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.
California released a unique plan on Monday to use over half of the state’s land to reduce carbon emissions. Over the next two decades, the state will strive to achieve 81 nature-based goals to help reach California’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045. These measures, aimed at enhancing the ability of lands to absorb more carbon than they release, are part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s broader California Climate Commitment.
The Biden administration is unlikely to ease high-level travel warnings for the People’s Republic of China unless Beijing takes concrete steps to address safety concerns, a senior administration official told The Hill ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing this week. Blinken will raise with Chinese officials steps they must take before…
Nursing homes will now need to have a minimum number of front-line caregivers for the first time under a new mandate announced by the Biden administration on Monday. The final policy, revealed by Vice President Harris, is being implemented despite strong efforts by the nursing home industry and bipartisan lawmakers to oppose it, saying a federal standard is not possible…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to the U.S. after the House passed a bill providing additional funds to Ukraine in its ongoing war against Russia. “Today, we received the awaited decision on the US aid package that we long fought for. And a very significant one,” Zelensky wrote on social media platform X. “Our…
Former national security adviser John Bolton criticized President Biden for putting “enormous pressure” on Israel to not “do more” to Iran Friday, after the country launched retaliatory strikes on Israel following an attack earlier this month in Syria. Early Friday, the Israeli military struck close to a major air base and nuclear site in Iran.…
Iran’s foreign minister downplayed the attacks on his country on Friday morning, which targeted a major air base and nuclear site near Isfahan, and questioned where they came from and minimized their impact. “What happened last night was not a strike,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated in translated comments during an interview on NBC News’s “Top…
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