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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is testifying today at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, and in doing so is helping to remind us why we can’t stand him. GRAHAM: “Are you concerned that if a biological male is sent to a female prison, that could be a risk to female prisoners?” GARLAND: "Every person in prison has to be dealt with dignity and respect.” pic.twitter.com/Gj0KswY88O — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 1, 2023 Transcript: Lindsey Graham: “When it comes to federal prisons, are you aware that 1200 prisoners are requesting to be sent from a male prison to a female prison?”...

AL Jazeera television has aired a video tape from an Iraqi militant group showing US hostage Jill Carroll and said she appealed for fellow Americans to press for the release of Iraqi women held by US-led forces. Carroll, wearing a headscarf, was seen crying in the grainy footage that carried a January28 date stamp and a logo showing the name of the Revenge Brigades militant group. The voice of the 28-year-old journalist kidnapped on January 7, was not heard. "The American journalist kidnapped in Iraq urged her family and Americans around the world to demand that U.S. military forces and...

The US has dismissed reports from Iraq's justice ministry that one of two female scientists held in a US-run prison was to be released. A US source told the BBC that both prisoners were in the physical and legal custody of the Americans and would not be freed imminently. Militants have reportedly killed two American hostages and are threatening to kill a third, Briton Kenneth Bigley. They had demanded the release of all Iraqi women held in US-run prisons. The US says it is only holding two women prisoners - Rihab Rashid Taha and Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash - that...

Kidnappers beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley after twice releasing videos in which he wept and pleaded with Prime Minister Tony Blair for his life. A U.S. official said Friday there was credible information that Bigley had tried to escape with the aid of one of his captors. The attempt failed and Bigley was killed a short time later as was shown on a video of his beheading, the Washington official said on condition of anonymity. There was no word on the fate of his captor. A Western official in Baghdad refused to talk about the escape attempt report. The 62-year-old...