President Biden, while in South Korea, took part in the announcement of an economic initiative in which the United States and twelve countries Asia and the Pacific will "counter China's influence in the region." Named the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the initiative includes nations that the Biden Administration says is forty percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product.
In the last few weeks, former President Obama has been diagnosed with COVID-19, as has Hillary Clinton, Senator Susan Collins of Maine, and DC mayor Muriel Bowser. Late last week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tested positive as well. While their exact variant has not been made public, their diagnoses bring attention to the latest variant - a mutation of the Omicron variant called BA.2.
The war in Ukraine is in its forty-sixth day (on Sunday), and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg predicts a "permanent troop presence" on the Eastern flank, which reaches from the Baltic to the Black Sea. When NATO leaders meet this coming June in Madrid, this decision will be considered and could result in a "reset."
With forty-one days of fighting in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke today the United Nations regarding the state of his country as well as once more asking for assistance as his military forces and civilians work together to try to hold their country together.
On Sunday morning, Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych commented during a briefing that "the next week or two could determine the outcome" of the current conflict in Ukraine.
With reports from the White House hinting that the Biden Administration will bring Title 42 to an end in May 2022, former ICE officials predict that the border patrol and DHS will see a catastrophic surge of migrants on our southern border.
On Tuesday, delegations from both Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul, Turkey; for the first time, Russian delegates left with proposals that they intend to take to Russian President Vladimir Putin. While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the only path to peace would involve a face-to-face meeting between himself and Putin, reports continue to flow from Ukraine that not only are Ukrainian troops holding off Russian military, but they have partially recovered some cities previously considered taken by Russian troops.
The capital city of Kyiv has been a key strategic goal for Russian troops since they invaded Ukraine on February 24. However, as the conflict approaches the one-month mark, the city has yet to fall.