Today, President Biden is visiting Boston to deliver an address on his goal of cutting the U.S. death rate from cancer in half over the next quarter-century. The speech falls on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s “Moonshot” speech, in which he outlined his goal to land a man on the moon. The White House is not being subtle about drawing parallels between the two initiatives: Biden will deliver his “Cancer Moonshot” speech from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston.
Biden’s trip, which also includes an event focused on infrastructure, is part of a busy week for the president that will conclude Saturday with travel to the United Kingdom ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. In Washington, the House reconvenes this week for the first time this month. The Senate returned last week.
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre voiced continued solidarity Monday with Ukraine after a weekend of sharp battlefield setbacks for Russia, but deflected questions about fears that the losses could prompt Russia to use nuclear weapons.
“It’s clear they are fighting hard to defend their country and take back territory,” Jean-Pierre told said of Ukrainian forces when asked about reports of Russian soldiers on the run in some parts of Ukraine that they seized early in the conflict.
; ; Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned Donald Trump that Tehran will close the Strait of Hormuz if the US continues its naval blockade, shortly after the US President ...