- Iraq: At least 23 dead amid fighting after Moqtada al-Sadr quits (bbc.com)
- Starbucks workers hold strikes in at least 17 states amid union drive (theguardian.com)
- At Least 20 Killed in Russian Strike on Central Ukrainian City (nytimes.com)Bakhmut bombarded in wake of Ukraine attack on Russian air defences (theguardian.com)Missile destroys Russian ammunition depot in occupied town; officials to seek grain export deal (theguardian.com)
- Zelenksy Reveals Massive Casualties in Monday Speech: At Least Tens of Thousands Killed in Mariupol (mediaite.com)Evidence of Atrocities Mounts as Russia Prepares Offensive (nytimes.com)Prosecution of Russian war crimes is ultimate test for Ukraine’s state (theguardian.com)The U.S. is weighing how much to assist an investigation into Russian atrocities by the war-crimes court in The Hague (nytimes.com)Russia will not pause war in Ukraine for peace talks, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says (theguardian.com)Ukraine again calls for more weapons (washingtonpost.com)China’s officials and state media have been amplifying Russian propaganda, undercutting diplomatic efforts. (nytimes.com)Austrian chancellor to tell Putin he has ‘lost the war morally’ (theguardian.com)Champion boxer turned Kyiv mayor becomes a rousing wartime leader (washingtonpost.com)NATO’s ‘Achilles heel’: alliance conducts war games in nervous Lithuania (theguardian.com)‘This Was Trump Pulling a Putin’: Fiona Hill has some things to say about the former president and the Ukraine (nytimes.com)Ukraine economy to shrink by almost half this year, World Bank forecasts (theguardian.com)
- All three election officials resigned in a Texas county, with at least one citing death threats (nytimes.com)
- The DOJ Has Been Criminally Investigating Trump Since At Least April
- Russia-Ukraine war: civilians urged to evacuate in Kherson; at least 15 killed in strike on apartment blocks (theguardian.com)A Deadly Strike Signals Russia’s Wider Ambitions (nytimes.com)
- One dead, at least 17 injured after driver plows car into Pennsylvania fundraiser; suspect tied to later murder (nydailynews.com)
- At least six dead after dust storm triggers mass pileup on Interstate 90 in Montana (theguardian.com)Deadly wildfires spread in Mediterranean (bbc.com)
- Florida is the least affordable place to live in the U.S. (cbsnews.com)