As pressures build around a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, the cracks within NATO are showing. / The Washington Post "Trump has succeeded at one of his foreign-policy goals: creating distance between the US and at least some parts of NATO." How Trumpism looms over the West'
NATO is sending more ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe in response to Russia's military build-up in and around Ukraine. / Axios After ordering embassy family members to leave Kyiv, the US recommends all Americans in Ukraine depart immediately. The UK is also withdrawing staff from its
How Jan. 22, 1973, changed American history: Kissinger flew to Paris to end the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court decided in Roe v. Wade, and LBJ died. / The Washington Post "There was a couple in the farmhouse. They laid me down on a table and gave me a mask.
The Senate failed to change the filibuster, further stalling voting-rights legislation and sending the fight back to statehouses. / BuzzFeed News, CNN See also: "Tonight the president—and his party—learned the true definition of the phrase 'slim majority.'" / The Atlantic The Supreme Court denies Trump&
Secretary of State Antony Blinken flies to Europe in an effort to defuse tensions over Ukraine. / The Associated Press Sudanese security forces kill seven and injure at least 100 ahead of a visit by senior American diplomats. / The New York Times Democrats are attempting to change Senate rules today to
Moderna and Pfizer predict their boosters will become annual shots for the next few years. / Ars Technica "If it's purely left to be a commercial decision, I'm not so sure that decision will necessarily be the best one." The WHO wants science—not vaccine
The Supreme Court has blocked the Biden administration's Covid requirements for large businesses, but will allow a vaccine mandate for health workers to proceed. / Associated Press Jan. 6 prosecutors have filed the rarely used charge of seditious conspiracy against the leader of the Oath Keepers. / Associated Press The
China cancels a growing number of flights from the United States because of passengers who later test positive for Covid-19. / Reuters One woman in a locked-down China city is locked in with a blind date. / BBC News Kazakhstan's protests in six objects, from a Birkin bag
The latest lockdowns in China are throttling factories and ports, further disrupting supply chains for companies like Samsung, Volkswagen, and Nike. / Sky News Australia Pfizer's Omicron-specific vaccine will be ready by March—though that's likely too late, given the current speed of infections. / CNBC A
A World Health Organization official says the Omicron variant will infect more than half of Europe in the next two months. / CNN Hundreds of thousands of students in Los Angeles return to school from winter break today. Chicago schools reopen tomorrow. / The Los Angeles Times, ABC7 Related: In case you
