Politics Mar 12 US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face “serious and credible” threats from Iran.
Politics Mar 07 WATCH: Blinken holds joint news briefing with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics In the Latvian capital of Riga, Blinken said the Baltics have “formed a democratic wall that now stands against the tide of autocracy” that Russia is pushing in Europe.
World Mar 05 Zelensky's 'desperate' plea to Congress: Send more planes Fighting for his country’s survival, Ukraine’s leader made a “desperate” plea Saturday to American lawmakers for the United States to help get more warplanes to his military and cut off Russian oil imports as Kyiv tries to stave off the…
Politics Feb 18 WATCH: Vice President Harris meets with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg Vice President Kamala Harris has heralded NATO unity during the escalating Ukraine crisis and warned Russia that the U.S. and Western allies stood ready to respond with tough sanctions if President Vladimir Putin moves forward with an invasion of Ukraine.
World Feb 01 Putin says U.S. has ignored Russian demands but said talks are still possible Russian President Vladimir Putin says the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands but Moscow is willing to talk more to ease tensions over Ukraine.
World Jan 24 U.S. orders families of Ukraine embassy to leave country as war fears mount US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount…
World Jan 21 U.S. and Russia aim to calm tensions over Ukraine crisis The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature in a standoff over Ukraine, even as they reported no breakthroughs in high-level talks aimed at preventing a feared Russian invasion.
Politics Jan 20 WATCH: 'Any assembled Russian units move across the Ukrainian border, that is an invasion," says Biden U.S. President Joe Biden says any Russian troop movements across Ukraine's border would constitute an invasion, saying that Moscow would "pay a heavy price" for such an action.
Politics Jan 20 WATCH: Secretary Blinken gives remarks on tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is warning that there would be a "swift, severe" response from the United States and its allies if Russia sends military forces into Ukraine.
World Jan 07 U.S. and NATO reject Russian demand that alliance not admit new members The United States and NATO are roundly rejecting Russian demands that the alliance not admit new members amid growing concerns that Russia may invade Ukraine, which aspires to join the alliance.