emailed Blinken’s wife, Evan Ryan. “Can I get Toni’s non-govt email? I wanted to send him something.