The House on Friday passed the America COMPETES Act, a Democratic-driven bill that seeks to aid industries deemed necessary to compete with China in technology and manufacturing.
Sweden and Switzerland joined Denmark, Norway, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Italy, Lithuania, France and the UK in announcing they will lift COVID restrictions and open up their countries.
The war of words between Russia and the United States over Ukraine escalated further on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin responded for the first time to the US written reply to Russia’s demands for security guarantees that were expressed in the form of a pair of draft treaties submitted by Moscow to the US and NATO in December.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) formally announced his opposition to the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) on Wednesday ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on the bill.
Businesses in Wales have demanded the government roll back their vaccine mandate after they were unable to provide evidence it slowed the spread of coronavirus.
Johnson announced that Britain would be taking a step back toward normal as some of the coronavirus mandates would be lifted as Omicron case reports recede.
