Without it, Kyiv could hold out for part of the year, one expert said, but would then begin losing the war. American officials concede there is nothing on the horizon that could match the power of a new, $60 billion congressional appropriation to support its war against Russian aggression. Little more than 100 days into his tenure, the speaker who was handed an impossible job has only made it more difficult for himself, baffling his colleagues. Democrats promised a Thursday vote on a stand-alone bill, stripped of immigration measures, with $60.1 billion for Ukraine, $14.1 billion for Israel and $10 billion in humanitarian aid for civilians of global crises. Senator James Lankford pleaded with his party not to let politics trump policy, recounting opposition including a right-wing media personality who vowed to do “whatever I can to destroy you.” After three years under fire for record illegal migration on his watch, the president blames his predecessor for preventing action to secure the southwestern border. The killing of a leader of Kata’ib Hezbollah continued a series of strikes in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops in the region, including one that killed three Americans in Jordan. The Israeli prime minister said that the proposed deal would leave Israel vulnerable to attack and that its forces were preparing to expand their operations. When the Supreme Court considers whether Donald J. Trump is barred from appearing on Colorado’s ballot, a professor’s scholarship, long relegated to the fringes, will take center stage. In drawing rooms and ballrooms of the elite in Manhattan, any enthusiasm for a second Biden term seemed to be mingled with fear about the thought of a second one for Donald J. Trump. The self-help author, who also ran in the Democratic primary in 2020, finished far behind President Biden in this year’s first nominating contests. Returning to royal duties after his wife’s surgery and the news of King Charles’s cancer, the heir to the throne will confront new demands on his time. On a whirlwind trip to London, Harry met briefly with his father, King Charles III, who has cancer, but did not visit his older brother, the heir to the throne. On the heels of Earth’s warmest year, January was the eighth month in a row in which global temperatures blew past previous records. Scientists said the decline appeared to be driven by hot, dry conditions in the United States and Canada that reduced food supply. Analysts say Pakistan’s powerful military has never intervened so openly on behalf of its preferred candidate. The “Holdovers” star sometimes feels overwhelmed by the glare of the spotlight. “In a very otherworldly way, my entire world has changed.” A divide bodes ill for Democrats — and perhaps even for Palestinians. Biden isn’t the only one who wants to know. American children are more likely to live in poverty, go hungry or die than in most of our peer countries. We can fix this. Officers were responding to a report that an 11-year-old girl had been shot at a house in East Lansdowne, Pa., outside Philadelphia, the authorities said. “We’ve got to take back 42nd Street,” Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the anti-crime group, said on “Hannity” as the Guardian Angels pushed a man to the ground. A 1:1 facsimile of the statue of Constantine shows how modern technology can help recreate the past, and offers new ideas for scholarship. The Brooklyn Museum exhibits art works collected by the musical superstars Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys — and it makes a show of the collectors, too. |
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