Political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks at the Turning Point Action USA conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 15, 2023. Giorgio Viera | AFP | Getty Images Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he will interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, becoming the first member of the Western media to interview the Russian leader … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans on Monday signaled their plan to filibuster bipartisan legislation that paired tougher border policy with more U.S. aid to Ukraine, a stunning reversal less than 24 hours after the legislation had been unveiled. With ex-president Donald Trump urging them to kill it, and many on the right up in arms about … Read more
Over the weekend, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pronounced that a White House-endorsed border security bill which would also free up foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel would be dead on arrival in the House. So Monday, President Joe Biden said he’d veto Johnson’s backup plan, a $17.6 billion Israel-only aid package that’s set to … Read more
From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senators on Sunday released the details of a $118.2 billion aid proposal for Ukraine, Israel and the southern U.S. border, after months of painstaking, closed-door negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans are in deep distress over whether to support a plan to fix the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that includes key concessions they had demanded from Democrats months ago in exchange for approving new U.S. aid to Ukraine. The bipartisan legislation is expected to be unveiled as early as Friday, … Read more
Boris Nadezhdin, the Civic Initiative Party presidential hopeful, arrives at the Central Election Commission to submit signatures collected in support of his candidacy, in Moscow on January 31, 2024. Vera Savina | Afp | Getty Images Over President Vladimir Putin’s 24 years in power, a systemic opposition has been wiped out in Russia with the … Read more
Judges at the top UN court on Wednesday found that Russia violated elements of a UN anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. In the same ruling, judges at the International Court of … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published his income for the first time on Sunday as he looks to promote transparency and tackle corruption as part of the country’s push … Read more
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are flailing over how to proceed with tackling the border crisis — an issue they have been demanding action on — after Donald Trump this week personally directed them to reject any bipartisan border deal because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to get a win ahead of the 2024 presidential … Read more
With Senate talks on a deal including aid to Ukraine on the brink of collapse, allies of the under-attack Eastern European nation say there is no other alternative, effective method to deliver more U.S. aid soon. “The U.S. doesn’t get a do-over if Republicans keep blocking aid to Ukraine — those Ukrainians killed because we … Read more
