Truck blast downs part of Crimean bridge to Russia, disrupting key connector
Part of a bridge connecting annexed Crimea with Russia sustained heavy damage after a massive explosion on Saturday, disrupting a key route for Russia to supply its forces in its invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s Investigative Committee, the main agency responsible for conducting federal probes, said in a Telegram post that a truck blew up from the side of the Taman Peninsula, part of Russia. The explosion ignited seven fuel tanks in a train heading toward the Crimean Peninsula, causing two car sp
Read MoreThe Memo: Biden’s ‘armageddon’ warning raises fresh questions
President Biden’s warning about the possibility of ‘armageddon’ rumbling from the battlefields of Ukraine has scrambled an already complicated picture in the eight-month conflict. Biden made the sharp warning during an appearance at a Democratic fundraiser on Thursday. But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, asked Friday if there were any new intelligence assessments that had caused Biden to “ratchet up the level of concern,” responded: “No.” Jean-Pierre sought to cast the president’s words as a general warning about the dangers of an escalati
Read MoreSasse’s expected exit shrinks Senate’s anti-Trump wing
Sen. Ben Sasse’s (R-Neb.) expected retirement from the Senate is the latest sign that is it harder to be a Republican critic of former President Trump in Congress than a loyal ally. Sasse is one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict former President Trump last year during his impeachment trial over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. He’s the third to retire. The Nebraskan senator not that long ago was also seen as a rising star in his party and a possible presidential candidate. But that possibility seemed more and more faint as Sasse’s opposition to var
Read MoreWalker claims he learned identity of woman who says he paid for her abortion for first time Friday
Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, told NBC News that he learned the identity of the woman who claims he reimbursed her for an abortion in 2009 for the first time on Friday. Walker said in a brief interview with the outlet that Friday was the first time the woman ever mentioned having an abortion to him or his wife, NBC reported shortly after a
Read MoreFive takeaways from the North Carolina Senate debate
North Carolina’s Senate race has emerged as perhaps the year’s most quiet toss-up contest. But both parties are taking the race — one of a handful that could decide control of the upper chamber — seriously. Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd met for the first time on Friday night to debate a laundry list of issues that are playing out in key races across the country. Here are five takeaways from their debate: Budd and Beasley dodge their parties’ leaders Neither Beasley nor Budd appeared eager to be tied to their respect
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