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President Joe Biden has invited Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to the White House on Tuesday as the U.S. administration steps up the pressure on Congress to provide billions more in aid to Kyiv in the war with Russia.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition and also called for quick congressional approval of more than $100 billion in aid for Israel, Ukraine and other national security priorities.

President Joe Biden is taking a more active role in Senate negotiations over changes to the immigration system that Republicans are demanding in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas.

Massachusetts' attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing a white nationalist group of civil rights violations, saying it repeatedly subjected LGBTQ+ events and facilities sheltering migrant families to intimidation and harassment.

Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly at a federal penitentiary in Florida.

A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. The impasse is deepening in Congress despite dire warnings from the White House about the consequences of inaction as Republicans insist on pairing the aid with changes to America's immigration and border policies.

U.S. Coast Guard officials are promising reforms after an internal review sparked by reports of sexual assault and harassment found that "too many" of its members don't feel safe and trust in leadership is eroding.

Senate Democrats and Republicans talked past each other on Thursday about border policies, further lowering the prospects of a deal on war aid a day after President Biden's $110 billion request failed in the chamber.

The problem with today's so-called progressives is that they do not believe in true progress. They believe in immediate and iron-fisted obedience -- instant conformity to whatever happens to be their latest moral fever dream.

Black, Asian and Indigenous mothers delivering twins or triplets are the most likely to give birth in intensive care units with higher health risks, according to new federal data released Thursday.