Health Care — White House eyeing expansion of second booster
One New Hampshire distillery is contributing its own efforts to fighting invasive species... by turning crabs into whiskey. Today in health care, Wh
Read MoreEquilibrium/Sustainability — Second glacier collapse shows high-altitude danger
Twin glacier collapses — this week’s in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shan Mountains and last week’s in Italy — suggest the danger for high-altitude landscapes is only rising. “There’s no other directions glaciers are going other than retreating,” University of Minnesota glaciologist Peter Neff told
Read MoreDefense & National Security — Senior ISIS leader killed in US airstrike
The U.S. military announced Tuesday that a top ISIS leader was killed by an airstrike in northwest Syria. We’ll talk about the airstrike. Plus, we’ll recap the standout movements from the hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. This is Defense & National Security, your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. For The Hill, I’m Jordan Williams. A
Read MoreNotedDC — Biden's Saudi trip sparks backlash at home
President Biden will walk a diplomatic tightrope during his trip to Saudi Arabia, with the president facing pressure to publicly hold the nation accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. What’s haunting Biden is his previous promise during his presidential campaign to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state, or international outcast, over the 2018 killing of the U.S. resident and Washington Post contributor in a Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “The world had every reason to think he meant it,” Fred Ryan, publisher of Th
Read MoreAnother ‘big lie’: Brought to you by the Organization of American States
After the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the “big lie” of mass election fraud undermined faith in our democracy, wasted taxpayer funds in states across the country, sowed skepticism in the rule of law, and fueled violence and loss of life, most notably during the Jan. 6 riot. Over the past several weeks, the hearings of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack have cemented just how systemic and far-reaching the attempted coup really was. Remarkably, efforts to overturn presidential election results based on false claims of electoral fraud have not been unique to
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