"There is risk when we use financial sanctions that are linked to the role of the dollar that over time it could undermine the hegemony of the dollar," Yellen said, adding that implementing sanctions against Russia "does create a desire on the part of China, of Russia, of Iran to find an alternative."
"It may be next year or it may be in your grandparent—your grandchildren and your great grandchildren's lifetime," he added. "We don't know," says Dr. Fauci.
Last week saw a sharp increase in attacks on US troops occupying northeastern Syria, with a drone strike against a US base blamed on “pro-Iran” forces and a US counter-strike said to have killed at least 19 people.
Republican lawmakers on Friday lambasted President Biden for his response to the death of an American in Syria, arguing that he's showing weakness and failing to deter America's adversaries.
Iranian proxy forces attacked a US base in Syria with rockets after the U.S. ordered retaliatory strikes on Iran-affiliated groups, killing at least eight Iranians.
A White House press briefing Monday erupted when a reporter confronted press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for "making a mockery of the First Amendment" by not taking his questions for several months.
Former CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield reveals in a resurfaced interview that gain-of-function research has been conducted on bird flu viruses and expresses concern that society should debate the safety and responsibility of such research, with a coming bird flu pandemic predicted to be worse than COVID-19 and requiring a proportional investment in national security preparedness.
