The failed White House meeting only deepens the Ukraine crisis, adding worries to Pennsylvania's Ukrainian community.
They're students of the Ukrainian Heritage School in Montgomery County. Since 2022, the number of students has doubled, as hundreds of families from Ukraine displaced by war have
Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin is now delivering the Democratic response to Trump's address. She is speaking from Michigan, a key swing state that went for Trump in 2024. One of his last messages for the room was a callback to his immediate response after being shot in Pennsylvania.
Campaigning in Pennsylvania last September, JD Vance seemed to strike at an unlikely political foe: the besieged president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who’d spent most of the previous two years being hailed by Western leaders as a hero.
A Ukrainian community in Pennsylvania shared their hopes and fears for Ukraine in light of President Donald Trump’s new approach towards their war-torn country.
You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards," Trump said to Zelensky during a 10-minute back and forth rarely seen in the Oval Office.
But it also hit far closer to home in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a city about 4,700 miles (7,560km) away from Kyiv that has played its own small role in the conflict. Scranton is known as the setting for the American version of The Office television show, and as the birthplace of former President Joe Biden - one of Ukraine's biggest backers.
Support for Ukraine still shines among local activists three years after Russia’s invasion. But waning public opinion and reversals by President Trump reflect a harsh reality.
President Donald Trump, during his meeting at the Oval Office on Friday, accused Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, of being disrespectful towards the United States. Vice President JD Vance further added that Zelenskyy was,
Trump also slammed Zelensky for suggesting that the end of Russia's war against Ukraine likely "is still very, very far away."
President Donald Trump has directed a “pause” to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as he seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in negotiat