Russia launched hypersonic missiles due to a low stockpile, sources say  —  The leading theory for why Russia launched hypersonic missiles into Ukraine last week is that it's running out of precision-guided weapons to strike faraway targets, a senior U.S. defense official and a Western official familiar with assessments told POLITICO.

Ukraine claims it has retaken key town outside Kyiv, as defenses hold against fierce Russian onslaught  —  MUKACHEVO, UKRAINE — Ukrainian forces claimed Tuesday to have retaken control of a strategically important town outside of Kyiv, a nascent sign they could be beating back Russia's brutal …

‘Winging It’: Russia Is Getting Its Generals Killed on the Front Lines  —  Russian generals have had to lead from the front because its amateur army can't move otherwise.  —  Russia has lost at least five generals fighting in Ukraine in less than a month, Western officials said Monday …

Judging a Judge on Race and Crime, G.O.P. Plays to Base and Fringe  —  Grilling Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, conservative senators painted her as a jurist who had coddled criminals and embraced “woke” education.  — Give this article- - - Read in app