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At least 26 American hostages released since Trump took office

At least 26 Americans held hostage abroad have been freed since President Donald Trump entered the Oval Office in January. Those who gained their freedom include a ballerina, a teacher and a mechanic, among others.
Ryan Corbett and William McKenty
On Jan. 21, 2025, just one day after Trump’s second term began, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty were released from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan. While Corbett and McKenty were freed under Trump, the deal that secured their release was completed by the Biden administration.
Corbett and his family moved to Afghanistan in 2010, where they lived in Kabul and Jalalabad. According to a website set up by his family, Corbett did work for NGOs, which focused on education, birth and life-saving skills. He also started a project in 2017, Bloom Afghanistan, with the goal of strengthening the country’s private sector. In 2021, the Corbett family evacuated as the Taliban took control of the country. Corbett returned to Afghanistan a year later and was captured by the Taliban, which his family suspects was because of his «value as political leverage.»
There aren’t many details on McKenty or exactly why he was in Afghanistan. According to the BBC, his family asked for privacy.
This family photo shows Ryan Corbett holding rabbits with his daughter Miriam and son Caleb in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2020. (AP Photo/Anna Corbett)
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Anastasia Nuhfer
Anastasia Nuhfer, who was detained in Belarus during the Biden administration, gained her freedom Jan. 26, 2025. While Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Nuhfer’s release, he did not give details on when she was detained or why. However, according to The Associated Press, a former high-ranking Belarusian official said the arrest was linked to 2020 protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Six unnamed American citizens
Special envoy Ric Grenell secured the release of six Americans after meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Grenell posted a photo of himself and the men on a plane and said that they «couldn’t stop thanking» Trump when speaking to him on the phone. The men were not identified.
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Keith Siegel
After spending 484 days as a hostage in Gaza, Keith Siegel was released as part of a ceasefire deal Feb. 1, 2025. Siegel was taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks. His wife, Aviva, was also taken hostage but was released in November 2023.

Keith Siegel, accompanied by wife Aviva (on his left), disembarks from a military helicopter at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Feb. 1, 2025. (Getty Images)
On April 8, Siegel, who has credited Trump with saving his life, thanked the president during an NRCC event in Washington, D.C.
«President Trump, I am here, and I am alive. President Trump, you saved my life,» Siegel said. He also asked Trump to continue working to secure the freedom of the 59 remaining hostages in Gaza.
Marc Fogel
American schoolteacher Marc Fogel was released from Russian captivity Feb. 11, 2025, more than three years after he was detained. Fogel was carrying less than one ounce of medical marijuana, according to his family’s website, which he used for severe pain. The Fogel family criticized former President Joe Biden’s handling of Marc’s case, especially in light of his work to release WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was also arrested for having marijuana.
On July 13, 2024, Fogel’s mother, Malphine, attended a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Marc’s hometown. She spoke with Trump, who promised to bring her son home.
Trump invited Marc and Malphine to attend his address to a joint session of Congress in March 2025.

Marc Fogel, an American history teacher who was detained in Russia, and Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, reacts during President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2025. (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
Unnamed American
On Feb. 12, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that an American «unjustly detained in Belarus» had been released. The statement did not include details or identifying information about the hostage. In a press release, Rubio affirmed the administration’s commitment to releasing Americans held hostage across the globe.
Sagui Dekel-Chen
On Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli American Sagui Dekel-Chen was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists from his home at Kibbutz Nir Oz. He was shot in the shoulder during the massacre and endured torture while in captivity.

Sagui Dekel-Chen embraces his wife, Avital Dekel-Chen, at a reception point in Israel Feb. 15 after his release by Hamas. (IDF)
Dekel-Chen spent almost 500 days as a hostage in Gaza and gained his freedom in February 2025. While he was in captivity, his wife gave birth to their third child. He only learned about his daughter’s birth after being released.
10 unnamed Americans
On March 13, 2025, 10 unidentified Americans, including veterans and military contractors, were released from captivity in Kuwait. According to The Associated Press, the American citizens were detained on drug charges.
George Glezmann
Delta Airlines mechanic George Glezmann spent more than two years as a hostage in Gaza after being detained by the Taliban in December 2022. According to senators John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both Democrats from Georgia, Glezmann went to «Afghanistan for a five-day trip to explore the cultural landscape and rich history of the country.» The two senators advocated for Glezmann’s release, which eventually occurred March 20, 2025.

U.S. citizen George Glezmann stands at the Kabul airport after his release from Afghan custody with U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler, former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Qatari diplomats before departing for Doha, Qatar, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 20, 2025. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS )
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Faye Hall
The Taliban released Faye Hall in March 2025, though it is unclear when she was detained. CBS News reported that Hall was arrested on charges of using a drone without authorization.

Faye Hall, an American woman who had been detained by the Taliban since February, was released in March. (Diplomatic source in Afghanistan)
The Trump administration posted a video of Hall thanking the president for her release. In the video, Hall said she had «never been so proud to be an American citizen.»
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Ksenia Karelina
Russian American ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina was released from detention April 10, 2025, after being wrongfully detained for over a year. Karelina was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony after donating approximately $50 to a Ukrainian charity.

Ksenia Karelina walks with her fiancé, professional boxer Chris van Heerden, as she arrives April 10, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (AP/Alex Brandon)
«Mr. Trump, I’m so, so grateful for you bringing me home,» a teary-eyed Karelina said upon her arrival in the U.S. «I never felt more blessed to be American.»
Christopher Guly contributed to this report.
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GOP doctors call out health task force for ‘woke distractions’ amid major reform push

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EXCLUSIVE: The GOP Doctors Caucus is backing a possible effort to overhaul the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or USPSTF, an independent task force that’s used to determine recommendations on what services health insurance companies in the United States have to cover free of charge.
A letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., led by Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., and Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., and other members of the caucus expressed concerns that the group may be prioritizing social justice issues over other issues.
«Preventive care should be about keeping Americans healthy, not about checking political boxes,» Harshbarger said in a statement.
«The American people deserve a task force that follows the science, acts with urgency and relies on the expertise of front-line doctors. The USPSTF should be leading the charge in President Trump’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda, not wasting time on woke distractions while chronic disease rates keep climbing.»
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., makes his way to the inaugural Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Specifically, the letter asks for «relevant specialists» to be part of the process when making certain recommendations, greater transparency in decision-making and more of a focus on outcomes as opposed to «substantial attention to divisive social issues,» citing «race and gender identity considerations that extend beyond traditional clinical parameters,» according to a news release.
«In 2010, the Affordable Care Act expanded the authority of the USPSTF and tied coverage recommendations to Task Force determinations. However, since the USPSTF’s authority was expanded, the rate of incidence of preventable chronic disease in the United States has only climbed,» the letter states.
The letter was also signed by other members of the caucus, including Reps. Andy Harris, Ronny Jackson, Mike Kennedy, Brian Babin, Sheri Biggs and Bob Onder.
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Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., speaks during the Republican Study Committee news conference to introduce a «Women’s Bill of Rights» outside the Capitol May 19, 2022. (Getty Images )
Earlier this month, three Republican senators wrote a similar letter raising ideological concerns about the current task force.
«In particular, the USPSTF departed from its proper activities in its December 2023 Health Equity Framework. The framework criticizes ‘equal access to quality health care for all’ as an inadequate goal of public health and announces that the Task Force will instead use equity as ‘a criterion of the ‘public health importance’ of a topic’ for consideration,» that letter stated.
The Wall Street Journal reported that, in July, Kennedy was considering removing members of the board.
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A sign stands at an entrance to the main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
«No final decision has been made on how the USPSTF can better support HHS’ mandate to Make America Healthy Again,» an HHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement when asked about the WSJ report at the time.
The American Medical Association has opposed an overhaul of the task force.
«USPSTF plays a critical, nonpartisan role in guiding physicians’ efforts to prevent disease and improve the health of patients by helping to ensure access to evidence-based clinical preventive services. As such, we urge you to retain the previously appointed members of the USPSTF and commit to the long-standing process of regular meetings to ensure their important work can continue without interruption,» the AMA wrote.
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Meanwhile, a group of physicians, including those from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, America’s Frontline Doctors and the Pennsylvania Direct Primary Care Association, signed another letter in support of possible changes.
The signers wrote that new members should have an «ideological balance to develop recommendations based on facts and science.»
Fox News Digital reached out to HHS for an updated comment.
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Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine this month following Trump’s meetings with Putin, Zelenskyy

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Russia launched its largest attack of the month against Ukraine while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders at the White House.
The attack also comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Trump in Alaska last Friday, during which Putin refused an immediate ceasefire and demanded that Ukraine give up its eastern Donetsk region in exchange for an end to the conflict that began with a February 2022 invasion by Moscow. Trump later said he had spoken on the phone with Putin about arrangements for a meeting between the Russian president and Zelenskyy.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles into Ukraine on Monday night and into Tuesday, but that 230 drones and six missiles were intercepted or suppressed. The air force reported that 40 drones and four missiles struck across 16 locations, and debris was said to have fallen on three sites.
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Russia launched its largest attack of the month against Ukraine on Monday night. (Getty Images)
«While hard work to advance peace was underway in Washington, D.C. … Moscow continued to do the opposite of peace: more strikes and destruction,» Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X. «This once again demonstrates how critical it is to end the killing, achieve a lasting peace, and ensure robust security guarantees.»
Energy infrastructure in the central Poltava region was a target of the strikes, according to Ukraine’s Energy Ministry. The casualty figures were not immediately released by officials.
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Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles into Ukraine. (Getty Images)
«As a result of the attack, large-scale fires broke out,» the ministry said in a statement.
Oil refining and gas facilities were attacked, the ministry added, saying the strikes were the latest «systematic terrorist attacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which is a direct violation of international humanitarian law.»
The attack was the largest since Russia launched 309 drones and eight missiles into Ukraine on July 31, according to the air force.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 23 Ukrainian drones on Monday night and into Tuesday morning.

The attack was the largest since Russia launched 309 drones and eight missiles into Ukraine on July 31. (Getty Images)
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Both sides have been targeting infrastructure, including oil facilities.
Zelenskyy had criticized Moscow for earlier strikes on Monday ahead of his meeting at the White House in which at least 14 people were killed and dozens more were injured.
«The Russian war machine continues to destroy lives despite everything. Putin will commit demonstrative killings to maintain pressure on Ukraine and Europe, as well as to humiliate diplomatic efforts. That is precisely why we are seeking assistance to put an end to the killings,» he wrote Monday morning on X.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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