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Ukraine President Zelenskyy invokes Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11 in asking U.S. Congress to help fight Russia invasion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday invoked the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror strikes on America as he pleaded directly with the U.S. Congress to send more aid to his embattled country to fight against Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy, who was greeted with at least three standing ovations from an audience […]
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Biden heading to Brussels for NATO meeting; two Fox News journalists killed in Ukraine
Tue, Mar 15 202211:18 PM EDT Russia military ‘struggling’ to conduct operations as losses mount Russia is transferring troops to Ukraine from as far away as its Pacific Fleet and is recruiting more mercenaries as it tries to replace lost personnel, according to an assessment from the U.K. Defence Ministry. “As a result of these […]
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Biden signs government funding bill that includes $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
U.S. President Joe Biden, center, signs H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022,” in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a $1.5 trillion bill that funds federal operations through September and sends […]
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Russia-Ukraine talks done for the day; EU agrees to fresh sanctions
Mon, Mar 14 20228:39 PM EDT Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news The evening news broadcast on the main Russian news channel, Channel 1 is seen on a laptop as it is interrupted by a woman protesting the war in Ukraine in this illustration photo on 15 March, 2022 in Warsaw, […]
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Manchin comes out against Biden Fed nominee Raskin, throwing her confirmation into doubt
Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominated to be vice chairman for supervision and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, speaks before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2022. Ken Cedeno | Reuters Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative Democrat in the […]
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Ukraine claims it downed Russian aircraft; UN says at least 596 civilians have died in Ukraine
Mon, Mar 14 20223:01 AM EDT Ukraine says it shot down 8 Russian military aircraft on Sunday Ukraine’s Air Force Command claims it downed eight Russian military aircraft on Sunday, including four fixed-wing aircraft. The command said on Facebook that it used anti-aircraft missiles to take down four planes, three helicopters and an unmanned aerial […]
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