The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a more than $1 billion in additional arms and ammunition to Israel. That's according to three congressional aides who spoke of condition of anonymity to discuss an arms transfer that has not yet been made public. It's not immediately known how soon the weapons would be delivered. It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be revealed by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold this month. President Joe Biden's administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seeking to rally the spirits of glum Ukrainians facing a fierce new Russian offensive. In a visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, he assured them that they're not alone and that billions of dollars in American military aid that's on its way after months of political delays would make a “real difference” on the battlefield. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to him for more air defense systems to protect civilians. Blinken also took to the stage at a Kyiv bar to play rhythm guitar and sing with a local band on Neil Young’s 1989 hit “Rockin’ in the Free World.”

A military hearing officer is deciding whether to recommend a court-martial for Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges for leaking highly classified military documents. Teixeira admitted illegally collecting some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets and sharing them on the social media platform Discord. He's now facing military charges of disobeying orders and obstructing justice. At a hearing Tuesday at Hanscom Air Force base, military prosecutors said a court-martial is appropriate given that obeying orders is the “absolute core” of the military. But Teixeira's lawyers argued further action would amount to prosecuting him twice for the same offense.