Hungary’s Orbán tells CPAC: 'We must coordinate a movement of our troops' to fight liberal order
Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s controversial prime minister and an ally of former President Trump, issued a call for conservatives in Europe and the United States to unite in the fight against the liberal global order, in remarks delivered to the Conservative Political Action Committee in Texas on Thursday. Orbán, who has exercised authoritarian rule over Hungary and employed rhetoric evoking Nazi propaganda, criticized the Biden administration as displaying weak leadership on the global stage and putting Brussels, the seat of the European Union, under “ideological pressure.”
Read MoreFDA considering dividing Jynneos doses into fifths to increase vaccine supply
The Biden administration is considering splitting doses of the smallpox vaccine, which are being used to prevent monkeypox amid the current outbreak, into five smaller doses, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said during a briefing that his agency was looking into possible solutions to increase the number of available doses of the Jyenneos vaccine. One of these proposed solutions is dividing the current doses into fifths. "We're considering an approach for the current doses of Jynneos that would allow health
Read MorePentagon delays missile test due to China tensions over Taiwan
The Pentagon for a second time will hold off on a planned intercontinental ballistic missile test launch amid increased tensions with China over Taiwan, the White House confirmed Thursday. “A long-planned Minuteman III ICBM test, scheduled for this week, has been rescheduled for the near future,” John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, told reporters at the White House daily briefing. “As China engages in destabilizing military exercises around Taiwan, the United State is demonstrating instead the behavior of
Read MoreHow hand gestures help fight Zoom fatigue
Story at a glance Researchers found that participants whose group practiced using specific hand gestures interacted better with each other. They conducted randomized control trial with more than 100 students, training one group to use specific hand gestures to signal emotions, like empathy, and another for when they wanted to take a turn speaking.
Read MoreThe urgent need to update the Electoral Count Act
“I was slipping in people’s blood.” That was the testimony of Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who defended the U.S. Capitol against a harrowing attack on our country on Jan. 6, 2021. In what she described as a “war scene,” Edwards sustained multiple injuries after being tear gassed, pepper sprayed and knocked unconscious. She e
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