Articles written by Ellen Knickmeyer & Lolita C. Baldor


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  • Leader of the free world has never been a role Trump has embraced. The world has gotten the message

    ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR|Nov 8, 2024

    WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. presidents usually at least pay lip service to being leaders of the free world, at the helm of a mighty democracy and military that allies worldwide can rally around and reasonably depend on for support in return. Not so under President-elect Donald Trump, a critic of many existing U.S. alliances, whose win of a second term this week had close European partners calling for a new era of self-reliance not dependent on American goodwill. "We must not delegate forever our security to America," French President Emmanuel M...

  • US pledges $1 billion more rockets, other arms for Ukraine

    ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR|Aug 7, 2022

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday it was shipping its biggest yet direct delivery of weapons to Ukraine as that country prepares for a potentially decisive counteroffensive in the south against Russia, sending $1 billion in rockets, ammunition and other material to Ukraine from Defense Department stockpiles. The new U.S. arms shipment would further strengthen Ukraine as it mounts the counteroffensive, which analysts say for the first time could allow Kyiv to shape the course of the rest of the war, now at the half-year mark...

  • 'Welcome home': Evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to US

    ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR|Jul 29, 2021

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, including scores of children and babies in arms, to resettlement in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden welcomed them home. The evacuation flights, bringing out former interpreters and others who fear retaliation from Afghanistan's Taliban for having worked with American servicemembers and civilians, highlight American uncertainty about how Afghanistan's government and military will fare after the la...