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President Joe Biden's emphasis on science resonates beyond the pandemic and into other areas of public health and in climate change.

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy will host a virtual discussion about the evolution of the U.S. Congress and how to find issues of...

3 hours ago View Gallery: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Bob Menendez (D-NJ) asks Secretary of State Blinken “What are we doing to counter Turkey under Erdogan?” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) presses Secretary of State Blinken to reconsider the Section 907 waiver on U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Chair Barbara Lee (D-CA) question Secretary of State Blinken on the Biden Administration decision to waive Section 907 restrictions on...

On June 2, the US Department of State announced the designation of four former Bulgarian public officials as well as one current official for involvement in corrupt activities.  This designation is based on the same legal framework the State Department used in its May 19 designation of Albania’s for

Bono Fast Facts CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Bono, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter of the band U2. Personal Birth place: Dublin, Ireland Father: Mother: Iris Elizabeth (Rankin) Hewson Marriage: Ali (Stewart) Hewson (August 21, 1982-present) Children: John Abraham, Elijah Bob Patricius Guggi Q, Memphis Eve and Jordan Other Facts Is co-founder of ONE and (RED), global charitable organizations fighting extreme poverty and AIDS. Timeline March 1979 March 1980 1981...

Calling it the “single largest action targeting corruption to date,” the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned three prominent Bulgarian individuals along with their network of 64 companies for their “extensive roles” in corruption in Bulgaria.

Date Time Public Designation of Five Bulgarian Public Officials Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption Today, we are announcing the public designation of former Bulgarian public officials Alexander Manolev, Petar Haralampiev, Krasimir Tomov, and Delyan Slavchev Peevski, as well as current Bulgarian public official Ilko Dimitrov Zhelyazkov, due to their involvement in significant corruption. In their official capacities as Deputy Minister of the Economy, Director of the State Agen...

The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on June 2 that it had sanctioned three Bulgarian individuals for what it called their extensive roles in corruption in Bulgaria, as well as their networks encompassing 64 entities. It named the three as Vassil Bozhkov, a prominent Bulgarian businessman and oligarch; Delyan Peevski, a former Member of Parliament; and Ilko Zhelyazkov, the former deputy chief of the Bulgarian State Agency for Technic...

The Nita Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act provides $250 million over five years to expand Israeli-Palestinian grassroots programs. The recent fighting shows the importance of rolling it out , lawmakers and experts say

Due to the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis in India, the global supply of COVAX has been badly hit, so much so that there are many parts of the world where one shot has been dispensed to health workers or frontline workers and the second shot has not been forthcoming, a top Biden administration official told lawmakers on Thursday.