President Biden announces Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan are being released from Russian prisons as part of a large prisoner exchange between the U.S., Russia, Germany and other western nations; White House says it was not involved in a Defense Department plea deal with three September 11th terror attack masterminds that will reportedly take the death penalty off the table; Sen. JD Vance, Republican Vice Presidential nominee, gets a briefing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona; VP Kamala Harris, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, gives the eulogy at the memorial service in North Houston for the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX); Senate Republicans block a tax package that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and restored some business tax benefits.

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