In this episode, we revisit news stories that captured the headlines over the course of the year. The Office for National Statistics admitted that official COVID-19 vaccine data is biased. Back in January, transgender convicted double rapist Isla Bryson was removed from an all-female prison after public outcry. In February, the UK saw the biggest […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington on Dec. 12, meeting with President Joe Biden and lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He made another plea for more U.S. aid, but the funding package is still stalled in Congress. Speaker Mike Johnson said the House plans to formalize President Biden’s impeachment inquiry this week. He said this step […]
WASHINGTON—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the nation’s capital, meeting with members of Congress and the White House. He faces a difficult road ahead, however, because there is not much he can do to break the current stalemate on Ukraine aid as the war-torn country enters day 656 of its conflict with Russia. Mr. Zelenskyy […]
Articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden could be drafted as early as the spring, according to Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who sits on the House Oversight Committee. Former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani appeared in a court in Washington Monday for a civil defamation case related to his claims […]
A bus carrying members of a high school band rolled over and crashed on a highway in New York state on Sept. 21. At least one person was killed, and 46 people were hurt. The House again failed to move forward with the Pentagon budget bill for the next fiscal year. Five Republicans are holding […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Thursday that he denied a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Congress as members of his caucus increasingly have expressed reservations about whether to keep sending billions of dollars to Ukraine amid its war with Russia. After addressing the United Nations on Tuesday in New York […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) questioned the flow of American dollars after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday. “What is the goal here for the United States? What [does] this administration wants to do?” Mr. Hawley said to reporters. He noted that the war between Ukraine and Russia is “not close to the end.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy verbally blasted Russia during his address to the United Nations in New York on Sept. 19, 2023, as he made a plea for more support in fighting the war in Ukraine.
The U.S. Department of Defense on June 20 said it has overcounted the value of the weapons it sent to Ukraine over the past two years by $6.2 billion. This error occurred because U.S. military officials didn’t count the actual value of what was pulled from the Pentagon’s weapons stockpile and sent to Ukraine but […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan—U.S. President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 21, on the sidelines of the G-7 summit of world leaders in Hiroshima, Japan. At a press conference following their bilateral meeting, Biden announced the United States would provide Ukraine with a new military aid package of up to $375 million. “The United […]
President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the Hiroshima Summit, the White House said. The meeting will happen in the afternoon of May 21 local time. “We do expect that the president will have a bilateral meeting with President Zelenskyy … In that meeting, the president will continue to reiterate the […]
Britain will provide Ukraine with long-range attack drones and air defence missiles, Downing Street has announced. The announcement came during a surprise visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, during which he held talks with Rishi Sunak at Chequers, the prime minister’s grace-and-favour residence in Buckinghamshire. This is the latest stop on Zelenskyy’s tour of […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise visit to the UK, calling for more fighter jets. In dismissing a legal challenge against the Protocol, the Supreme Court confirms Northern Ireland is no longer an equal member of the UK. As quake victims complain about the lack of help, the Turkish leader acknowledges problems with the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise White House visit. What does President Joe Biden announce as some Republicans question more taxpayer money sent to Ukraine? Border communities are bracing for the worst as the Biden administration’s border security plans are in limbo. Title 42—a temporary fix—is extended for now, but what’s to follow? A […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to visit the United States on his first known trip abroad since Russia invaded his country in February. Zelenskyy’s visit, set for Wednesday, marks the 300th day since Russia initiated its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. According to a senior Biden administration official, the visit will involve President Joe […]
The United States has authorized a new $275 million aid package for Ukraine to address “critical security and defense needs,” according to the Department of Defense (DOD). This is the Biden administration’s 27th presidential drawdown of equipment from DOD stocks for Ukraine since August 2021 and comes a little more than two weeks since the […]
