On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against entities in Iran and Russia for their attempts to interfere in the 2024 presidential election. The sanctions target an Iranian organization affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a Moscow-based group linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. “These …
Read More »Biden Approves Deeper Strikes in Russia as North Korea Sends Troops
Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike deeper into Russian territory, marking a significant shift in U.S. policy as Russia bolsters its war effort with North Korean troops. The decision comes amid escalating tensions, with Russia deploying thousands of …
Read More »Russia Confirms Trump Sent COVID-19 Tests to Kremlin, Amid New Woodward Revelations
Jimmy Williams Russia has confirmed that former U.S. President Donald Trump sent COVID-19 test kits to the Kremlin in the early days of the pandemic, following new claims from veteran journalist Bob Woodward in his latest book War. The confirmation sheds light on Trump’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Read More »Trump Had Multiple Calls with Putin and Sent Secret COVID Test Machines, New Book Claims
Jimmy Williams A new book by veteran journalist Bob Woodward has revealed that former President Donald Trump held as many as seven private phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin after leaving office and secretly sent him COVID-19 test machines at the height of the pandemic. The revelations are detailed …
Read More »Trump Adviser Charged with Violating Sanctions for Russian State Media Ties
Jimmy Williams The U.S. government has indicted Dimitri Simes, a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, on charges of working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering over $1 million in proceeds. His wife, Anastasia Simes, was also charged as part of …
Read More »Biden Administration Targets Russian Election Interference Efforts with Sanctions, Criminal Charges
The Biden administration announced a sweeping crackdown on Russian election interference efforts ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. On Wednesday, the Departments of Justice, State, and Treasury launched a joint operation aimed at undermining Russia’s influence operations targeting American voters. Attorney General Merrick Garland revealed criminal charges against two …
Read More »Wall Street Journal Reporter, Former Marine, Putin Critics Freed In Prisoner Swap
Jennifer Shutt, Kentucky Lantern The United States and Russia completed a multi-country prisoner swap Thursday that brought home several Americans, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. The exchange included a total of 16 people from several countries who were detained by Russia, including …
Read More »More Than 500 New Russia Sanctions Levied By White House After Navalny Death
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder The Biden administration will impose a new round of economic sanctions targeting Russian fuel exports and military-industry imports, the Treasury Department announced Friday. Coming one week after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in the custody of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government and one day short …
Read More »White House Preps New Sanctions Package Against Russia After Navalny Death
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance The Biden administration on Tuesday again urged U.S. House Republican leaders to hold an up-or-down vote on military assistance for Ukraine and said a new sanctions package against Russia is on the way, citing the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as placing new pressure …
Read More »Death of Russian Dissident Raises Stakes For U.S. Aid To Ukraine, Biden Warns
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden urged U.S. House Republicans on Friday to approve funding for Ukraine after Russian dissident Alexei Navalny died in the custody of Vladimir Putin’s government. Speaking from the White House Friday afternoon, Biden said the death of Navalny, a persistent critic of Russian President …
Read More »‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers to reiterate the need for continued aid to support his country’s fight against the Russian invasion, even as the U.S. faces a partial government shutdown as soon as the end of the …
Read More »US Drone Crashes During Encounter With Russian Fighter Jet
Fears of an escalation between nuclear superpowers Russia and the United States mounted Tuesday after a U.S. Air Force Reaper drone went down in international waters in the Black Sea during an encounter with a Russian fighter jet, with both sides giving varying accounts of the incident. According to U.S. …
Read More »White House Unveils $2B In Weapons For Ukraine On One-Year Anniversary of Russian Invasion
Ashley Murray, Florida Phoenix On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration announced an additional $2 billion in weapons and a host of new sanctions targeting Russia’s key industries and government officials. The Friday announcement came on the heels of President Joe Biden’s historic and …
Read More »Zelenskyy Pledges A Fight For ‘common victory’ Against Russian Tyranny In Visit To U.S.
by Ashley Murray, Iowa Capital Dispatch President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that Ukraine will “never stand alone” as he welcomed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an historic U.S. visit — a rare departure from Zelenskyy’s months-long fight to defend his country from deadly Russian shelling and targeting of civilian infrastructure. The …
Read More »Brittney Griner’s 9-Year Prison Sentence Upheld By Russian Court
Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune A Russian court on Tuesday upheld U.S basketball star Brittney Griner’s 9-year sentence to a Russian penal colony, following a legal proceeding that a White House official called a “sham.” Griner was arrested in a Moscow airport in February after airport officials discovered vape canisters …
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