In December 2017, just a few weeks before millions of Russians were to begin celebrating New Year’s – one of the country’s most beloved holidays – Russia’s main intelligence agency announced it had foiled an Islamic State plot to kill revelers as they visited prominent attractions in the country’s second-largest city, St. Petersburg. While it...
Author: Todd Prince
The U.S. Senate on December 6 blocked a White House request for $106 billion in emergency aid primarily for Ukraine and Israel as Republicans objected to the bill’s lack of immigration reforms. A vote on whether to allow the bill to advance marked a significant defeat for President Joe Biden, who had urged Congress in...