After two years without a permanent ambassador to India, the U.S. Senate has confirmed former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti for the role. Despite pushback from some Democrats due to allegations of sexual harassment and bullying by one of Garcetti's former aides, enough Republicans backed him to give the U.S. its first permanent ambassador to India under President Joe Biden. This confirmation is expected to further strengthen the ties between the two countries.
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Russia is attempting to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that was shot down in the Black Sea on Tuesday. Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said Russia will try to get the wreckage of the American MQ-9 drone to study it. The U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement that the drone was operating in accordance with international law and its flight path was in no way a threat to Russia. Tensions between the two countries have been raised and the U.S. has called for an investigation into the incident.
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Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, a former social worker at a Rhode Island veterans' hospital, has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for fraudulently posing as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and collecting nearly $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations. She was exposed when a charity she applied to for funds became suspicious and started checking her background. Her sentence serves as a reminder of the importance of verifying the credentials of those claiming to be veterans, and of the consequences of fraudulently posing as a veteran.
Fourteen Democratic governors have called on major pharmacy retail companies to clarify their plans to dispense mifepristone, a drug used for medication abortion, in response to recent media reports. This call has been met with opposition from a coalition of anti-abortion groups, who have requested a preliminary injunction to take mifepristone off the market nationwide. If access to mifepristone is halted, it could affect millions of individuals in states where medication abortion is lawfully dispensed. The issue of access to abortion medication has become increasingly politicized, and it remains to be seen how the pharmacy retail companies will respond.
U.S. inflation slowed to an annual rate of 6% in February, according to the Consumer Price Index released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food prices rose 0.4% since January, while energy costs were 5.2% higher year-over-year. Investors reacted positively to the news, with the S&P 500 rising 0.6% after the report was released, indicating relief that inflation is still high but heading lower. The Fed has said it will be patient with interest rate hikes until inflation is closer to its 2% target rate.
On Tuesday, a Russian fighter jet struck a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea, resulting in the U.S. bringing down the unmanned aerial vehicle. This incident has raised tensions between the two countries and appears to mark the first time since the height of the Cold War that a U.S. aircraft was brought down after being hit by a Russian warplane. U.S. Air Force Gen. Hecker called the incident a “brazen violation of international law” and the U.S. is currently investigating the matter.
On Tuesday, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, marking the first direct contact between Russian and US military aircraft since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The US Air Force reported that the Russian jet intentionally flew in front of and dumped fuel in front of the unmanned drone, which was brought down in international waters. The White House called the intercept "reckless" and the US Air Force is currently investigating the incident. The collision is a reminder of the tensions between the two countries and the need for increased communication and cooperation.