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Silicon Valley AI Keen to Solve US-Ukraine Translator Shortages
Training manuals and tutorials for the weapons heading from the US to Ukraine are piling up, with few Americans able to translate them into either Ukrainian or Russian.
What to Know in Washington: Inflation Anguish Before Midterms
As Ronald Reagan might have put it: Here we go again. Forty-two years after inflation helped sweep the former California governor into the White House and return the Senate to GOP control, surging prices threaten once again to upend a Democratic administration.
What to Know in Washington: U.S. Aims to Lure Russian Scientists
The Biden administration has a plan to rob Vladimir Putin of some of his best innovators by waiving some visa requirements for highly educated Russians who want to come to the U.S., according to people familiar with the strategy.
What to Know in Washington: Biden Weighs Food Aid for Ukraine
The Biden administration is weighing swift action to ramp up global food assistance amid rising concern that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is stoking a hunger crisis in many low-income nations, according to people familiar with the discussions.
HEALTH CARE BRIEFING: Faulty, Incomplete Data Harms Covid Fight
In January, Massachusetts added a new set of figures to its Covid dashboard. Two years into the pandemic, it began to draw a distinction between people who were hospitalized because of the virus and people who were there for other reasons but also happened to be infected. Nothing changed inside the hospitals’ walls—a patient with…
Short-Handed Farm Groups See Path to Bipartisan Immigration Deal
Supporters of legal status for immigrant farmworkers are holding out hope that U.S. lawmakers will prioritize the agricultural workforce in nascent bipartisan immigration talks after previous efforts fell apart.
DeSantis on Track to Get What He Wants: Ballots & Boundaries
Florida’s next stab at congressional redistricting might go pretty fast now that legislative leaders say their starting point will be whatever Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) wants.
Polaris Pools Paused While GSA Nails Down Teaming Terms (1)
The General Services Administration has temporarily paused the small business and women-owned small business solicitations for the government-wide Polaris contracts until further notice to address industry concerns over the evaluation of joint venture bids.
What to Know in Washington: Biden Team Plans Massive Oil Release
The U.S. is considering a plan to release around a million barrels of oil a day from U.S. reserves, for several months, to combat surging gasoline prices and supply shortages following Russia’s war in Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said. The total release may be as much as 180 million barrels, the people said,…
HEALTH CARE BRIEFING: Romney Works for Covid Funding Offsets
Democrats sent Sen. Mitt Romney a new proposal yesterday on how to offset the cost of a Covid-19 spending bill, as the Utah Republican serves as the GOP point person on negotiations.