The long-awaited deal creating a United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund faces huge questions, in part due to war-related damage to Ukraine's infrastructure.
Why it matters: The 50-50 fund gives the U.S. preferential access to Ukraine's critical minerals, oil and gas.
The south-central U.S. is facing a "heightened" risk of flash flooding into Thursday following days of deadly storms across a region that's spanned from Texas to the Northeast, the National Weather Service warns.
The big picture: More rounds of thunderstorms were expected Thursday across Oklahoma and north Texas, with the NWS warning of risks for large hail in addition to flooding and it said "strong winds may accompany any storms from east Texas northeast through the lower Great Lakes."
