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Washington approves $228 million in US military aid to the three Baltic states, Estonia says

Mar. 23, 2024 11:29 AM EDT

HELSINKI (AP) — The U.S. Congress has passed a bill that involves a total of $228 million in military and defense aid to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this year under the Baltic Security Initiative, Estonia’s defense officials said Saturday. The U.S. government funding...

Hunter Biden in defiant deposition blasts GOP, insists he did not involve his father in business

Feb. 28, 2024 20:24 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden was defiant Wednesday in a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill, blasting a Republican impeachment inquiry into his father and the family's business affairs as a “house of cards” built on “lies” as he faced a battery of probing questions from lawmakers. ...

Russia has obtained a 'troubling' emerging anti-satellite weapon, the White House says

Feb. 15, 2024 18:39 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a “troubling” emerging anti-satellite weapon but said it cannot directly cause “physical destruction” on Earth. White House national security spokesman John Kirby said U.S....

Britain and Poland appeal to the US Congress to approve vital aid for Ukraine

Feb. 15, 2024 09:09 AM EST

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The foreign ministers of Britain and Poland appealed on Thursday to the U.S. Congress and personally to the speaker of the House of Representatives to take an “epoch-making” decision and approve $60 billion in military and other aid for Ukraine. Britain's...

Nearly two years after invasion, West still seeking a way to steer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

Jan. 18, 2024 00:09 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been nearly two years since the United States and its allies froze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian foreign holdings in retaliation for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. That roughly $300 billion in Russian Central Bank money has been sitting untapped as the war...