Russian President Vladimir Putin will not intimidate or scare off the U.S. and its allies from helping Ukraine, President Biden said Friday after Putin held a ceremony declaring an annexation of Ukrainian territory. Ukraine, the U.S., many Western allies and the United Nations have all denounced Russia's move as a violation of Ukrainian and international law. "America and its allies are not going to be intimidated by Putin and his reckless words and threats. He's not going to scare us or intimidate us," Biden said. Calling Putin's annexation ceremony in the Kremlin a "sham routine," Biden committed to providing Ukraine with military aid and reinforced NATO's pledge to "to defend every single inch of NATO territory. Every single inch." Biden also suggested that recent explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines
that run under the Baltic Sea, was "a deliberate act of sabotage" and accused Putin of "pumping out disinformation and lies." Experts have pointed to Putin and Russia as the main suspect behind the attacks. ... Read more here Meanwhile, President Biden indicated Friday that officials are still trying to assess the destruction from Hurricane Ian in Florida and continued threats from the storm as it moves up the coastline to the Carolinas. During a briefing, where he also discussed Putin's latest move, Biden said it would take "years" to rebuild following the devastating storm. "You've all seen on television, homes and property wiped out. It's going to take months and years to rebuild. And our hearts go out to all those folks whose lives have been absolutely devastated by the storm. America's heart is literally breaking," Biden said. ... Read more here |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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💰 House OKs stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown
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The House gave final passage to a short-term funding bill to keep the government running for the next few months, narrowly avoiding a shutdown just hours before the midnight deadline.
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😡 Lawmakers mad at Democratic leaders over stock trading ban delay
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Anger is boiling over at House Democratic leadership for failing to deliver on a bill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks — a key priority for voters on both sides of the aisle — ahead of the midterm elections. |
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🐘 Trump to hold back-to-back rallies in Arizona, Nevada
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Former President Trump will hold back-to-back rallies in Arizona and Nevada next week where he'll be joined by GOP gubernatorial and Senate candidates that he's endorsed, as he continues to ramp up his political activity ahead of the November midterms.
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📊 Democrats lead generic congressional ballot by 4 points: poll
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Democrats lead Republicans in the generic congressional ballot by 4 points with Election Day less than six weeks away, according to a new poll.
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📸 Photos: Justice Jackson makes Supreme Court debut at ceremony
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The Supreme Court held a special sitting on Friday for the formal investiture ceremony of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to seated to the high court. |
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🧑⚖️ Majority of Americans say Supreme Court is 'out of touch': poll
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💉 Half of US adults they're uninformed on new COVID boosters: survey
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A new poll released has found that half of U.S. adults say they know little to nothing about the recently authorized bivalent coronavirus booster doses almost one month after they were made available.
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🎒 Arizona students protest new laws targeting LGBTQ+ community
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Hundreds of Arizona high school students walked out of their classrooms this week to protest a slate of new laws that took effect over the weekend and have been accused of being discriminatory against the state's LGBTQ+ population, particularly transgender youth. |
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🚒 9/11 first responder stabbed to death in 'barbaric' attack in Queens
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A 25-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, who served as a first responder at the World Trade Center on 9/11, was fatally stabbed this week while on duty. |
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👑 Royal Mint unveils first coins with King Charles silhouette
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An image of an uncrowned King Charles III, from his left profile, appears on a pair of British coins that the Royal Mint unveiled. |
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☕ Two to three cups of coffee a day could lead to a longer life: study
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A new study suggests drinking two to three cups of coffee each day was associated with significantly lower risks of cardiovascular disease and death, compared with avoiding coffee.
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Gen Z ready to make its mark on Congress | "You may not have heard their names — Maxwell Frost and Karoline Leavitt — but someday, they could be national Democratic and Republican Party leaders," writes Brad Bannon, a Democratic pollster and CEO of Bannon Communications Research. |
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