President Biden began meeting with family members of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for bringing vape cartridges containing oils derived from cannabis through a Moscow airport in February. Russia still has not responded to the Biden administration’s offer, U.S. officials say. The Biden administration made a “substantial proposal” to Russia at the end of July to return Griner, who is serving a 16-year sentence, to Russia.Read Long Article
