Inflation is at a 40-year high after the US government passed trillions in Covid relief and stimulus bills

Tanker accused of being repainted to fool US

The omnibus spending bill passed by the House appropriates $782 billion for military spending plus $14 billion for Ukraine aid

The military wants Biden to shift troops that are in Djibouti and Kenya back into Somalia

Officials say deal is close, Iran pushes US to finalize deal

Only 17 House members voted against the legislation

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov met with Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba

The Biden administration's strategy is to inflict as much economic pain on Russia as possible and to flood Ukraine with weapons

Both sides carefully avoid connecting the issues

$3 billion will pay for troops deployments to Eastern Europe, $3.5 billion will restock weapons that have been sent or will be sent to Ukraine

The US dismissed the idea that it's funding bioweapons research in Ukraine, but there are Pentagon-linked biological research labs in the country

Officials warn US delay is stalling a good deal from happening

Russia wants Ukraine to recognize Crimea as Russian and the Donbas republics as independent

Spokesman John Kirby said sending the planes risks escalation with Russia

The Pentagon said Poland's offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets to Germany was not 'tenable'