by Ellie Skelly | Jan 31, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON- Some Senate Republicans are backing away from border negotiations, responding to calls from former President Donald Trump to abandon the deal. For weeks Congress has been working to pass a funding bill that bundled aid for the war in Ukraine and border...
by Pavan Acharya | Oct 31, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — With the House considering a funding package for just Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged senators on Tuesday to pass an “urgent” $106 billion supplemental aid package that also provides financial and...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 26, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan senators on a Foreign Relations subcommittee on Wednesday said they were concerned about the ability of grain shipments to be shipped from Ukraine to the rest of the world after Russia engaged in a naval blockade and dropped out of a grain...
by Shravya Pant | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stressed that further involvement in Israel and Ukraine would render the U.S. vulnerable to China’s emerging power during a speaking event at the Hudson Institute on Tuesday. “I worry that the...
by Rachel Schlueter | Oct 10, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A panel of national security experts urged the United States to commit more military and allied support to Ukraine on Tuesday at a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council, a foreign affairs organization. The panelists also called for an expedited...