Congressional Democrats will include $10 billion in “humanitarian, military and economic” aid for Ukraine in its next appropriation bill in an effort to strongarm Republicans into passing federal funding legislation. 

As U.S. gas prices soar to $4/gallon nationally – even as high as $7 in some cities – a New York Times report that the Biden administration is begging Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela for a bail-out has infuriated Republican lawmakers. 

Though Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo shared a stage with Gov. Ron DeSantis and a cadre of doctors and epidemiologists, he alone captured all the headlines by announcing Florida would recommend against COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children.

Ukrainians hoping to escape Russia’s indiscriminate, scorched-earth military campaign remain wary after a third round of talks between the two countries resulted in yet another ceasefire agreement that would provide a window for Ukrainian civilians to safely escape fighting in the eastern city of Sumy.

A court filing made public last week by the Jan. 6 House select committee outlined its likely criminal referral to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Critics have blasted Twitter after the social media platform has maintained Russian President Vladimir Putin’s account as he invades Ukraine, despite removing the accounts of many others, including former President Donald Trump. 

At a time when the international energy industry has been praised for self-sanctioning Russian oil to protest Moscow’s unprovoked and brutal war on Ukraine, Shell PLC is defending its recent purchase of 100,000 metric tons of discounted Urals crude after previously announcing that it was cutting ties with Russian energy giant Gazprom PJSC.

According to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the White House remains adamant on their stance that a “no-fly zone” above Ukraine would lead to a larger, multi-country war.

Vice President Kamala Harris compared Republicans who blocked Democrats’ attempt to end the Senate filibuster in their push for election reform legislation to state troopers who assaulted black civil rights protesters on the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, according to Reuters and The Washington Times reports. 

A new peer-reviewed study by Swedish scientists published in the Current Issues in Molecular Biology medical journal suggests that the mRNA from COVID-19 vaccines enter human liver cells, triggering a number of reactions that causes this mRNA to turn into DNA.