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Russian reservists bid farewell before departing to join the military campaign in Ukraine. (Reuters)

Putin confronted by member of inner circle over Ukraine war, U.S. intelligence finds

The insider voiced discontent over the mismanagement of the war and mistakes being made by those executing the military campaign, according to people familiar with the intelligence.

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Biden suggests Putin’s nuclear threats mean a ‘prospect of Armageddon’

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The Washington Post has documented 299 Republican nominees for state and federal office who deny the results of the 2020 election. Use our tool to discover which ones are vying to represent you.

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Readers shared stories of their love-hate relationship with running and how they finally found joy in the activity. Here’s their advice.

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Few Americans get new covid booster shot ahead of projected winter surge

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Blogger and activist Hossein Ronaghi. (Obtained by The Post)

First, Iran came for a rights activist. Then for his family and friends.

At least 92 members of civil society — including activists, journalists and lawyers — have been arrested in the three weeks since demonstrations broke out in Iran.

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‘Even the most staunch Republicans are rattled’: Concerns were voiced when Walker’s campaign was in talking stages

By Isaac Arnsdorf, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey

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A cooking blog author cut a sandwich horizontally. Commenters rightly revolted: ‘Clearly you are a monster.’

Cutting it in half vertically would have been forgivable. The right way? Diagonally.

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‘Massive amounts of fatalities’ at Indonesia soccer stadium triggered by police action, video review shows

Videos provided exclusively to The Post show that police fired at least 40 nonlethal munitions at soccer fans in Kanjuruhan stadium, leading to panic.

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Biden offers mass pardon for those convicted of marijuana possession

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