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Voice of America U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Ukraine, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent says that the US government annually allocates about $ 750 million to Ukraine. Kent stated this in an interview with Radio Liberty. “I think that we (in the USA - ed.) have a very reliable foundation of support. Every year our Congress allocates funds to support Ukraine in various industries - up to $ 750 million a year. Perhaps there are four, maximum five, other countries that receive such support from us every year. And it does not depend...

Brother and sister-in-law say CNN's "false attributions" exposed them to "public scorn, ridicule and contempt." Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's brother and sister-in-law sued CNN in federal court for $75 million on Thursday, stating they were defamed by a report last month alleging they were members of the QAnon conspiracy group. Jack and Leslie Flynn, who live in Rhode Island, alleged in U.S. District Court in New York City that the CNN report on Feb. 4 falsely portrayed them as members of QAnon by selectively airing video footage from a family outing last Fourth of July where they joined...

DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch today backed off an original estimate that it could cost $7.5 million to clean the Capitol walls after protesters taped numerous signs to the marble. "Our hope is that, at its minimum, we could be dealing in hundreds of thousands of dollars," Huebsch said. "At its maximum, if there is damage to wood and others and we had to get back to painstaking restoration, that's where you could easily get into the millions." During testimony yesterday in the Dane County court case that eventually led to the clearing of the Capitol last night, DOA chief legal...