Senate Judiciary to hold hearing on domestic terrorism following Buffalo shooting
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing next week on domestic terrorism several weeks after an 18-year-old suspect killed 10 people and wounded three others in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y. The hearing, which is titled, “Examining the ‘Metastasizing’ Domestic Terrorism Threat After the Buffalo Attack” and will be held next Tuesday morning, will exaine “the continued threat posed by violent white supremacists and other extremists, including those who have embraced the so-called ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory, as well as the federal government
Read MoreKellyanne Conway responds to Trump's criticism, calls him a 'great girl boss'
Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway responded to criticism from former President Trump following the publication of her book earlier this month, saying in an interview on Tuesday that he was a “great girl boss.” Conway published a memoir earlier this month, called “Here’s the Deal,” in which she said that she “may have been the first person Trump trusted in his inner circle who told him that he had come up short this time” regarding his 2020 presidential election loss. Trump disputed the memoir’s contents,
Read MoreInaccurate oxygen level readings delayed COVID-19 therapies for Black, Hispanic patients: study
COVID-19 patients in racial and ethnic minority groups were delayed in receiving therapies because of an inaccurate reading of oxygen saturation levels, according to a new study. The study, published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that "overestimation of arterial oxygen saturation levels by pulse oximetry" in COVID-19 patients from racial and ethnic minority groups contributed to "unrecognized or delayed recognition of eligibility to receive COVID-19 therapies.” “Black and H
Read MoreNATO secretary general to meet with top US officials
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet with top U.S. officials beginning on Wednesday, close to two weeks after top leaders from Finland and Sweden met with President Biden about joining the military alliance. Stoltenberg will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday and the two will hold a press conference, according to a press release from NATO. He will make joint remarks with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday. The NATO secretary general is also expected to meet with na
Read MoreBiden writes US not seeking Putin ouster
President Biden said in an op-ed published Tuesday that the United States would not try to oust Russian President Vladimir Putin from his position of power because of his invasion of Ukraine. “We do not seek a war between NATO and Russia. As much as I disagree with Mr. Putin, and find his actions an outrage, the United States will not try to bring about his ouster in Moscow,” Biden wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Tuesday evening.
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