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.

Trump uses Macomb County rally to push influence in Michigan GOP nominations … Three weeks ahead of the Michigan Republican nominating convention, Trump criticized Michigan's 2020 election as “rigged” and encouraged supporters to ask each state candidate at the April 23 nominating convention “if they will support the Trump ticket.”

Ukraine drain: U.S. aims to hold West together as war slogs on  —  More than a month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House is preparing for the possibility of a brutal, violent quagmire that could last several months or more and test the West's resolve.

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.

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 …

How Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer Beat Amazon  —  The company's crackdown on a worker protest in New York backfired and led to a historic labor victory.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  In the first dark days of the pandemic, as an Amazon worker named Christian Smalls planned a small …

There are new migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border: Ukrainian refugees … TIJUANA, Mexico — The list of Ukrainian refugees waiting to enter the United States is kept on a yellow legal pad on a folding table inside a blue camping tent, a few feet away from the multilane highway that connects Mexico to the United States.

U.S. Sends Algerian Man Home From Guantánamo Bay After 5-Year Delay  —  The transfer had been arranged during the Obama administration but was put on pause under President Donald J. Trump.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba …

Garland Faces Growing Pressure as Jan. 6 Investigation Widens  —  The inquiry is a test for President Biden and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, who both came into office promising to restore the Justice Department's independence.  — Give this article- - - Read in app

Biden gets a strong jobs report, but a sour mood still prevails … Friday's robust jobs report from the Labor Department offered a welcome, if temporary, respite for the White House in a season of otherwise tough economic news.  But Democrats know better than to see the employment gains as the beginning of a change in their fortunes.