#Western powers shot down Iranian missiles. Why not Russian missiles?

#Western powers shot down Iranian missiles. Why not Russian missiles?

Ukrainians are asking an indelicate question: Why has the West reacted with near-unanimous indignation to Iran’s missile attack against Israel, immediately expressing a willingness to protect its population against further attacks, while failing to help Ukraine protect itself against daily Russian bombardments of its people, cities and infrastructure? Or as the Wall Street Journal put…

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#White House news briefing: Watch live

#White House news briefing: Watch live

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is delivering a press briefing on Monday afternoon as Iran’s weekend missile and drone strike on Israel adds an urgency to solving the current funding impasse in Congress. President Biden held a conference call with the leaders of both parties in both chambers Sunday to reiterate the importance of…

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#Biden, Netanyahu speak after ‘Iran’s brazen attack’

#Biden, Netanyahu speak after ‘Iran’s brazen attack’

President Biden and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke following “Iran’s brazen attack” that targeted Israel on Saturday. “Earlier today, Iran—and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq—launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel,” Biden said in a Saturday night statement. “I condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms.” …

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#Biden surrogate: ‘Cowardly’ Trump won’t go to Ukraine because ‘Putin doesn’t want him to’

#Biden surrogate: ‘Cowardly’ Trump won’t go to Ukraine because ‘Putin doesn’t want him to’

President Biden reelection campaign surrogate Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) bashed former President Trump on Friday for the implication that it wouldn’t be “appropriate” to go to Ukraine, arguing that Russian President Vladimir Putin “simply” doesn’t want him to. In a statement first obtained by The Hill, Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and Russian policy…

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