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The White House offered more details on Thursday about how President Joe Biden and U.S. officials were able to secure WNBA star Brittney Griner's return from Russia. The White House on Thursday disclosed additional details about how President Joe Biden and administration officials were able to secure W NBA star Brittney Griner's release and return from Russia. White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the deal "really came to fruition in the last week or so." MORE: Biden insists Brittney Griner prisoner swap was 'not a choice' between Paul Whelan Biden made the call to go ahead with the swap "last week," he said. But the deal was the product of months and months of a painstaking negotiation effort from across the U.S. government, including officials at the highest levels engaging directly with Russia. Here's the inside story of how it happened : When was Griner released? Secretary of State Antony Blinken said over the summer t...

Documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns will be released by the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to make public some documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns -- a move Trump has long fought. The committee met for several hours behind closed doors Tuesday afternoon and then returned to vote 24-16 in open session to release the information related to Trump's tax returns from 2015-2020. It's not clear what documents will be released or ultimately included in the committee's report but there will be two days to redact sensitive information before anything is made public. Chairman Richard Neal, D- Mass., said after the vote, "This is not being punitive. This is not about being malicious." The committee earlier unanimously voted to have a transcript of the closed proceedings released when appropriate.  Before the c...