Politics

Russia replaces top military officer in charge of Ukraine conflict

By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

It's a move that appears to reflect the Kremlin's dissatisfaction with the current leadership and flaws in the military's performance.

Battle rages in Ukraine town as Russian military changes leadership

By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press

The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine is hanging in the balance. Ukraine says its forces are holding out against a furious Russian onslaught in one of the fiercest and bloodiest recent ground battles of the nearly…

UK, Japan sign defense agreement amid rising concerns about China

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

The Reciprocal Access Agreement is Japan's first with a European nation and allows the two countries to hold joint military exercises. The British government said the defense agreement "cements our commitment to the Indo-Pacific" region.

Arms supplied by UK, U.S. killed civilians in Yemen, report says

By Samy Magdy, Associated Press

A new report has found that weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen killed at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others in just over a year.

House Republicans open investigation into Biden family

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

The Republican-led Oversight Committee requested financial information from the Treasury Department surrounding financial transactions members of the Biden family made, as well as testimony from multiple former Twitter executives, who were involved in the company’s handling of an October 2020…

WATCH: Nassau County GOP demand Rep. George Santos resign over ‘lies’, call him ‘a stain’ on district

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

The chair of the Nassau County Republican Committee said Wednesday that Santos' “lies were not mere fibs” and that he had “disgraced” the U.S. House. Despite the call, the local party has no mechanism to remove Santos from office.

WATCH: White House speaks on FAA computer outage, Jill Biden’s surgery

By Associated Press

Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed after a government system that offers safety and other information to pilots broke down, stranding some planes on the ground for hours.

The federal government is set to max out on debt. Here’s why it could start a political standoff

By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, Associated Press

The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as soon as this month. That starts the clock on an expected standoff between President Joe Biden and the new House Republican majority.

Pentagon drops COVID-19 vaccine requirement for troops

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The Pentagon has formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops who are not vaccinated.

Constantine, Olympic gold medalist and last king of Greece, dies at 82

By Demetris Nellas, Associated Press

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country's volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died.