Politics

WATCH : Ukraine ready for 'peace talks but we are not ready to capitulate', says ambassador

By News Desk

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is open to diplomacy, including peace talks, with Russia but is not ready to surrender, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said during a news briefing on Friday.

56 percent of Americans think Biden's first year was a failure

By Laura Santhanam

If history is any guide, Biden has a long three years ahead, according to this latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

WATCH: U.S. respects 'bravery' and 'heroism' of Russians protesting war against Ukraine, says State Department

By News Desk

State Department spokesman Ned Price on Friday praised peaceful protests in Russia against that country's invasion of Ukraine, saying the U.S. "deeply" respected protesters.

WATCH: Biden makes historic nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to U.S. Supreme Court

By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

President Joe Biden has introduced federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

International Olympic Committee urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

By Associated Press

The International Olympic Committee has urged sports bodies to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and stop using the countries' flags and national anthems.

WATCH: US will join European allies in imposing sanctions aimed at Putin, White House says

By Adam Kemp

“I would say that a moment where a leader is ... in the middle of invading a sovereign country is not the moment where diplomacy feels appropriate,” Psaki told reporters at a White House briefing. “It does not mean we…

Key inflation gauge hit 6.1 percent in January, highest since 1982

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1 percent in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WATCH: NATO secretary general holds briefing on Russia's invasion of Ukraine

By News Desk

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is expected to hold a press briefing in Brussels to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday.

Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries.

Texas clinics battle strict abortion law despite dimming legal hopes

By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press

The nation's strictest abortion law went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday but an attorney representing abortion clinics said he no longer sees a way in this case to halt the law.