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Biden grants narrow exception to US weapons restrictions to allow Ukraine to defend Kharkiv

BIDEN RELENTS, SORT OF: Three weeks after Russian forces launched a cross-border assault into the northeastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine, President Joe Biden has authorized a narrow exception to the ban on the use of U.S.-supplied weapons against targets on Russian soil. In response to pleas from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and growing pressure from […]

Bottom Line: IOM adds House appropriations staffer to defend federal funding

foreign affairs united nations’ international organization for migration (IOM) hired cornerstone government relations The new disclosure says the purpose is to educate member states about the IOM and push for “consistent core funding in the fiscal year 2025 budget cycle.” Earlier this year, Congress blocked funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for […]

Trump vows to execute risky gambit to defend Constitution and more top headlines

The precedent set after the would-be 2024 Republican presidential nominee was once again charged with contempt of court, fined, threatened with jail time for future gag orders, and told to appear in a Manhattan courtroom. Former President Trump’s unprecedented criminal trial resumes Tuesday morning. At least for the next two weeks. (Song Haiyuan/MB Media/Getty Images) […]