Germany to Raise Defense Spending Above 2% of GDP in Response to Ukraine War  —  Decision breaks with decades of lower investment in defense than peers and a growing energy partnership with Russia  —  BERLIN—Germany will boost defense spending above 2% of GDP and create a strategic natural-gas reserve …

Ex-Attorney General William Barr Urges GOP to Move On From Trump  —  Book recounts confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders  —  Former Attorney General William Barr writes in a new book that former President Donald Trump has …

Russians search for cash as west imposes sanctions on banks  —  People seek money in any currency, while central bank tries to calm markets and depositors  —  People in Moscow and other Russian cities stormed ATMs and bank branches in search of cash, both in roubles and dollars …

Trump warns ‘world war’ could be next as Russia continues invasion in Ukraine  —  Trump says Putin's multi-front invasion in Ukraine could lead to the next world war  —  Trump speaks to Fox News Digital ahead of CPAC appearance  —  EXCLUSIVE: ORLANDO, Fla. — Former President Trump warned …

Post-ABC poll finds a deeply pessimistic nation, worried about the economy and Biden's leadership … President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday to a deeply pessimistic nation, one that largely sees the economy worsening under his watch, disapproves of his leadership …

New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin  —  Scientists released a pair of extensive studies on Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.  Analyzing data from a variety of sources, they concluded that the coronavirus …

Russians advance on Ukraine's ports, meet resistance in city  —  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country's south Sunday, advances that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion following …

Mikhail Fridman speaks out against Ukrainian conflict in letter to staff  —  Businessman tells employees at private equity firm LetterOne that ‘war can never be the answer’  —  Mikhail Fridman, one of Russia's richest men, said the war in Ukraine was a “tragedy” and called on the “bloodshed” …

Kremlin propaganda machine struggles to conceal Putin's Ukraine war  —  Moscow spin-doctors and officials try to frame the war in Russian president's terms  —  As Vladimir Putin launched his military assault on Ukraine, the country's media censor issued a series of stark warnings.

Ukrainian border guards may have survived reported last stand on Snake Island  —  Ukrainian border guards who insulted Russian forces this week in a recorded exchange that went viral may not have been killed, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, contradicting an earlier claim by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Why Americans Should Care about the Ukraine-Russia Conflict  —  As Russia further invades Ukraine, the U.S. has leveled sanctions against Russia, Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.  Americans may soon be faced with rising gas prices.  But it's a sacrifice that needs …

Ex-Prosecutor Says She Can Prove Trump Committed Two Crimes  —  Barbara McQuade, a former Michigan prosecutor, joins the first unlocked bonus episode of The New Abnormal to explain how Trump's big lie is a provable crime.  —  Did Donald Trump commit a crime on and before Jan. 6?

House GOP Leaders Must Condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene (QAnon, Ga.) might be a preternatural dope, but that still doesn't excuse her speaking at the junior varsity Ku Klux Klan jamboree this weekend.  Greene pleaded ignorance, claiming she was merely there to …

Wendy Rogers said white nationalists are ‘patriots’ and called for hanging political enemies  —  A Republican state senator fawned over the leader of a white nationalist movement on Friday and told his followers that she fantasizes about hanging her perceived enemies from gallows.

UK's Liz Truss: I support Brits who take up arms against Putin  —  The UK foreign secretary said the war in Ukraine was a fight for freedom and democracy for the ‘whole of Europe.’  —  U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she supports British citizens heading to Ukraine to join the fight against Russia.

On Russia's Invasion of Ukraine  —  The Democratic Socialists of America condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demands immediate diplomacy and de-escalation to resolve this crisis.  We stand in solidarity with the working classes of Ukraine and Russia who will undoubtedly bear the brunt of this war …