Feb 04 House GOP announces bill that includes more military aid to Israel, but not Ukraine By Kevin Freking, Associated Press House Republicans will move forward with a $17.6 billion package that provides military aid to Israel and replenish U.S. weapons, but leaves out more help for Ukraine, underscoring the challenges facing supporters of a comprehensive national security package that would also include billions… Continue reading
Feb 02 Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Sen. Chris Murphy, the lead Democratic negotiator, posted on social media Friday that a deal had been reached and text of the bill would be released over the weekend. Continue reading
Feb 02 Putin casts the Ukraine conflict as a fight for Russia's survival as he seeks reelection next month By Associated Press Speaking at a meeting with arms industries workers Friday in the city of Tula south of Moscow, Putin declared that the vast majority of Russians support his course. Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch 5:46 Russian politician denounces Ukraine war, wants to be 'free from Putin's shackles' By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev In Russia today, it is extremely rare to find someone willing to publicly criticize Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine which is now nearing its third year. But it's even rarer for that criticism to come from an elected official. Nick… Continue watching
Feb 01 EU seals deal for 50 billion-euro aid package for Ukraine, overcoming Hungary's veto threat By Lorne Cook, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed it as a “very important” decision. His country could receive the first tranche of funds as soon as March, once the European Parliament has endorsed the deal. Continue reading
Jan 31 EU heads urge more Ukraine support as ministers debate how to fill war-torn nation's ammunition gap By Lorne Cook, Associated Press Almost two years since Russian forces invaded Ukraine, the war has bogged down and fears are growing that public support for the war effort is waning. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: Federal Reserve holds the line on interest rates In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve held steady on interest rates, Israel's prime minister met with families of hostages held in Gaza, the U.N.'s top court rejected most of Ukraine's legal case against Russia, FBI Director Christopher Wray… Continue watching
Jan 31 Deal on wartime Ukraine aid and border security stalls in Congress as time runs short By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Senate negotiators are struggling to finalize a bipartisan deal that would pair policy changes at the U.S. southern border with wartime aid for Kyiv as they run into strong resistance from House Republicans and Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jan 31 Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of POWs despite tensions over a plane crash last week By Associated Press Russia and Ukraine said they have exchanged about 200 prisoners of war, despite tensions stemming from last week's crash of a military transport plane that Moscow claimed was carrying Ukrainian POWs and was shot down by Kyiv's forces. Continue reading
Jan 31 International Court of Justice rejects most of Ukraine's terror financing and discrimination case against Russia By Mike Corder, Associated Press The International Court of Justice rejected Ukraine's request for Moscow to pay reparations for attacks in eastern Ukraine blamed on pro-Russia Ukrainian rebels, including the July 17, 2014, downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 that killed all 298 passengers and… Continue reading