Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas  —  Summary Executions, Other Grave Abuses by Russian Forces  —  (Warsaw) - Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine.

POLITICO Playbook: A night of laughter and cringe at the Gridiron  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  INSIDE THE RETURN OF THE GRIDIRON — New Hampshire Republican Gov. CHRIS SUNUNU stole the show Saturday night at the annual Gridiron Club dinner by saying out loud what most Republicans in Washington *privately* whisper about DONALD TRUMP.

The galling cynicism of CBS News hiring Mick Mulvaney … When word came the other day that a former top Trump aide, Mick Mulvaney, was joining CBS News as a paid pundit, the move was met with a fair amount of disgust — both inside and outside the network.  —  Why hire this partisan …

What If Fox News Viewers Watched CNN Instead?  —  The establishment of Fox News in the late 1990s forever changed both media and politics in America, transforming the formerly staid world of television news into the series of political shoutfests we know and love-hate today.

Zelensky, entering new stage of war, faces political test … Nearly every day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, clad in dark green, records a video address to the Ukrainian people, sometimes seated at a desk, other times standing outside in the dark of the night.

Ukraine winning in the North but war isn't won yet, Klain says  —  White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Sunday the Ukrainians “are winning the war” in the northern part of their country but the overall war is nowhere near won.  —  Speaking on ABC's “This Week,” Klain said Ukrainian forces …

Ukraine Is the First Real World War  —  Almost six weeks into the war between Russia and Ukraine, I'm beginning to wonder if this conflict isn't our first true world war — much more than World War I or World War II ever were.  In this war, which I think of as “World War Wired,” …

Secret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war  —  LONDON (AP) — The war in Ukraine is the conflict where spies came in from the cold and took center stage.  —  Since Russia invaded its neighbor in late February, intelligence agencies in the U.S. and Britain have been remarkably willing …

Bodies of mutilated children among horrors the Russians left behind  —  Deep in the forest outside Kyiv, where the mushroom-pickers used to roam and rich city folk built their palatial dachas, Maria Dabizhe, 80, sat sifting through discarded Russian ration packs.  —  The enemy soldiers had arrived a few days into the war.

No, Donald Trump did not kill Osama bin Laden, despite claims by a Michigan congresswoman  —  WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's supporters give him credit for lots of things, but a Michigan member of Congress went way beyond reality in falsely claiming that Trump “caught” Osama bin Laden.

Split on Judge Jackson's Supreme Court Confirmation Highlights Deepening Partisanship  —  Some lawmakers wonder if future high court nominees could be approved if president's party doesn't control Senate  —  WASHINGTON—The Senate is poised to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson this week …

‘We need to work these polls’: Trump stumps for candidates who support the big lie  —  Trump praises little-known Republicans Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, who both falsely claimed 2020 election fraud and are now seeking key Michigan offices  —  ight hours before Donald Trump took …