Jun 15 President Biden says U.S. will send $1 billion more in aid to Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor, Mike Corder, Associated Press President Joe Biden says the U.S. will send another $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, the largest single tranche of weapons and equipment since the war began. Continue reading
Jun 15 WATCH: Defense Secretary Austin and Gen. Milley speak on the $1 billion military aid to Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The $1 billion package of military assistance the U.S. announced for Ukraine on Wednesday is aimed at bolstering the country's ability to push back Russian advances in the eastern Donbas region. Continue reading
Jun 15 Russian long-range missiles destroy western Ukraine arms depot By John Leicester, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press The Russian military says it has used long-range missiles to destroy a depot in Ukraine's western Lviv region where ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was being stored. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 5:23 News Wrap: FDA advisory panel recommends Moderna’s vaccine for children ages 6 to 17 By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, an FDA advisory panel voted to recommend that the CDC approve Moderna's vaccine for kids 6 to 17 years old, the Labor Department says wholesale prices were up 10.8 percent from a year ago, the… Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch 10:24 Secretary of State Blinken on the war in Ukraine, Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia and China’s aggression The challenges for U.S. foreign policy at this fraught moment in history are many, from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and energy production and human rights in the Middle East to competition with China and Iran's nuclear program. All of those… Continue watching
Jun 14 Russia controls 80 percent of Sievierodonetsk as ‘scorched earth’ shelling continues, Ukrainians say By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press A regional governor says Russian forces control about 80 percent of the city of Sievierodonetsk — the main focus of the war now in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: Patriot Front members free on bail after arrest at Idaho LGBTQ event In our news wrap Monday, 31 members of a white supremacist group are free on bail in Idaho after being charged for planning violent disruptions at an LGBTQ event, senior officials in Iraq try to form a government after more… Continue watching
Jun 13 India and China increasingly welcome shunned Russian oil By Krutika Pathi, Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Such sales are boosting Russian export revenues at a time when Washington and allies are trying to limit financial flows supporting Moscow's war effort. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 2:28 News Wrap: Ukraine warns Russia is closing in on key eastern city, control of the Donbas In our news wrap Sunday, Ukraine warns that Russia could soon encircle a critical eastern city, the FBI are investigating dozens of members of a white supremacist group arrested in Idaho near an LGBTQ pride event, retired Gen. John Allen… Continue watching
Jun 12 Zelenskyy praises Ukraine’s troops for holding the line against Russia By David Keyton, John Leicester, Associated Press Sievierodonetsk, an eastern city with a prewar population of 100,000, is still being hotly fought over, both sides said. The city and neighboring Lysychansk are the last major areas of the Donbas' Luhansk province not under the control of the… Continue reading