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Biden embarks on Middle East trip after meeting with Mexican president, the CDC is urging Americans to exercise greater caution due to two new omicron subvariants, a federal judge blocks Arizona’s ‘personhood’ abortion law, the Pentagon says a drone killed a senior ISIS commander, Belarus has launched new military drills along its border with Ukraine, lawmakers in Sri Lanka have agreed to elect a new president
The Biden administration celebrates a new bipartisan gun safety law, the U.S. government offers condolences to Japan following the assassination of Shinzo Abe, birth control pills might soon be sold over the counter without a prescription, a wildfire is inching closer to Yosemite National Park, contenders are lining up to replace outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Putin is speeding up the application process for all Ukrainian citizens to become Russian citizens
The suspected mass shooter in the Chicago shooting faced a judge on Wednesday, TikTok could deliver Americans’ private user data to the Chinese government, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not resign, European Union leaders are starting to wean Europe off of Russian energy, the White House remains committed to bringing a WNBA basketball star home from a Russian jail
Texas’s top law enforcement officer is calling the Uvalde response an “abject failure,” the Supreme Court says Maine cannot withhold tuition assistance from students at rural religious schools, thousands of British railway workers are on strike, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine, two American citizens were captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine
UN chief visits Kyiv, Biden requests more aid for Ukraine, Moderna says vaccine is safe for young children, and the economy contracts
Talk of evacuations in Mariupol, a U.S.-Russian prisoner swap, Fauci says the pandemic is over, Mayorkas defends immigration policies, and New York court rejects new congressional maps
The latest on the war in Ukraine, Supreme Court considers immigration case, judge blocks plan to end Title 42 policy, vice president tests positive for COVID, and North Korea issues a nuclear warning
U.S. diplomats returning to Ukraine, Supreme Court hears case of Christian football coach, Elon Musk reaches deal to buy Twitter, Texas issues stay for female death row inmate, and Israel fires missiles into Lebanon
Ukrainians celebrate Easter, wildfires in New Mexico and Arizona, Macron wins a second term in France, and lockdowns plague Shanghai residents
Russia begins offensive in eastern Ukraine, Biden sets ‘made in America’ rules, judge kills transportation mask mandate, Philadelphia resumes masking, and Keyan runners win the Boston Marathon