Raskin asks Army for incident report, briefing on Trump’s Arlington cemetery incident
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Friday wrote the U.S. Army requesting a full report and explanation of former President Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery following reports of a conflict between former President Trump's staff and cemetery officials. Raskin, the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter obtained by The Hill to […]
Ukraine war briefing: Calls within Nato to clear long-range strikes against Russia | Ukraine
Some NATO member states Lifting restrictions on Ukraine's use of weapons supplied by Western alliesSpeaking at a NATO-Ukraine council meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, diplomatic sources told Agence France-Presse that NATO countries are preparing to deploy longer-range missiles in particular. In an official statement from the meeting, NATO countries said: Condemns Russia's 'indiscriminate' mass attacks […]
Ukraine war briefing: Despair as Russian missiles and drones rain down unanswered | Ukraine
Ukrainian air defense systems were activated early Tuesday to repel further attacks. Russian drone attackThe Kyiv region’s military junta responded to Russia’s firing of hundreds of drones and missiles into Ukraine on Monday. At least seven people died And it will further exacerbate an already weakened energy grid. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy responded to Monday’s […]
Ukraine war briefing: Biden and Zelenskiy talk as Ukraine prepares to mark independence day | Ukraine
Joe Biden met with Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday to announce a new military aid package ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day on Saturday.The two countries’ offices said the package was worth $125 million. In a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Biden reaffirmed U.S. support for Ukraine’s war with Russia, which the White House called “unwavering” […]
JD Vance Receives Georgia Law Enforcement Briefing on Drug Traffickers Making Drugs Look Like Children’s Candy
VALDOSTA, Ga. — Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), the 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate, received a law enforcement briefing from officials with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office Thursday afternoon about an increasing number of cases of drug traffickers disguising dangerous narcotics as children’s candy. “Most of the drug dealers are trying to get to kids, so […]
Ukraine war briefing: Fierce fighting on Pokrovsk front as Russia claims gains | Ukraine
The Russian army is 53 Attack on the Pokrovsk Front in Donetsk Region Moscow on Thursday pressed Kiev’s forces to seize the town, which is the main operating base of the invading Ukrainian forces in Ukraine. Elsewhere in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian military positions near the settlement of Niu Yoku, which Russia had […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russia hiring trench diggers after Kursk invasion | Ukraine
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) said it had invited Moscow to visit Russian areas affected by Ukraine’s cross-border operations. Repeated requests for access to Russia Both on Russian territory and on Ukrainian territory under Russian control. In vain, “In contrast, Ukraine has Ukrainian officials announced they were opening a humanitarian corridor […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russia orders faster evacuation of civilians in Kursk | Ukraine
Russia has announced it will evacuate tens of thousands of people from the Kursk region.Kursk Oblast, where Ukrainian forces have invaded, has its acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, who said on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday that he had instructed the head of the Belovsky district, southwest of Kursk, to “speed up the implementation of […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile hits Kostiantynivka shopping centre, killing at least 14 | Ukraine
A Russian missile struck a shopping centre in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 43.Ukrainian authorities said a fire had broken out. Images and videos posted by authorities showed thick black smoke rising from the destroyed building. The interior minister later said […]
Ukraine war briefing: Moscow needs ‘to feel what it has done’, Zelenskiy says after Kursk incursion | Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia needed to “feel” the consequences of the war, as a major Ukrainian military advance across Russia’s border reached a third day.Pro-Kiev forces entered Russia’s southwestern Kursk region on Tuesday morning, according to the Russian military, deploying around 1,000 soldiers and more than 20 armored vehicles and […]