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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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.

GOP Lawmakers Embrace Trump Agenda, With or Without Donald Trump  —  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.—Republicans heading into the heart of the midterm primary season have disagreements over Donald Trump's future in the party.  But they say they are largely united behind his populist domestic agenda in fighting to win back control of Congress.

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,” …

Border Patrol's use of Amazon's Wickr messaging app draws scrutiny  —  In October, Laurence Brewer, the chief records officer of the National Archives and Records Administration, told officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection he was worried about how the agency was using an app called Wickr.

Wisconsin Democrats built a winning machine.  Now comes its greatest test.  —  MILWAUKEE — Cavalier Johnson, Milwaukee's Democratic acting mayor, is expected to glide to a full term on Tuesday.  But he was still energetically rallying volunteers at a banquet hall this week …