Jun 07 Watch 4:57 News Wrap: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says inflation will remain high In our news wrap Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee inflation will remain high, the Department of Homeland Security warns of potential new threats from domestic extremists, the World Bank lowered its economic outlook, Russia says… Continue watching
Jun 07 Russia almost fully in control of Donbas province, now holds 20 percent of Ukraine By John Leicester, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Russia claims to have taken control of 97 percent of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine's Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: Former Proud Boys leader indicted for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 probe In our news wrap Monday, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group was charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 investigation, Russian forces continued their campaign to break through Ukrainian lines, gunmen in Nigeria who killed at… Continue watching
Jun 06 WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price holds briefing as Russia threatens to push out U.S. journalists By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Russia's foreign ministry called U.S. news media to a meeting on Monday to warn that their accreditations and visas could be withdrawn if the United States does not rescind measures limiting Russian journalists there. Continue reading
Jun 06 Gen. Mark Milley says the U.S. will keep providing ‘significant’ support to Ukraine By Sylvie Corbet, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Associated Press Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the United States and allied countries will keep providing "significant" support to Ukraine, out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers. Continue reading
Jun 05 NATO conducts naval exercises with Finland and Sweden By Jari Tanner, Associated Press Finland and Sweden both have a long history of military non-alignment before their governments decided to apply to join NATO in May. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 4:09 News Wrap: Russian airstrikes target Kyiv, interrupting weeks of calm In our news wrap Sunday, Russian missiles targeted Ukraine's capital of Kyiv for the first time in weeks, at least eight weekend shootings with multiple deaths and injuries took place in the U.S, an attack on a Catholic church in… Continue watching
Jun 05 Russian airstrikes target Kyiv as Putin warns West on arms By John Leicester, Associated Press The cryptic threat of a military escalation from the Russian leader didn't specify what the new targets might be, but it comes days after the United States announced plans to deliver $700 million of security assistance for Ukraine. Those weapons… Continue reading
Jun 04 U.S. intelligence agencies review what they got wrong on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine By Nomaan Merchant, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Ultimately, U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Zelenskyy and Ukraine while overestimating Russia and its president, even as they accurately predicted Vladimir Putin would order an invasion. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 5:10 As the Ukraine conflict passes 100 days, former Zelenskyy aide details life in a war zone By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson Friday marked Ukraine’s 100th day of war against Russia. The devastation is clear from the images of destroyed cities and bodies in the streets. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says tens of thousands of civilians have perished, but the true toll… Continue watching