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US ambassador to Greece resigns over corruption after pressure from Trump

On Tuesday, three weeks before the midterms, the White House went back to its news conferences after a 47-day hiatus following the departure of former press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Her successor, Katie Zacharia, made a very brief appearance in which she only took three questions and fell short of the cool aplomb with which Leavitt made a name for herself defending the policies of her boss, President Donald Trump, resorting to lies when necessary.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump last March in the White House.
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Evan Gershkovich, WSJ reporter jailed by Putin: ‘They didn’t break me as a human being’

Evan Gershkovich at Penguin Random House’s offices in New York on September 16, before the publication of his book.

Evan Gershkovich does not conceal the fact that he would rather be on the other side of the table. “Your job as an interviewer is much more fun than mine,” admits the journalist who has had to get used to being the center of the story. His ordeal began on March 29, 2023. The then–Moscow correspondent for The Wall Street Journal was detained that day on charges of espionage. He spent 16 months in prison before being freed in the largest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. The exchange, in which the governments of the United States and Germany were heavily involved, had the makings of a spy movie.

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Gershkovich, during the interview in New York on September 16.
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