February 25 By Zeke Miller President Joe Biden hit back Thursday against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, unleashing robust new sanctions, ordering the deployment of thousands of additional troops to NATO ally Germany and declaring that America would stand up to Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He also…

February 24 By Kaia Hubbard President Joe Biden in a statement released late Wednesday as blasts and explosions shook Ukraine said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “chosen a premeditated war” that “will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,” vowing to respond with…

February 23 By Tom Brown There’s little support among Americans for a major U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new poll, even as President Joe Biden imposes new sanctions and threatens a stronger response that could provoke retaliation from Moscow. Biden has…

February 20 By Edward Wong When Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, called on Saturday for talks to resolve the crisis in Europe, he said Ukraine’s sovereignty should be “respected and safeguarded” — but also sided with Russia in saying that NATO enlargement was destabilizing the…

February 18 By Jeremy Herb US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia was laying the groundwork to justify starting a war and preparing to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days, urging Moscow to change course at a tense United Nations Security…

February 17 By Maxine Joselow House Republicans on Tuesday urged the Biden administration to move forward with a controversial drilling project proposed in Alaska, saying it would bring enormous economic benefits to the region. Their comments referred to ConocoPhillips’s Willow project in the National Petroleum…

February 16 By James Brook China has slammed the US’ Indo-Pacific strategy, saying that it has no future and resurrects the “Cold War mentality” and “bloc politics” besides bringing divisions and turbulence to the region. “I want to point out that ill intentions underlie the…

February 15 By Maziar Motamedi Iran has said any potential breakthrough in Vienna talks aimed at restoring its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers rests on political decisions by Western nations, after handing in its own final proposals. “It’s better for Iran if there’s an…

February 14 By James Brooks Former Alaska Chief Justice Craig Stowers has died, the Alaska Court System said Friday. Stowers, who retired from the state Supreme Court in 2020, was 67. In a message to court staff, current Chief Justice Daniel Winfree said Stowers died…

February 12 By Mattew Lee The United States is evacuating almost all of the staff from its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. A senior State Department official said Saturday that a very limited…

February 11 By Mattew Lee The Biden administration on Thursday approved a nearly $14 billion arms sale to Indonesia, as the U.S. presses ahead with steps it believes will help counter China’s increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. The State Department announced the $13.9 billion sale…

February 10 By James Brooks As the Alaska Court system resumes jury trials after a pandemic-enforced suspension, it is facing a major backlog and asking for supplemental funding to meet the demand. Almost 20,000 criminal cases are awaiting trial, a figure that has risen by…