The head of the Wagner private army has claimed that Russian troops and mercenaries have surrounded the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, bringing Moscow closer to another major victory in half a year.
President Biden and the Democrat-led Congress helped add $3.1 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday, delivering a depressing picture of the government’s finances and the economy.
Molnupiravir, the oral pill for COVID-19, may actually be driving the emergence of new, potentially harmful, variants of the virus, according to a Wellcome Trust-funded study at the pre-print stage.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asserted on Saturday that House Republicans attempting to negotiate spending cuts amid the renewed debt ceiling battle are “very irresponsible.”
Despite lowering standards, the US military struggles to meet recruitment goals, with the Army experiencing a significant drop and the other branches barely meeting their goals for the fiscal year ending September 30, according to data from the Department of Defense.
U.S. Defense Department allows recruits with a previous ADHD diagnosis to join the military without a waiver under new rules allowing those diagnosed with 38 medical conditions to join if they have not demonstrated symptoms or required medication for treatment for a certain number of years.