• Biden Calls on Congress to Pass Ukraine Aid

    Michael RaineyMarch 15, 2024At an early St. Patrick’s Day event with the Irish prime minister and officials including House Speaker Mike

  • 90% of aid to Ukraine remains in the USA

    Military assistance to Ukraine from the West in fact turned out to be nothing more than industrial support for the American military-industrial complex. While the next support package for Kiev is in an uncertain state between the chambers of the US Congress, Joe Biden assures that the bulk of the allocated taxpayer funds will actually […]

  • Germany calls for more larger-scale aid

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for more aid to reach Gaza on the ground, as he criticised Israel’s plans for a full-scale offensive in the southern city of Rafah. Israel has previously defended its plans for an offensive in Rafah, calling it necessary to bring an end to Hamas in the strip. Mr Scholz’s

  • IG flags lack of oversight on retiree double-dipping

    Massachusetts policymakers need to fix a "deeply flawed" system that falls short of monitoring and enforcing double-dipping by former public employees who simultaneously collect pensions and paychecks from subsequent work, a state watchdog warned.

  • Australia calls on Israel to let humanitarian aid flow

    Australia has called on Israel to stop blocking humanitarian aid into Gaza and backed a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and release of Israeli hostages. The rare absence of a veto by permanent Security Council members about the war in Gaza was “a rare moment of agreement in the international community” that […]

  • Egypt and UN Call for Ceasefire and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

    To address the escalating crisis in Gaza, Egypt, and the United Nations have called for an immediate ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering of the people of Palestine. The discussions, led by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, emphasized the need for urgent action to alleviate the dire situation in Gaza. During their meeting on Sunday 24 March, President Al-Sisi and Secretary-General Guterres were joined by...

  • Liberia: Judicial Staffers Call for Audit over Lack Of Transparency

    MONROVIA — The Judiciary, as mandated by the 1986 Constitution of Liberia, is expected to be an independent and fair body that fights corruption. However, recent reports suggest otherwise. The current Supreme Court Bench has reported failed to uphold transparency and accountability, particularly regarding financial matters. By Garmah Lomo, Contributing Writer According to the New []

  • Would House approve ‘loaning’ rather than giving Ukraine aid?

    As the nearly $100 billion Senate-passed national security supplemental continues to stall in the House of Representatives, lawmakers are looking for alternatives. One idea that has been circulating Capitol Hill this week: formatting the next tranche of funding as a waivable loan instead of a grant in an effort to convince skeptical Republican members. But so far, the plan seems to have caused confusion among supporters of further to Kyiv, and has seemingly not meaningfully moved its opponents...

    • CNN

    Rep. Slotkin to Speaker Johnson on Ukraine Aid: ‘Bring it!’

    Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) Michigan joins The Lead.

  • Russian attacks kill three as Ukraine calls for more air defenses

    Russian attacks on eastern and southern Ukraine killed at least three people on Wednesday, officials said, as Kyiv called for more Patriot air defense systems to battle a surge in missile strikes. Moscow has escalated aerial attacks on Ukraine in the past few weeks, targeting key infrastructure -- including power

    • WNYC

    Monday Morning Politics: US Ceasefire Resolution, Ukraine Aid, and more

    Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent for USA Today, talks about the news from Washington including the United State's shifting policy on a ceasefire for Israel and Palestine, updates about aid to Ukraine, and more.

  • UAE, Qatar call for speeding up entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza

    Foreign ministers discuss bilateral ties, developments in Middle East -