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President Biden will travel to Europe for Ukraine talks, White House says

President Biden will meet with NATO and European leaders at a summit in Brussels on March 24. He will also attend a scheduled European Council summit, where efforts to impose sanctions and further humanitarian efforts are underway.

Anti-Trump Republicans lining up for 2024 shadow primary

More than two years before the next presidential election, a shadow primary is already beginning to take shape among at least three fierce Republican critics of former president Donald Trump to determine who is best positioned to occupy the anti-Trump lane in 2024.

‘Things are growing worse by the hour’: Mass. Congress members weigh in on how US could help Ukraine

Ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s virtual speech to the US Congress Wednesday, members of the Massachusetts delegation spoke of possible paths to aid for the country, as it continues to resist an invasion from Russian troops that began more than two weeks ago.

After four decades and $200 billion, the US missile defense system is no match for a Russian nuclear attack

Official Pentagon policy states that its system is only designed to protect the nation from nuclear missiles fired by a rogue state like North Korea. For a military superpower like Russia, the US depends on its own vast nuclear arsenal of about 5,400 warheads as a deterrent.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke of possible ways the United States could help Ukraine during a press conference announcing environmental protection steps for the Neponset River.

‘Things are growing worse by the hour’: Mass. Congress members weigh in on how US could help Ukraine

Ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s virtual speech to the US Congress Wednesday, members of the Massachusetts delegation spoke of possible paths to aid for the country, as it continues to resist an invasion from Russian troops that began more than two weeks ago.

A photo from the US Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency in 2017 showed a medium-range ballistic missile target being launched from Hawaii. The target was successfully intercepted by SM-6 missiles fired from the USS John Paul Jones.

After four decades and $200 billion, the US missile defense system is no match for a Russian nuclear attack

Official Pentagon policy states that its system is only designed to protect the nation from nuclear missiles fired by a rogue state like North Korea. For a military superpower like Russia, the US depends on its own vast nuclear arsenal of about 5,400 warheads as a deterrent.

President Biden was at the Capitol in January with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

House Democrats push Biden to build a better midterm message

After offering her customary lavish praise of President Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got to the business at hand at a White House meeting last month on the midterm elections. Democrats, Pelosi told Biden and a group of his aides, need a more succinct and consistent message.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla.

US pays $2 million a month to protect Mike Pompeo, aide from Iran threat

The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face “serious and credible” threats from Iran.

A view of the US Capitol Building on March 11, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

Oil, sanctions, jets: How Congress pushes Biden on Ukraine

A remarkably unified Congress is out front on foreign policy, pressuring President Biden to go further and faster with a US response to a devastating conflict that has no clear endgame in sight.

Dr. Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Jan. 16, 2021.

Here’s what you need to know about the whistleblower complaint against Eric Lander

Eric Lander, the prominent scientist who formerly led the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is in the news again with the release of a whistleblower complaint about his alleged conduct as the head of President Biden’s Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Washington Metropolitan Police placed crime scene tape around the outside of The Parthenon, a popular Greek restaurant, on Friday afternoon.

Car crashes into Washington, D.C., restaurant’s outdoor patio, killing two women

Authorities said the incident appeared to be an accident. “There are no indications that this was intentional,” said Second District Police Commander Duncan Bedlion. “We have a cooperative driver. He's staying with us.”

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 10, 2022. The House passed a long-delayed $1.5 trillion spending bill that would fund the U.S. government through the rest of the fiscal year and provide $13.6 billion to respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Here’s what you need to know about the $13.6 billion in aid for Ukraine

Late Thursday night, the Senate voted to pass a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill that will continue to fund the government through Sept. 30. The spending package includes $13.6 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine, which includes money for military spending, humanitarian assistance, enforcement of sanctions and even efforts to combat disinformation in Ukraine.Here’s what you need to know about where the money is actually going.