Mar 04 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki says Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Nearly a year after passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the administration says the federal government has nearly depleted funding dedicated directly to COVID-19 response. Continue reading
Mar 04 Russian lawmakers approve prison for what they deem to be ‘fake’ war reports By James Ellingworth, Associated Press Russians could face prison sentences of up to 15 years for spreading information that goes against the Russian government's position on the war in Ukraine, a move that comes as authorities block access to foreign media outlets. Continue reading
Mar 04 Suicide bombing attack kills at least 56 in Shiite mosque in Pakistan By Kathy Gannon, Riaz Khan, Associated Press No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Both the Islamic State group and the Pakistani Taliban — a militant group separate from the Taliban in Afghanistan — have carried out similar attacks in the past in the area,… Continue reading
Mar 04 Fire extinguished, no radiation was released from Ukraine nuclear plant By Jim Heintz, Yuras Karmanau, Mystislav Chernov, Associated Press The International Atomic Energy Agency’s director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said Friday the building hit by a Russian “projectile” at the Zaporizhzhia plant was “not part of the reactor” but instead a training center at the plant. Continue reading
Mar 03 Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on fire in Ukraine after Russian shelling By Jim Heintz, Yuras Karmanau, Mstyslav Chernov, Associated Press A spokesman for the Zaporizhzhia plant told Ukrainian television that shells were falling directly on the facility in the city of Enerhodar and had set fire to one of the facility's six reactors. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 8:36 Russian forces bombard targets across Ukraine as official warns ‘worst is yet to come’ Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine has yielded unceasing pictures of horror across much of the country, as Russia's scorched-earth campaign against civilians and non-military targets came into focus in the face of dogged resistance from Ukraine's military and its citizenry. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 5:40 Putin regime cracks down on independent media in Russia By Ryan Chilcote An intensifying crackdown by the Putin regime is underway against any forms of dissent in Moscow. NewsHour Special Correspondent Ryan Chilcote was in the newsroom of a leading independent media outlet in Russia that has now been silenced by the… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 5:24 Volodymyr Zelensky’s improbable rise from comedian to wartime leader of a defiant nation By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes The face of Ukrainian opposition to the Russian invasion has been their leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky. His defiant vows to stay and fight have lifted a nation battling for its freedom. John Yang details Zelensky's improbable rise from comedian to… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 7:36 How the U.S. is targeting the financial resources of Russian oligarchs By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan Over the past week, the U.S. and scores of other nations have cut Russia off from much of the global economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. Now, investigators are planning strikes on Russian finances hidden here in the… Continue watching
Mar 03 UNESCO fears harm to Ukraine’s heritage sites, Russian culture backlash grows By Nicole Winfield, Mike Corder, Associated Press An Amsterdam museum has cut its close links to the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading