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U.S. President Joe Biden takes his seat to begin the meeting of G7 Leaders at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS

U.S. Making Plans In Case Russia Uses Chemical, Nuclear Weapons

The White House has set up a team of experts to plan how the United States could respond should Russia use weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological or nuclear - during its invasion of Ukraine, senior administration officials said on Thursday.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference about recent shootings of homeless people in both New York and Washington, at the John A. Wilson Building in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2022.

NYC Mayor Adams Lifts Vaccine Mandate For Pro Athletes, Performers

New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday he was lifting the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for professional athletes and performers, allowing unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving to play at home and lifting a cloud ahead of Major League Baseball's opening day.
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U.S., Allies Announce New Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine Invasion

The United States and its allies on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, targeting dozens of Russian defense companies, hundreds of members of its parliament and the chief executive of the country's largest bank as Washington ramps up pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Olena, 26, from Kyiv  who is fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, hugs her husband Oleksii, 27,  before she boards a bus heading to Stuttgart, in Germany outside the train station in Lviv, Ukraine March 20, 2022.

U.S. To Welcome Up To 100,000 Ukrainians Fleeing War

The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion, the Biden administration announced on Thursday, after a month of bombardments touched off Europe's fastest-moving refugee crisis since the end of World War Two.

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