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A group of former intelligence and national security officials on Monday issued a jointly signed letter warning that pending legislative attempts to restrict or break up the power of Big Tech monopolies — Facebook, Google, and Amazon — would jeopardize national security because, they argue, their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy.

Russian forces have fully captured the key Donbass Black Sea port-city of Mariupol, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

Russia’s launch of the new RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was a routine test and not a threat to the US, the Pentagon told reporters.

Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long in what officials on both sides described as a new phase of the war.

Former U.S. Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor believes the war in Ukraine has reached its “final phase.”

Recently returned French journalist spent a week in Ukraine and was surprised to find Americans "in charge" on the ground.

Colleagues have to reintroduce themselves to Feinstein multiple times during interactions that last several hours.

The US Defense Department cannot confirm the use of chemical weapons in Mariupol, a spokesman admitted on Tuesday.

Late last year, a Gallup poll showed that Americans’ trust in the mainstream media has fallen to its second lowest level on record. Only seven percent of Americans responded that they have a “great deal” of trust in the media.

A verified Twitter account of a United Kingdom government official tweeted an allegation that Russia forces have used chemical weapons in an attack on the city or Mariupol.