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Russia did not stop its aggression during the so-called “energy ceasefire” with Ukraine. Instead, the occupiers used the pause to conduct additional reconnaissance of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, likely to concentrate more forces and assets for a subsequent strike, says Andrii Ryzhenko, a retired Captain 1st Rank of the Ukrainian Navy,Continue Reading

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The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to approve a funding package that would end a partial government shutdown that began over the weekend.  The package funds five of the six remaining departments requiring new appropriations through Sept. 30. The final agency, the Department of Homeland Security, was funded through aContinue Reading

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THE KREMLIN FILES / COLUMN — There are similarities among intelligence agencies worldwide. All professional services rely on tradecraft to recruit and manage assets. They all operate within bureaucratic systems and ultimately answer to political leaders. At a basic level, espionage tradecraft is a common professional language. However, Russian intelligenceContinue Reading

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On Tuesday, the House passed a spending package that funds most of the federal government for the remainder of the fiscal year, ending the possibility of an extended government shutdown after Democrats had threatened to block funding following last week’s killing of 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse Alex Pretti by BorderContinue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter,  The 100 Days. A worried-looking man in his 50s recently arrived to our emergency department by ambulance. The paramedics wheeled his cot in with thinly-contained exasperation. Their handoff to nursing said the patient “fell asleep on the couch holding aContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Penny Chavez has been watching immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis with increasing panic, seeing public school students like her two grandchildren being detained. Rumors are swirling that her town, Springfield, Ohio, could be the next target forContinue Reading