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Former security guard’s defection opens a window on Putin’s Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 7, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin gets his information from intelligence reports and does not use a handheld device for communications, according to a former Federal Guard Service engineer who recently defected from Russia.

In this image taken from video footage run Saturday, April 8, 2023 by China's CCTV, a Chinese fighter jet performs an mid-air refueling maneuver at an unspecified location. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (CCTV via AP)

China simulates ‘precision strikes’ on Taiwan during second day of major military drills

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Pentagon probing more alleged classified docs posted online, some marked with highest classification

By Joseph Clark and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden returns a salute before boarding Air Force One at Nantucket Memorial Airport in Nantucket, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Biden is heading back to Washington after spending the Thanksgiving Day holiday in Nantucket with family. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Buckle up for a new era of political payback as Trump’s indictment prompts greater scrutiny of Biden

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump attorney: Criticisms of judge’s family ‘were not something personal’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center, March 15, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Misoprostol induces uterus contractions that expel an embryo or fetus and other tissue. A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to abortion medication and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators. The lawsuit from Christian conservatives aimed at overturning the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The drug, when used with a second pill, misoprostol, has become the most common method of abortion in the U.S. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Biden HHS secretary says ignoring court order against abortion pill is ‘on the table’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Tiger Woods watches on the 13th hole during the weather delayed third round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Woods withdraws before completing 3rd round of Masters

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Pope Francis bestows the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of the Easter Sunday mass, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian people, refugees

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US singer and actress Melody Thornton poses for a photo, Nov. 22, 2021. A British performance of “The Bodyguard” musical ended in unrequited love for some audience members who couldn't refrain from singing along to the anthemic finale. The show at the Palace Theatre in Manchester screeched to a halt Friday, April 7, 2023 when at least two unruly patrons insisted on joining the lead Melody Thornton in singing “I Will Always Love You,” the soaring, emotional number made famous by Whitney Houston. (Ian West/PA via AP, File)

The show must not go on: Singing ‘Bodyguard’ fans ejected, stage show abruptly ends

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Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines speaks at a rally on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, outside of the NCAA Convention in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Riley Gaines says she was hit by activist, ambushed by pro-trans mob at San Francisco State

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by WWE, Over 80,000 attend the first night of WrestleMania 39 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., Saturday, April 1, 2023. It was announced Monday that Endeavor had signed an agreement with WWE to form a new, publicly listed company that will house UFC and WWE under one roof. (WWE via AP)

WWE apologizes for using Auschwitz image in preview show

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LSU's Angel Reese during the second half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

LSU’s Angel Reese says she’ll visit White House after all

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Former Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, raises his fist on the floor of the House chamber as he walks to his desk to collect his belongings after being expelled from the legislature on Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee Republicans are seeking to oust three House Democrats including Jones for using a bullhorn to shout support for pro-gun control protesters in the House chamber. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Ousted Tennessee lawmakers eye return by way of appointment or special election

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump attorney: Criticisms of judge’s family ‘were not something personal’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women's Center, March 15, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Misoprostol induces uterus contractions that expel an embryo or fetus and other tissue. A federal judge in Texas will hear arguments Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in a high-stakes court case that could threaten access to abortion medication and blunt the authority of U.S. drug regulators. The lawsuit from Christian conservatives aimed at overturning the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The drug, when used with a second pill, misoprostol, has become the most common method of abortion in the U.S. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Biden HHS secretary says ignoring court order against abortion pill is ‘on the table’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a ceremony to commemorate South Korean soldiers killed in three major clashes with North Korea in the West Sea in past years, at the national cemetery in Daejeon, South Korea, Friday, March 24, 2023. Leaders of the U.S. Congress have invited Yoon to address a joint meeting during a visit to Washington later this month. (Im Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP, File)

After leak of secret documents, South Korea to raise spying allegations with U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Pope Francis, center, leaves after bestowing the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of the Easter Sunday mass, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Higher Ground: If Jesus on the cross can forgive, so can we

By Mark A. Kellner and Billy Hallowell - The Washington Times

Penitents known as "Ensogado" brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in Sietamo, northern Spain, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Americans accept historical reality of the Resurrection of Jesus, but struggle to make it personal

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis bestows the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of the Easter Sunday mass, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian people, refugees

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

This Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, file photo shows the entrance to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Catholic archdiocese condemns Walter Reed for axing priest contract ahead of Holy Week

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

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In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, photo, students and passers-by walk past an entrance to Boston University College of Arts and Sciences in Boston. Everyone can’t be a STEM major; there are still vital roles necessary in lower-paying fields like humanities, arts and social sciences. But when you follow your dreams from college to career, the return doesn’t always match the investment — especially if you take on debt. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE*

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Penitents known as "Ensogado" brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in Sietamo, northern Spain, Thursday, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Americans accept historical reality of the Resurrection of Jesus, but struggle to make it personal

Washington Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette looks on during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Capitol sadness: D.C. no longer ‘District of Champions,’ far from it

In this photo provided Jay LaJoie, russet potatoes produced by Maine growers are packaged to be loaded on a rail car headed for Washington State, at a warehouse owned by LaJoie Growers LLC, in Van Buren, Maine, Jan. 17, 2022. Maine is shipping potatoes all the way to the West Coast over the winter of 2021-2022, thanks to a banner harvest in Maine and a drought for growers in the West. (Jay LaJoie via AP)

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Newly erected border wall separating Mexico, left, and the United States, cuts through through the Sonoran Desert just west of the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Douglas, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York,File)

Tense encounter ends with Border Patrol agents killing smuggling suspect

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This image by Elyssa Shalla, a park ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, provided by the National Park Service, shows the Grand Canyon Lodge barely visible following a record-breaking winter season at Grand Canyon National Park in North Rim, Ariz., on April 6, 2023. Park officials say they are pushing back the opening of North Rim at Grand Canyon National Park from mid-May to June 2, to give them more time to plow the main state road that leads to the rim and allow staff to reopen visitor facilities. (Elyssa Shalla/National Park Service via AP)

Grand Canyon delays opening of North Rim due to snowfall

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Benjamin Ferencz, Romanian-born American lawyer and chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, speaks during an opening ceremony for the exhibition commemorating the Nuremberg war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was one of the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps as a U.S. Army soldier, died Friday evening, April 7, 2023, in Boynton Beach, Fla.,, according to St. John's University law professor John Barrett, who runs a blog about the Nuremberg trials. He had just turned 103 in March. (Armin Weigel/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies

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TikTok spicy gum challenge sends 10 Massachusetts elementary students to the hospital

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In this image taken from video footage run Saturday, April 8, 2023 by China's CCTV, a Chinese fighter jet performs an mid-air refueling maneuver at an unspecified location. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (CCTV via AP)

China simulates ‘precision strikes’ on Taiwan during second day of major military drills

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 7, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Former security guard’s defection opens a window on Putin’s Ukraine war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Houthi supporters chant slogans as they attend a rally marking eight years for a Saudi-led coalition, Friday, March 26, 2023, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Saudi officials visit Yemen’s capital for talks with rebels

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Israeli police escort Jewish visitors marking the holiday pf Passover to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets

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In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Offlee Naughty and jockey Velazquez, left, win the Grade II $200,000 Charles Whittingham Stakes Saturday, April 8, 2023 at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)

Chaos, upset on final major weekend of Kentucky Derby preps

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Tiger Woods watches on the 13th hole during the weather delayed third round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Woods withdraws before completing 3rd round of Masters

By Dave Skretta - Associated Press

Washington Nationals' Stone Garrett follows the flight of his single to drive in two runs off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Austin Gomber in the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Garrett has 4 hits, 5 RBIs, helps Nationals beat Rockies 7-6

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce reacts after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Cleveland Guardians and the Seattle Mariners, Friday, April 7, 2023, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

Super spike: Chiefs’ Kelce bounces first pitch before Guardians opener

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Tiger Woods watches on the 13th hole during the weather delayed third round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Pope Francis bestows the plenary 'Urbi et Orbi' (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican at the end of the Easter Sunday mass, Sunday, April 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry closes his eyes and bows his head moments before he was convicted of murder in the killing of Garrett Foster, an armed protester in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice, Friday, April 7, 2023, at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas. Perry, who faces life in prison, now awaits sentencing. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas Gov. pursuing pardon for Army sergeant convicted of murdering armed BLM protester

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Former Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, raises his fist on the floor of the House chamber as he walks to his desk to collect his belongings after being expelled from the legislature on Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee Republicans are seeking to oust three House Democrats including Jones for using a bullhorn to shout support for pro-gun control protesters in the House chamber. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Expulsion of Tennessee Democrats draws comparisons to expelled Oregon Republican

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Political activist Laura Loomer, right, films herself on her smartphone as she is escorted off the stage after interrupting Women's March NYC director Agunda Okeyo at a rally in Lower Manhattan, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

After online outrage, activist Loomer no longer under consideration for role in Trump campaign

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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP, File) ** FILE **

Wyden, AOC urge Biden to ‘ignore’ judge’s order blocking abortion pill

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New Orleans Police Capt. Michelle Woodfork speaks as the new interim police superintendent during a news conference at New Orleans City Hall, Dec. 20, 2022. Unjustified use of force, dangerous vehicle pursuits and racially biased policing continue to be problems for the New Orleans Police Department, the U.S. Justice Department said in a Friday, April 7, 2023, court filing, opposing the city's move to terminate a decade-old court-backed reform agreement. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

U.S.: Unjustified force, bias still plague New Orleans police

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Fred Couples walks on the 15th hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Friday, April 7, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., second from right, welcomes Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as she arrives at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on April 5, 2023. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday, April 8, in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. A federal judge in Texas on Friday, April 7, 2023, ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into question access to the nation’s most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval. Federal lawyers representing the FDA are expected to swiftly appeal the ruling. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Judge blocks abortion pills nationwide while another judge exempts 17 blue states

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In this Thursday, April 6, 2023, image provided by Providence Alaska, a moose stands inside a Providence Alaska Health Park medical building in Anchorage, Alaska. The moose chomped on plants in the lobby until security was able to shoo it out, but not before people stopped by to take photos of the moose. (Providence Alaska via AP)

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LSU's Angel Reese reacts after the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas. LSU won 102-85 to win the championship. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talks to reporters before leaving Capitol Hill in Washington, March 27, 2020. Massie is back in Donald Trump's good graces. The Kentucky congressman won the former president's endorsement Tuesday, May 10, 2022 ahead of next week's primary election. Just two years ago, Trump said the maverick congressman should be thrown out of the Republican Party. Now the former president is calling Massie a “Conservative Warrior” and a &quot;first-rate Defender of the Constitution.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, left, Justin Jones, center, and Justin Pearson arrive at Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, April 7, 2023, where they are meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris. Jones and Pearson were expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives the day before. Johnson survived an effort to expel her. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean via AP)

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The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. The Biden administration is close to finalizing new regulations that would tighten rules on certain overseas U.S. investment, a move aimed at limiting Beijing’s ability to acquire advanced technologies. That's according to a U.S. official familiar with deliberations who was not authorized to comment. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year. That's despite Newsom tweeting last month that the state would no longer do business with Walgreens after the company indicated it would not sell abortion pills by mail in some states. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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A group of Brazilian migrants make their way around a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Ariz., seeking asylum in the U.S. after crossing over from Mexico, June 8, 2021. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says migrants entering the country illegally will be screened by asylum officers while in custody under a limited experiment that provides them access to legal counsel. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

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