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Western tanks pack a punch. They also bring a long tail.

Fighting in Ukraine has slowed to a grinding slog, with limited advances by either side and heavy casualties suffered for small territorial gains. With Russian forces hardening their defenses, making it more difficult for Kyiv's troops to gain ground, Ukraine's international supporters aim to help change the equation with the…

If he throws in his lot with Vladimir Putin, Europe's "last dictator" may watch in horror as his men stop their march towards Kyiv, turn around and head home to overthrow their despotic ruler.

Why do powerful senators want to load up on expensive weapons, far beyond what the U.S. has sent to Ukraine?

WASHINGTON — The conservative-controlled Supreme Court appears ready to curtail the use of race in college admissions. But the federal government has offered an unexpected defense of the practice: national security.

An affirmative action case before the Supreme Court could have lasting implications for diversity in the military.

At least four people were killed in Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian cities on Monday. The attacks were carried out by what are called Shahed drones — also known as suicide or kamikaze drones.

Just days before the six-month mark of the invasion of Ukraine, a car bomb attack in a wealthy Moscow suburb killed the daughter of one of Vladimir Putin's allies and puzzled observers. So how could it change the war?

WASHINGTON — As China waged extensive military exercises off of Taiwan last week, a group of American defense experts in Washington was focused on their own simulation of an eventual — but for now entirely hypothetical — U.S.-China war over the island.