"Unvaccinated Soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness," Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth says. The Army says 96% of active troops have been vaccinated.

President Biden is relaunching "Cancer Moonshot," an initiative he led as vice president. It aims to dramatically reduce cancer deaths and improve the experience of patients, survivors and families.

Senate Democrats and Republicans are close to striking a deal on a sanctions package for Russia to deter further aggression towards Ukraine. But there are two sticking points.

NPR travelled towards the "temporarily occupied territories" on the Ukraine-Russia border, where the people who live there are in limbo – cut off from both Ukraine and Russia, cut off from the world.