American Daily Digest

Remarks as delivered Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Justices of the Supreme Court. My fellow Americans. Last year … Read More

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on February 27. (Stephanie Lecocq/AP) Russia is facing universal condemnation and increased … Read More

In the early hours before dawn on Thursday, explosions began to echo near the capital, announcing a full–scale assault on Ukraine that has escalated in the days since. Photo handout … Read More

John Perry Jr. knows how important voting is. The 72-year-old first cast a ballot in 1969 at the height of the civil rights movement and a poignant time for Black … Read More

“Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences,” Biden said, laying out a set of measures that will “impose severe … Read More

“When I came to the office today in the morning [in Kyiv], it turned out, that the [Chernobyl nuclear power plant] management had left. So there was no one to … Read More

Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on February 24 (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images) Russian forces invaded Ukraine from three sides, while explosions rang through a number … Read More

The websites of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, and those of the ministries of foreign affairs, infrastructure, education and others, were experiencing disruptions. In a separate and potentially more serious … Read More

“According to the information at my disposal, Putin is moving additional forces and tanks into the occupied Donbas territories,” Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš said. “By any definition that’s … Read More