Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the only thing preventing a ceasefire is Hamas as he is in the Middle East for the 8th time since October 7th. It’s been confirmed that the Malawian Vice President has been killed in a plane crash in the country’s north. A look at Ukraine as a controversial battalion has been given permission to use American weapons in the fight against Russia. Press freedom in Russia and the United States. A new law in Vermont aimed at recouping some of the costs of climate change.