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.
Ukrainians living in western Pennsylvania are reacting to the heated exchange between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, and Vice President JD Vance.
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.
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,
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.
Yet Vance’s gamble to temporarily step into the limelight has paid off in at least one significant way. After Zelenskyy left the West Wing without signing a highly anticipated mineral rights deal, the White House responded by adopting one of Vance’s signature foreign policy initiatives: a total pause on U.S. military aid to Ukraine.
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