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Zelensky: Ukrainian President will deliver virtual address to Congress
With his nation under attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a significant address on Wednesday to members of the House and Senate, a virtual speech that comes as the United States is under pressure from Ukraine to supply more military assistance to the embattled country.
[ cnn.com ]White House response: Biden will announce $800 million in security assistance for Ukraine, official says
President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official told CNN, bringing the total to $1 billion announced in just the last week.
[ cnn.com ]Russia could default on its debt within days
• Russia is trying to install pro-Kremlin officials in occupied cities, but Ukrainians are fighting back • Russia has requested military and economic assistance from China, US officials say • Opinion: What keeps China from stopping Russia's war
[ cnn.com ]Russia requested military assistance from China, US officials say
• Washington to warn Beijing of dangers of Russian support • China's promotion of Russian disinformation indicates where its loyalties lie • Opinion: What keeps China from stopping Russia's war
[ cnn.com ]National security analyst: This intel is 'embarrassing for Putin'
CNN political and national security analyst David Sanger discusses new reporting that suggests Russia has asked China for military and economic assistance for its invasion of Ukraine, according to conversations CNN had with two US officials.
[ cnn.com ]Some home alarm systems, roadside assistance features and medical devices could be impacted as the network shuts down next week
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[ cnn.com ]First US shipment of recently directed security assistance arrives in Ukraine
The first US shipment of recently directed security assistance has arrived in Ukraine, the US Embassy in Kyiv tweeted Friday night.
[ cnn.com ]Lebanon's soul has been eviscerated by its financial crisis. Not even children want to play
I'm crouched down in front of a 10-year-old boy sitting hunched over himself in the Beirut office of my charity INARA, the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance. His dark brown eyes, fringed with impossibly long eyelashes, peer over his facemask.
[ cnn.com ]Who's to blame for inflation? It's complicated
President Joe Biden and other politicians will tell you inflation is Corporate America's fault. Corporate America blames the administration's pandemic assistance programs for putting too much cash into the economy.
[ cnn.com ]US small arms and ammo arrive in Ukraine as Pentagon details troops to train military
Part of a $60 million security assistance package, including small arms and ammunition, was delivered to Ukraine on Thursday, according to a State Department official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, but a final delivery containing four counter mortar radars is still scheduled for early next year.
[ cnn.com ]Here's why the US government is changing rent relief distribution
There is still emergency rental assistance available for those struggling to cover their rent because of the pandemic. But some of that aid will soon be shifted to places that have run out of funds and still have people in need of help.
[ cnn.com ]'Basic things are just not there': Health care collapse in Afghanistan threatens lives of millions as winter approaches
Health care in Afghanistan has literally collapsed in a matter of months, disrupted by conflict and starved of foreign assistance, according to UN agencies and NGOs working in the country. Thousands of medical staff have not been paid in six months and clinics have no medicine or equipment.
[ cnn.com ]US Capitol Police request DC National Guard assistance ahead of September 18 right-wing rally
US Capitol Police have requested DC National Guard assistance ahead of planned right-wing protests scheduled for this Saturday at the Capitol, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Wednesday.
[ cnn.com ]New network will offer free legal help to election officials to fight attacks and intimidation
Two prominent election lawyers have joined forces to launch a network that will provide free legal assistance to election officials who have faced unprecedented threats during and after the 2020 election.
[ cnn.com ]Ilhan Omar: As a refugee, I want America to open its arms to those fleeing Afghanistan
As I heard the news out of Afghanistan—the families scrambling to get on American planes, or the thousands of requests for assistance pouring into my office—I was taken instantly back to my childhood. I remembered sitting in a refugee camp in Kenya when I was about 10 years old and overhearing my father and grandfather discuss how we were going to get out. "Only in America can you ultimately become an American," my grandfather said. "Everywhere else we will always feel like a guest."
[ cnn.com ]Death toll since Myanmar coup tops 1,000, says activist group
The death toll as a result of Myanmar's coup in February this year has topped 1,000, according to an official of the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group, which has been recording killings by security forces.
[ cnn.com ]Cori Bush urges tenants to apply for local assistance as CDC eviction moratorium faces legal challenges
Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, who captured national attention for her high-profile protest of a lapse in the federal eviction moratorium amid the Covid-19 pandemic, urged tenants on Sunday to apply for local assistance in case courts strike down the latest ban on certain evictions issued by the Biden administration.
[ cnn.com ]Biden signs crime victims fund replenishment bill
President Joe Biden celebrated what he called "a day of hope" Thursday before signing the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill that aims to provide assistance for crime victims, including counseling expenses, medical bills and lost wages.
[ cnn.com ]Federal response: Biden to address Florida building collapse
President Joe Biden is expected on Friday to address the building collapse in Florida after issuing an emergency declaration overnight to authorize federal assistance, according to an administration official.
[ cnn.com ]Florida judge blocks USDA debt relief payments to farmers of color
Debt relief payments to farmers of color from the US Department of Agriculture were blocked nationwide Wednesday by a federal judge in Florida, the second halt on the payments as push back mounts against the assistance that some White farmers say is racially discriminatory.
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