The Latest Breaking News from Mark Milley

Trudy Rubin: We can win if West helps us close our skies to Russian attack, Ukraine defense minister says

KYIV, Ukraine — The day before I interviewed Ukraine’s defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, Russian missiles slammed into a business district in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, far from the front line or any military target.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 22, 2022

Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas to call off the mob storming the U.S. Capitol and remained publicly silent as he watched the violence unfold on television from his personal dining room off the Oval Office, according to evidence and testimony to the committee investigating last year’s insurrection.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Trump insiders recall how he spurned pleas to act as riot raged

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump ignored pleas to call off the mob storming the U.S. Capitol and remained publicly silent as he watched the violence unfold on television from his personal dining room off the Oval Office, according to evidence and testimony to the committee investigating last year’s insurrection.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Martin Schram: Unpresidented — America in Trump’s final days

In the rush to gush their big reveals about Donald Trump’s tumultuous final days as president, the prize for Best Ballyhoo was won hands-down by the smooth but non-revelatory Discovery+ documentary film “Unprecedented.”

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

Army suspends general after tweet appearing to mock Jill Biden

Retired Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky had signed a contract after he retired to advise active-duty officers as a senior mentor.

Axios · Jul 9, 2022

U.S. tells China that its support for Russia in Ukraine complicates relations

China's support for Russia's war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at an already difficult time, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart.

WEKU · Jul 9, 2022

US, China seek to calm rising tensions on many fronts

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting his Chinese counterpart in a new effort to try to rein in or at least manage rampant hostility that has come to define recent relations between Washington and Beijing

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2022

Top US General Mark Milley speaks with Chinese counterpart

Amid Washington-Beijing tensions, military leaders discussed need to ‘responsibly manage competition’, Pentagon says.

Al Jazeera · Jul 7, 2022

Top U.S. general speaks with Chinese counterpart

U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, spoke on Thursday with China's Chief of the Joint Staff Department, General Li Zuocheng, the Pentagon said.

Reuters · Jul 7, 2022

Russia seizes control of key Ukrainian battleground Lysychans with city on fire

Authorities said they had taken control of the final Ukrainian holdout of Lysychans - handing Kremlin forces the last redoubt in Luhansk

Daily Mirror · Jul 3, 2022