news briefing

WATCH: State Department condemns North Korean missile launch toward Japan

By Associated Press

State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel will hold a news briefing Tuesday, following a new military defeat for Moscow as it struggles to hang on to Ukrainian areas it illegally annexed last week.

WATCH: Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder holds news briefing

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing Wednesday following the firing of two North Korean short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters.

WATCH: Pentagon says advanced anti-aircraft weapons will be delivered to Ukraine in 2 months

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Pentagon will deliver the first two advanced NASAMS anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in the next two months, providing Kyiv with a weapon that it has pressed for since earlier this year.

WATCH: State Department says Russia spent $300 million to covertly influence world politics

By Lolita Baldor, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Russia has covertly spent more than $300 million since 2014 to try to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries, the State Department alleges in a newly released cable.

WATCH: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says Ukraine using U.S. weapons ‘with great effect’

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

As Ukrainian troops apply pressure on retreating Russian forces, pressing a counteroffensive that has produced a stunning blow to Moscow's military prestige, the White House says Ukraine is using advanced rocket systems provided by the U.S. "with great effect."…

WATCH: White House holds news briefing with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo

By News Desk

Asked about Gosar's video at the White House briefing Tuesday, deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the country "should be condemning" that type of violent speech.

WATCH: State Department says U.S. is ‘deeply concerned’ Israel settlement actions

By Associated Press

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said it was "deeply concerned" about an Israeli government plan to advance thousands of settlement units in the West Bank on Wednesday.

WATCH: White House says Merck pill is ‘good news,’ vaccine still key

By Associated Press

The briefing is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET.

WATCH: McCarthy hits Biden on ‘constant state of crisis’

By Associated Press

The event is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. ET.

WATCH: Pelosi, Schumer say they have framework to pay for $3.5 trillion bill

By Associated Press

The White House and congressional Democrats have agreed to a “framework" to pay for their huge, emerging social and environment bill, top Democrats said Thursday, but they offered no details.