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Transcript: The Inside Story: Ukraine: One Year Later Episode 80 – February 23, 2023 Show Open: Unidentified Narrator: A grim anniversary in Ukraine… Met with a visit by the U.S. president… And a vow of continue support: President Joe Biden: Democracy stands....

Washington - A U.S. fighter jet shot down a mysterious, high-altitude object that traveled into American airspace Friday, acting on orders from Presiden

TRANSCRIPT: The Inside Story: State of the Union Episode 78 – February 9, 2023 Show Open: Unidentified Narrator: Joe Biden presses bipartisanship by touting its successes: President Joe Biden: But now we’re coming back, because we came together and passed the bipartisan...

Speaking in front of a divided Congress for the first time since he took office, President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Tuesday evening, touting low unemployment numbers and the end of pandemic emergency as he pleads for bipartisanship that’s even more elusive under a Republican-controlled House of Representatives. VOA's White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report.

Russian forces looking to go on a springtime offensive in Ukraine will be met by more Ukrainian armor and firepower, following an agreement between the U

As Californians deal with two mass shootings just days apart, President Joe Biden is supporting gun control measures introduced by California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein to renew the 1994 assault-weapons ban. But as White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara reports, with Republicans controlling the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court leaning heavily conservative, the legal landscape for more gun control in the U.S. looks bleak.

Washington - Pleas by Ukrainian officials for more tanks, and more advanced tanks, to use in their fight against Russia have begun to resonate in Washin

For the past few months, human rights activists have been sounding alarms about the Russian private military company Wagner Group using convicts to fight Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Now, the White House says casualties are “extraordinarily high” among the estimated 40,000 convicts fighting for the mercenary group on front lines in Ukraine. Igor Tsikhanenka has more. Patsy Widakuswara contributed.

White House also pushing further UN action on North Korea for arms transfer to help Wagner Group 

VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara speaks with National Security Council spokesman John Kirby about the significance of administration actions against the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company.