#GOP faces pressure to reauthorize key HIV initiative held up by anti-abortion Republican

Admin3 years ago012 mins

Pressure is mounting on the GOP-majority House to pass a reauthorization of the U.S.’s long-term global HIV initiative, but the lawmaker holding up the legislation is showing no signs of moving. Former President George W. Bush, who launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003, called on Congress to pass a…

#Bush quips he ‘survived’ Prigozhin serving him meal at G8

Admin3 years ago05 mins

Former President George Bush (R) this week recalled having dinner served by Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin during a G8 summit in Russia, joking he “survived” the meal. Asked at the Yalta European Strategy annual summit if it was shocking Prigozhin died in a plane crash last month, Bush said, “No,” before pointing to his encounter…