President Biden will face another round of organized protest votes over his wartime support for Israel on Tuesday, when New York and three other states hold presidential primaries. The outcome …
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Ukraine’s Arms Industry Is Growing, but Is It Growing Fast Enough?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesUkraine’s military had only one Bohdana artillery cannon in its arsenal when Russia invaded the country two years ago. Yet that single weapon, built in Ukraine in 2018 and able …
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Why It Matters: Families are waiting It has been a long wait for survivors of the attack and relatives of the sailors who were killed. A Saudi prisoner, Abd al-Rahim …
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Johnson Outlines Plan for Ukraine Aid; House Could Act Within Weeks
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSpeaker Mike Johnson has begun publicly laying out potential conditions for extending a fresh round of American military assistance to Ukraine, the strongest indication yet that he plans to push …
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Wages went up today for roughly half a million of the lowest-paid Californians. In the fall, Gov. Gavin Newsom approved a bump up in the minimum wage for fast-food workers …
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At a private fund-raising reception last year, the president of the United States introduced himself this way: “My name is Joe Biden. I’m a friend of Esther Coopersmith’s.” Mrs. Coopersmith’s …
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A portion of scenic Highway 1 in the Big Sur area of California collapsed Saturday stranding about 2,000 motorists, mostly tourists, overnight. Officials with the California Department of Transportation said …
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The Lawyers Using Defamation Lawsuits to Address Political Disinformation
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMichael J. Gottlieb can never remember the exact amount — it’s $148,169,000— that a jury ordered Rudolph W. Giuliani to pay the Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. …
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Instagram video via mandvandheyd. Gayle Julian, an education professor at Olympic College in Washington State, begins many of her classes with what she calls “A Minute With Dan,” in which …
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Tangled in Steel With No Way Out: How the Crew Stuck in Baltimore Is Faring
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEven from miles away, the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is a jarring visual: Chunks of steel jut above the water like metallic icebergs. Twisted gray …