Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine  —  Police and military officers swooped down on a Moscow business center this week unannounced.  They were looking for men to fight in Ukraine — and they seized nearly every one they saw.  Some musicians, rehearsing.  A courier there to deliver a parcel.

Tim Ryan for U.S. Senate  —  This election season's battle for control of the U.S. Senate that has been raging across the 35 states where Senate seats are up for grabs portends significant, long-range consequences for how this country is governed, as each party tries to break the current 50-50 partisan deadlock.

On Kari Lake's campaign for Arizona governor, the mic is always hot  —  The former Phoenix TV news anchor has emerged as a Republican phenom by amplifying Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen and embracing the hard-right politics of abortion and immigration

John Fetterman is the best choice to represent Pennsylvania's priorities in the U.S. Senate |  Endorsement  —  By many measures, the first two years of the Biden administration have been fruitful for Pennsylvania.The president's plan to slash prescription-drug costs for older Americans …

Trump attacks American Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel  —  Former president Donald Trump attacked American Jews in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, saying Jews in the United States must “get their act together” and show more appreciation for the state of Israel “before it is too late.”

Russian troops kill Ukrainian musician for refusing role in Kherson concert  —  International condemnation swift after conductor Yuriy Kerpatenko shot dead in his home  —  Charlotte Higgins and Artem Mazhulin in Kyiv  —  Russian soldiers have shot dead a Ukrainian musician in his home …

A Trump Political Committee Bought $131,000 Worth Of Books.  Four Days Later, Jared Kushner's Hit The Best-Seller List  —  One of Donald Trump's political committees spent $158,000 on books just weeks after the release of Jared Kushner's memoir.  —  “Breaking History: A White House Memoir” hit book shelves on Aug. 23.

Arizona Attorney General's Office asks FBI, IRS to investigate group behind ‘2000 Mules’  —  Republican candidates for top statewide offices in Arizona have said they believe what they saw in the election-conspiracy movie “2000 Mules.”  —  Now, the state Attorney General's Office is asking …

We Should Try to Prevent Another Alex Jones  —  Alex Jones achieved the epitome of despicability and now has been ordered to pay for it.  His lies — that parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 had been actors taking part in a government plot to manufacture a pretext for stricter gun control — were blatant.