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Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons even as it lacks funds to replenish US stockpile

March 12, 2024, 3:30pm Politics

The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains deeply overdrawn and needs at least $10 billion to replenish all the weapons it has pulled from its stocks to help Kyiv in its desperate fight… Read story

FILE - People walk with belongings out from an apartment building destroyed after Tuesday&rsquo;s Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 3, 2024. House Democrats on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, launched a long-shot effort to push $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote. The move ramps up pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to take up the foreign funding package.

House Democrats launch an effort to force a vote on Ukraine aid, but face long odds

FILE - People walk with belongings out from an apartment building destroyed after Tuesday&rsquo;s Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Jan. 3, 2024. House Democrats on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, launched a long-shot effort to push $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote. The move ramps up pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to take up the foreign funding package.

March 12, 2024, 10:56am Politics

House Democrats on Tuesday launched a long-shot effort to force a vote on $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, intensifying pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to take up the foreign funding package. Read story

Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battle

Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Hur listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Tuesday March 12, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

March 12, 2024, 10:45am Latest News

Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as a newly-released transcript of Biden’s testimony last fall showed that he repeatedly insisted he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice… Read story

FILE - Then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, embraces his son Beau Biden on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 27, 2008.

Hur said Biden couldn’t recall when his son died. The interview transcript is more complicated

FILE - Then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, embraces his son Beau Biden on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 27, 2008.

March 12, 2024, 10:40am Politics

The White House knew it had a political problem on its hands when a special counsel report questioned President Joe Biden’s memory last month, but Biden saw a much more personal affront as well. Read story

Education Department starts sending financial aid data to colleges after months of delays

March 12, 2024, 9:34am Latest News

After months of delays and technical hiccups, some colleges and universities have started to receive federal data they need to put together financial aid offers for incoming students, the Biden administration said Monday. Read story

President Joe Biden delivers a speech during an event at a YMCA, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Goffstown, N.H.

Top Polish leaders to visit White House, hoping to spur US to help Ukraine more

President Joe Biden delivers a speech during an event at a YMCA, Monday, March 11, 2024, in Goffstown, N.H.

March 12, 2024, 8:23am Politics

President Joe Biden is hosting Poland’s president and prime minister for White House talks on Tuesday with the Polish leaders looking to press Washington to break its impasse over replenishing funds for Ukraine at a critical moment in the war in Europe. Read story

TikTok bill heads to House floor as Trump backs away from ban

March 12, 2024, 8:21am Politics

The House is set to vote on a bill that could effectively ban TikTok from Americans’ smartphones, potentially posing a dilemma for House Republicans as former President Donald Trump, who first tried to ban the app in 2020, backpedals from his position. Read story

Education Dept. starts sending financial aid data to colleges

March 11, 2024, 8:58pm Nation & World

After months of delays and technical hiccups, some colleges and universities have started to receive federal data they need to put together financial aid offers for incoming students, the Biden administration said Monday. Read story

FILE - Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Robert Hur speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, July 27, 2017. The special counsel who impugned the president&rsquo;s age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week. Hur, now the U.S. attorney appointed by Donald Trump, is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, as House Republicans try to keep the spotlight on unflattering assessments of Biden.

Who is Robert Hur? A look at the special counsel due to testify on Biden classified documents case

FILE - Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Robert Hur speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, July 27, 2017. The special counsel who impugned the president&rsquo;s age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week. Hur, now the U.S. attorney appointed by Donald Trump, is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, as House Republicans try to keep the spotlight on unflattering assessments of Biden.

March 11, 2024, 9:02am Politics

The special counsel who impugned the president’s age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week. Read story

More than 20 progressive groups form a coalition to counter pro-Israel groups before the election

March 11, 2024, 9:00am Politics

Facing a barrage of super PAC money, more than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully counter pro-Israel groups’ efforts to primary challenge liberal members who’ve been critics of Israel’s blistering military offensive in Gaza. Read story