President Biden will host executives from several companies, including Airbnb and Live Nation, to announce new efforts to end so-called junk fees as inflation remains high.
The measure urging Moscow to release Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested on assignment, and Paul Whelan, a former Marine, earned the unanimous backing of the House.
The Biden administration recently secured the release of two Americans convicted of criminal charges in Russia, but even fabricated charges of spying can raise the stakes.
The Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans. But in the 1990s and early 2000s, he supplied weapons to myriad African conflicts.
Detaining foreigners to wring concessions from their home country’s government holds perils for both sides, but especially, perhaps surprisingly, for the hostage takers.