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    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday. Anadolu via Getty Images

    Zelenskyy fights for aid in Washington as Russia appears to step up its offensive

    A U.S. aid deal has stalled amid disagreements over immigration policies and growing Republican skepticism about providing Ukraine with more military help.
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    White House warns Congress of urgent need for Ukraine funding

    ‘We are out of money to support Ukraine in this fight,’ Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young said in a letter to congressional leaders

    Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young speaks during a daily news briefing at the White House on Sept. 29. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

    Hamas Releases 24 Hostages After Israel Truce Deal

    Four-day pause in fighting came after complex, fraught talks

    The ICRC in Israel and the occupied territories said that it transported the group of hostages from Gaza to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

    Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy

    • President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping sought to smooth relations at a meeting Wednesday. 
    • Yet hours after the carefully choreographed event, Biden described Xi as a "dictator." 
    • Secretary of State Antony Blinken's reaction told its own story. 

    Antony Blinken appeared to be taken aback by President Joe Biden's description of Xi Jinping as a dictator at a press conference on November 15, 2023. NBC

    Pentagon announces new nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan

    .The new bomb would replace some current stocks and not increase the US nuclear stockpile.

    An F-16 from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, one of several U.S. aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by MSgt. Don Taggart)

    US and Qatar reach ‘quiet understanding’ not to release $6bn sent to Iran for now, Treasury official tells House Democrats

    “We have strict oversight of the funds, and we retain the right to freeze them,” Blinken said.

    Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

    House Republicans, Busy Fighting One Another, Refuse to Host Zelensky

    Reflections on a day of self-parody on Capitol Hill.

    Seasoned Hill watchers believe that support for Ukraine is still there; the bigger problem is the American political calendar. Source photgraph by Chip Somodevilla / Getty
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