Helene Cooper

WASHINGTON — Few expected the Pentagon's internal review of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's failure to tell President Joe Biden and other senior leaders that he was in the hospital to amount to much.

U.S. Airdrops More Aid Into Gaza, Delivering 36,800 Meals

However, the planned pier and causeway will take at least a month and maybe two to complete, the Pentagon said.

It is rare for the United States to try to provide such services for people who are being bombed with tacit US support.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it was sending up to $300 million in weapons to Ukraine, the first new aid package for the country since funding ran out in late December.

The makeshift solution would keep advancing Russian troops at bay for only a few weeks, one official said.

The goal for a recent delivery of the coveted long-range missile system is to put more pressure on Russian forces in eastern parts of occupied Ukraine.

The structure is meant to allow humanitarian assistance to enter Gaza via the Mediterranean Sea, bypassing Israeli restrictions on land convoys.

The structure is meant to allow humanitarian assistance to enter Gaza via the Mediterranean Sea, bypassing Israeli restrictions on land convoys.

Defense Department officials said the structure, which is expected to be completed in early May, could help relief workers deliver as many as two million meals a day.