Jill Biden pledges mental health help to Ukrainian first lady
First lady Jill Biden on Tuesday met with Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, at the White House to discuss how the U.S. could provide help with mental health issues faced by women and children living through Russia’s war in Ukraine. The two women first met during a surprise trip by Biden to Ukraine in May for Mother’s Day, during which they first discussed mental health issues stemming from the invasion. Biden told Zelenska that she took back a message to her team following that trip about how best to provide for those who have “suffered such tragedy and a
Read MoreButtigieg spars with GOP lawmakers over Biden's EV goals
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday defended the Biden administration’s goal of having 50 percent of vehicles on the market be electric by 2030 as House Republican lawmakers cast doubt on what they argued could further increase energy costs. Buttigieg, testifying before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, lauded the goal as possibly bringing cost-saving technology to rural communities and fighting the climate crisis.
Read MoreUS recovers over half a million dollars in ransom payments to North Korea
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI disrupted ransomware operations of a North Korean state-sponsored group that targeted U.S. medical facilities, recovering roughly a half-million dollars in ransom payments made to the country, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced on Tuesday. Speaking at the International Conference on Cyber Security, Monaco said the seizure of the ransom payments — which she said were laundered through cryptocurrency — is the latest example of DOJ’s approach to prioritizing the prevention of cyber attacks. “This approach has yielded re
Read MoreThreat of global extinction may be greater than previously thought, study finds
Story at a glance As is common in scientific and medical research, positions of overrepresented groups on certain issues tend to hold greater sway in some fields. In an effort to document a more diverse set of opinions on biodiversity, researchers conducted a survey of scientists researching this subject in nearly 200 countries. Bas
Read MoreGawande warns USAID COVID response quickly running out of money
The USAID global coronavirus response will run out of money in the coming weeks without new funding from Congress, the agency’s Assistant Administrator for Global Health Atul Gawande warned on Tuesday. “We are grinding our operations to a halt,” said Gawande at The Hill’s The Future of Health Care Summit 2022. “The COVID task force will have to go away in the next couple of months.” USAID has helped over 120 countries contain and combat the virus since the pandemic began two and half years ago. As Americans adjust to a new reality of living with COVID va
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