Biden secured Russian captives' freedom 'an hour before' he announced he was dropping out

President Joe Biden finalized the deal to get Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan released from Russian captivity about an hour before he announced he was ending his re-election campaign.

The eventual prisoner swap that saw Gershkovich and Whelan returned to the U.S. took place five months after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison camp, despite talks to get him released involving the U.S. and Germany, and...