by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent May 11, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to provide an additional $40 billion in economic, humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine as its troops continue fighting back against Russia’s invasion. The legislation, released just hours before, now goes to the U.S. …
Read More »Biden Backs Moving Quickly On Ukraine Relief Without Including U.S. COVID Aid
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 9, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signaled Monday he can accept Congress postponing action on billions in COVID-19 funding his administration says is desperately needed in the interests of swiftly moving ahead on a multibillion-dollar Ukraine aid package backed by both parties. …
Read More »U.S. To Lend And Lease Military Supplies To Ukraine Under Bill Cleared By Congress
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to use the framework of a World War II-era program to allow the federal government to lend and lease military equipment to Ukraine as it resists Russian troops. The legislation, called the Ukraine …
Read More »Biden Asks Congress For $33 Billion For Ukraine Aid, Pleads Again For COVID Funds
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve $33 billion more in funding to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion that has lasted more than two months and claimed thousands of lives. Biden also asked U.S. lawmakers to make it …
Read More »Biden To Ask Congress For More Ukraine Aid After Earlier U.S. Funding Runs Dry
by Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury April 22, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is preparing to ask Congress for billions more in aid to Ukraine as the war shifts to the Eastern regions of the country, following Russia’s failure to take the capital city of Kyiv. “I’m asking the Defense …
Read More »Consumer Prices Rose To 8.5 Percent In March, Highest Since 1981,
Consumer prices in the United States rose 8.5 percent in March compared to a year prior, the biggest increase since late 1981, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The report was the first to encompass the surge in gas prices driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which drove up energy prices …
Read More »Congress Votes To Suspend Normal Trade Relations With Russia
by Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder April 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress last week voted overwhelmingly to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and reinforce a ban on Russian oil imports, following weeks of back-and-forth negotiations over the specifics. Senators in a pair of rare 100-0 votes agreed to …
Read More »U.S. Sanctions Russia’s Largest Bank, Putin’s Daughters
In a new round of sanctions, the United States has banned American investments in Russia, imposed penalties on family members of Vladimir Putin and other top Russian officials and tightened restrictions on Sberbank, the country’s largest financial institution. The sanctions also target Alfa Bank, Russia’s largest privately-owned financial institution. The …
Read More »Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Accuses Russia Of ‘Genocide’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian forces of committing “genocide” near the capital, Kyiv. Russia denied the allegations. What are believed to be the bodies of civilians were found when reporters from Reuters and other journalists entered the town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, after Russian forces withdrew. “This …
Read More »Biden on Putin: ‘For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power’
President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin must not remain in power on Saturday, as he delivered a major speech in Warsaw, Poland, rallying European allies for a “long-haul” resistance to Russian aggression. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden said of Putin, in his strongest …
Read More »U.S. To Accept 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees, Provide Humanitarian Aid
The United States will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country in the month since the invasion by Russia. The U.S. will also provide an extra $1 billion in humanitarian aid to those impacted by the war, the White House said Thursday. “The United States is announcing plans …
Read More »Ukraine Wants A No-Fly Zone. Would One Make Any Sense In This War?
Christopher Michael Faulkner, US Naval War College and Andrew Stigler, US Naval War College Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addressed the United States Congress on March 16, 2022, and, as widely expected, requested additional U.S. military assistance for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also asked for the U.S. to create a no-fly zone …
Read More »White House Announces $800 Million In Military Aid To Ukraine
President Joe Biden announced $800 million in emergency security assistance for Ukraine on Wednesday, hours after the country’s embattled President Volodymyr Zelensky made an emotional appeal to a joint session of Congress. The latest aid brings the total U.S. security assistance committed to Ukraine to $1 billion in just the …
Read More »Zelensky Invokes Pearl Harbor, 9/11; Pleads For U.S. Help In Ukraine
by Jennifer Shutt, Idaho Capital Sun March 16, 2022 WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday invoked the Pearl Harbor attacks ahead of World War II and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, while urging the United States to do more to stop the Russian war against his country. During the …
Read More »Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky To Address U.S. Congress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make an address to both houses of the U.S. Congress this week to provide an update on the Russian war, top congressional officials said Monday. Zelensky, who has led his country against the Russian invasion for almost three weeks, will make a virtual address to …
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