#Biden blasts Tuberville’s ‘ridiculous’ Pentagon hold over abortion policy

#Biden blasts Tuberville’s ‘ridiculous’ Pentagon hold over abortion policy

President Biden on Thursday lambasted Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) months-long hold on hundreds of U.S. military promotions over the Pentagon’s abortion policy, calling it a “bizarre” position that is “jeopardizing U.S. security.”  Speaking at a joint news conference with the Finnish president in Helsinki, Biden was asked whether he would be willing to speak with Tuberville about the…

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#NATO summit exposes rifts in Biden, Zelensky bond

#NATO summit exposes rifts in Biden, Zelensky bond

President Biden’s high-profile diplomatic trip to the NATO summit in Europe has exposed some cracks in the U.S.’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said a lack of urgency to include his country in the alliance would only allow Russia to “continue its terror.” Biden has hit the brakes on NATO accepting Ukraine into…

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#The Hill’s Morning Report — Frustrated Zelensky rips NATO: ‘Absurd’

#The Hill’s Morning Report — Frustrated Zelensky rips NATO: ‘Absurd’

To a frustrated President Volodymyr Zelensky, NATO’s reticence on Tuesday to concretely welcome Ukraine into the Western alliance was “absurd” — that is, a missed opportunity to fortify his country in a language Russia understands. “Uncertainty is weakness,” Zelensky tweeted.  To President Biden, NATO’s approach to Ukraine in a carefully worded statement with no date…

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