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NY Times – Politics

Special Operations veterans are training Ukrainians near the front lines in the fight against Russia, despite warnings from the Pentagon. [...]

Former President Donald J. Trump has weathered scandals by keeping his intentions under wraps, but recent testimony paints a stark portrait of a man willing to do almost anything to hang onto power. [...]

The names “embody the best of the United States Army and America,” a commission established by Congress wrote in announcing its choices. [...]

Slow vote counts were the bane of the 2020 elections, inviting bogus fraud charges. But they’re not going away anytime soon. [...]

He was the first Black secretary of the Army — just one of many jobs, both high- and low-profile, that he held over nearly 20 years in government. [...]

Even before the wave of abortion bans, medical treatment and advice for pregnancy has largely focused on fetal safety over the mother’s. [...]