Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin ‘ready to freeze war’ as Kyiv ‘secures combat control’ around Kharkiv Putin ‘ready to freeze war’ as Kyiv ‘secures combat control’ around Kharkiv - Zelensky says Ukrainian soldiers now control area where Russian troops staged an attack this month ... 05/25/2024 - 8:35 pm | View Link
Civil Investigators: The role they play in cold case investigations It’s a growing national trend, Civilians taking on the role of detective to help solve crimes. The widely used term for this is Civil Investigator. 05/24/2024 - 9:32 am | View Link
Ukraine launches counter attacks after ‘stopping’ new Russian invasion Ukrainian forces have “stopped” a Russian ground offensive from advancing further into northeastern Kharkiv, the military have said, and was now launching a counter-defence. “The Ukrainian Defense ... 05/24/2024 - 5:55 am | View Link
Army offering $50k reward for information in 2020 murder of specialist Investigators said Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez was camping May 22nd with other soldiers at Cape Lookout over the Memorial Day weekend when the 21-year-old disappeared. 05/23/2024 - 12:50 pm | View Link
How the Army is driving enterprise training across five warfighting domains and three dimensions An enterprise change in some corps-level training moves higher control (HICON) from Fort Leavenworth to the service component command. 05/23/2024 - 4:54 am | View Link
When they first crawled out from under their rocks, Moms for Liberty pretended to be just a grassroots group of moms with everyday concerns such as having threesomes, underage drinking parties, shoplifting, book burning, fascism and quoting Hitler.
But now they are dropping their facade and have announced an initial drop of $3 million on four swing states, including Wisconsin:
The coordinated push in presidential swing states also raises questions about the group’s intentions and funding.
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Washington Post: “Over the past 16 years, Netanyahu has departed sharply from his predecessors’ studious bipartisanship to embrace Republicans and disdain Democrats, an attitude increasingly mirrored in each party’s approach to Israel.”
“The war in Gaza has vastly accelerated the shift, as the once-broad support from Americans for Israel is shattering along partisan and generational lines.
New York Times: “Homicide rates are tumbling from pandemic highs in most cities, funding for law enforcement is rising, and tensions between the police and communities of color, while still significant, are no longer at a boiling point. But property crime, carjackings and smash-and-grab burglaries are up, adding to a sense of lawlessness, amplified on social media and local online message boards.”
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New York Times: “Now, with the battlefield crises seemingly behind him and Mr. Prigozhin dead, the Russian leader has decided to act, changing defense ministers for the first time in more than a decade and allowing a number of corruption arrests among top ministry officials.”
“The moves have ushered in the biggest overhaul at the Russian Defense Ministry since the invasion began and have confirmed Mr.
“U. S. and allied intelligence officials are tracking an increase in low-level sabotage operations in Europe that they say are part of a Russian campaign to undermine support for Ukraine’s war effort,” the New York Times reports.
“The covert operations have mostly been arsons or attempted arsons targeting a wide range of sites, including a warehouse in England, a paint factory in Poland, homes in Latvia and, most oddly, an Ikea store in Lithuania.”
“But people accused of being Russian operatives have also been arrested on charges of plotting attacks on U.