A top official at the State Department said Tuesday she was surprised when Poland announced a plan to supply Ukraine with fighter jets in its fight against Russia’s invasion. The plan, announced Tuesday, involved Poland sending all of its MIG-29 jets to a U.S. military base in Germany. “I saw that announcement by the government…

Congress has agreed to a $1.5 trillion bipartisan omnibus funding bill. The spending bill would fund the government through the end of the current fiscal year which ends September 30. “It will address the major challenges we face—from COVID, to the vicious and immoral attack on Ukraine, to the need to lower costs for hardworking…

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the Treasury Department to study the impact of cryptocurrency on financial stability and national security. The order also urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should create its own digital currency. According to a White House fact sheet on the order, it outlines “the…

It’s been an incredible turnaround in recent weeks for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Once a maligned politician accused of corruption and incompetence, he has seen his global image completely overhauled as he has stood firm in the public eye while Russia invaded his country. His refusal to leave Ukraine, despite several reported assassination attempts, has…

Russia is finding it increasingly difficult to sell its oil in Europe and other traditional markets, as a mixture of sanctions, market pressures and consumer choice are shifting against Moscow. It’s not that Russia is barred against selling oil. What’s going on is that insurers are not covering ships that are going to pick up…

President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil imports in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a Tuesday speech, President Biden said the goal of the ban is to target “the main artery of Russia’s economy” and “deal another powerful blow to Putin’s war machine.” “This is a move that has strong bipartisan…

11 months into negotiations to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran “has not and will not back down on any… red lines” in the negotiations, per the semi-official Fars news agency in Iran. According to Fars, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian had a similar message in a phone call…

Vladimir Putin has led Russia as Prime Minister and President for more than two decades. Putin has marked much of his time in the Kremlin as a thorn in the side of many Americans. “The bad guys in the world will begin to do precisely what you are seeing Vladimir Putin do today,” former Secretary of…

Drivers across the country are feeling the sticker shock as the average price per gallon of gas soared above $4 this weekend for the first time since 2008. On Monday, the national average of $4.065 stood just five cents shy of the national record for regular unleaded, and the price at the pump is 62…

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, border officials are encountering a growing number of Russians and Ukrainians seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Between October and January, officials ran into 6,400 Russians. That’s more than the 4,100 Russians who were apprehended during the entirety of fiscal year 2021, which ended a month…