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Biden Announces New Military Aid in Meeting With Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Japan

U.S. President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 21, on the sidelines of the G-7 summit of world leaders in Hiroshima, Japan. At a press conference following their bilateral meeting, Biden announced the United States would provide Ukraine with a new military aid package of up to $375 million. “The United States continues to…


Biden Announces New Military Aid for Ukraine During Meeting With Zelenskyy

HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden announced a new $375 million package of military aid to Ukraine during a May 21 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G-7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan. “The United States continues to help Ukraine respond, recover, and rebuild. We are also supporting peace,” Biden said during his first face-to-face meeting with Zelenskyy since making a…


Biden Tells G-7 That US Will Support Joint Fighter Jet Training for Ukraine

President Joe Biden told his G-7 counterparts on Friday that the United States will support a joint effort to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft, a senior U.S. official said. As part of the decision, the United States will permit its Western allies to supply Ukraine with fighter jets, which include U.S.-made F-16s. “The…


Debt Ceiling Negotiations Stall as House GOP Blames White House’s Lack of Concessions

Top Republicans negotating a debt ceiling solution with the White House discontinued talks, signifying at least a temporary breakdown in the reconciliation process. After a meeting with White House officials in the Capitol, Republicans said they were leaving because the two sides were still too far apart to continue the in-person debate. Republican lawmakers asserted that…


Blinken Replacing Biden on Papua New Guinea Visit Amid Push to Counter Beijing

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Papua New Guinea (PNG) in lieu of President Joe Biden, whose trip was canceled due to the United States debt limit talks, next week amid efforts to counter China’s rising influence in the Pacific. Biden contacted PNG leader James Marape on May 18 to inform him that…


Rep. Greene Introduces Measure to Impeach Biden

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has introduced a measure to impeach President Joe Biden. The measure, which Greene has introduced to Congress on various occasions before, was announced during a May 18 press conference. “It is with the highest amount of solemnity that I introduce articles of impeachment today on the head of this America…


White House Ignores Key Question on Biden’s Knowledge of Son’s Business Dealings as House GOP Turns Up Heat

Ian Sams, White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations, is not responding to repeated requests from The Epoch Times that he explain how President Joe Biden can never talk to Hunter Biden about his business dealings, while also claiming his son made no money working for China-connected clients. Twice in recent days in emails following the May…


Biden Family Business Transactions Made Intentionally ‘Difficult to Understand’ Where Money Came From: Legal Scholar

President Joe Biden’s family members moved around money from their international business transactions in a way that, according to legal scholar Horace Cooper, was meant to obscure what they were really doing. On May 10, House Republicans shared preliminary findings from an ongoing investigation of business transactions by members of Biden’s family. At a press…


US Position on Syria Deteriorates

Commentary The U.S. position in the Middle East is weakening quickly. Nowhere is this more obvious than in Syria, where a pro-Russian dictator has waged a brutal civil war against his people with increasing impunity. On May 9, Syria and Saudi Arabia announced they would reopen their embassies in each others’ countries. Previously, the Saudis,…


Manchin Says Biden ‘Hypocritical’ on Debt-Limit Demands

Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said his fellow Democrat, President Joe Biden, has staked out a “hypocritical” position in recent debates over how to raise the U.S. debt limit. Biden has repeatedly called for a so-called “clean bill” to raise the debt limit without any additional conditions on matters such as spending reforms. In an interview…