Government & Policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed replacing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with former vice prime minister Andrei Belousov, according to an official post by the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Telegram. Shoigu was appointed to lead the Kremlin’s security council, Russian state media reported, citing spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. The announcement comes…
The most recent dominant variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are sometimes referred to as 'FLiRT' variants. They remind us that the virus is still around and some people are still suffering, despite the fact that the majority of the country and the federal government have moved past the pandemic.
For the second year in a row, fewer medical students are applying to residency programs in states with near-total abortion bans. A new data snapshot from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), released Thursday, shows that students in their senior year in a doctorate of medicine program have applied to fewer residency programs.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked state public health officials to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to livestock workers to prevent the spread of bird flu. The CDC's assessment indicates that the risk of bird flu to the general public remains low, but workers in close proximity to…
TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who has been put under the spotlight by American lawmakers, is one of the honorary chairs of Monday’s Met Gala. In addition to Chew serving as honorary chair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit, TikTok is also a sponsor of the event. The Met said the…
President Biden spoke with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, restating his worries during the conversation about an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah, even as Israel seemed ready to proceed with such an operation. Biden informed the Prime Minister about efforts to secure a hostage deal, including ongoing talks in Doha,…
A recent study discovered that a harmful insecticide banned 40 years ago is still polluting deep-sea fish and sediments near the southern coast of California. Despite the US prohibiting the compound dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in 1972, the authors of the study believe that the substance continues to enter marine food chains and remains in the environment for a long time.
The U.S. military had to temporarily pause building a pier near Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid due to bad weather, as stated by the Pentagon. U.S. Central Command officials decided to temporarily halt the construction of the floating pier near Gaza due to unsafe conditions caused by high winds and sea swells.
A group of House Republicans is introducing an amendment to require U.S. foreign assistance to display the American flag, which would revive a Trump-era policy that was revoked by President Biden. The amendment is being led by GOP members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: Reps. Brian Mast (Fla.), Maria Elvira Salazar (Fla.), Mike Lawler…
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