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Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut fire a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions. (AP)

Russia advances in Bakhmut by sending waves of mercenaries to certain death

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his top commanders insisted they would continue defending the eastern city despite heavy losses.

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Daines walks Trump tightrope as he tries to win back Senate for Republicans

As the new head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Sen. Steve Daines of Montana is tasked with recruiting electable candidates — while not alienating Trump voters — to win back the Senate.

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At Elon Musk’s ‘brittle’ Twitter, tweaks trigger massive outages

“Every mistake in code and operations is now deadly,” a former engineer said last year. That dire prediction appears to be coming true.

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Murdaugh jurors say he shouldn’t have testified, tears not believable

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California to cut ties with Walgreens over abortion pill sales, Newsom says

Former White House official dies of injuries after business jet hit turbulence

By Michael Laris

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The Kevin McCarthy aide tasked with defusing the GOP’s debt limit bomb

Dan Meyer, the speaker’s chief of staff, has seen tense budget standoffs before. But the Republican Party has changed since then.

By Jeff Stein, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer

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By Hannah Natanson

Chris Rock’s Netflix special was a gimmick. The crowd didn’t care.

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