Russian artillery bombardments reportedly intensified significantly yesterday in the areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv that Russia announced it would be moving its forces out of, but that’s not necessarily a sign that Russia was lying about the withdrawals: Using artillery bombardments to provide cover for retreating troops is a standard tactical move, and Russia desperately needed to move some of its battered frontline battalions out from positions that Ukrainian counterattackers were th

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The British royals, Duke of Cambridge Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, ended their week-long Caribbean “Charm” tour on March 27, returning home to Merry Olde England, leaving a trail of dissent, resentments, and calls for reparations behind them. While U.S.

Sen. Thom Tillis announced Wednesday that he was endorsing state Sen. Chuck Edwards’ campaign to defeat freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn in the May 17 Republican primary for North Carolina’s 11th District, saying the next day that the incumbent “has fallen well short of the most basic standards Western North Carolina expects from their representatives.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have made it purposefully difficult for detained immigrants to be able to access legal representation, and it’s all been right out there in the open.

In one example, ICE gladly used the pandemic to try to block lawyers from seeing their clients, by requiring them to bring their own face masks. This doesn’t seem like a big ask in March 2022.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with President Joe Biden again today as Biden confirmed another $500 million in aid would be headed for the country, while peace talks between Russia and Ukraine continue to go nowhere.

The House voted to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress back in December. But the Justice Department has not yet taken action on that criminal referral, and members of the Jan. 6 select committee are getting irritated. The committee only has so much time to investigate a violent insurrection, given that it is a midterm election year, and yet the Justice Department, under Attorney General Merrick Garland, does not appear to consider this an urgent issue.

Politico Playbook is a little late to the game on something we’ve been discussing for months here at Daily Kos: Donald Trump’s political handiwork in the midterms could help sink GOP chances of regaining control of Congress.

As Playbook notes, the Republican Party outperformed in House races in 2020 due to Trump’s heavy draw among the MAGA faithful in rural areas.

As calls for support and justice for the rising number anti-Asian hate crimes nationwide increase, some people are stepping up and going beyond being bystanders. A father and his son are being called heroes after stopping an Asian woman, 61-year-old Hee Chen, from being robbed outside of their pizzeria in Queens, New York. The two were stabbed as a result and are now recovering at the hospital.