- Ukraine, Stalled on the Front, Steps Up Sabotage, Targeting Trains (nytimes.com)
- Laxalt steps down as chair of DeSantis super PAC (thehill.com)
- Biden Steps Up Antitrust Action, Declares War on the ‘Cult of Efficiency’ (theatlantic.com)
- DeSantis Steps Up Attacks on Trump, Hitting Him on Crime and Covid (nytimes.com)
- Shots fired on Temple Israel front steps in Albany, police investigating incident as a hate crime (cbs6albany.com)
- Russia Steps Up Efforts to Lure Wagner Veterans Back Into Ukraine War (nytimes.com)
- US and China take steps towards thaw as Blinken prepares to visit Beijing, but mistrust remains (theguardian.com)China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, US confirms (militarytimes.com)