John Bacon

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US Patriot defense system stops Russian missile barrage on Kyiv; Zelenskyy lobbies for F-16s: Live updates

By: John Bacon

Ukraine successfully shot down all Russian missiles targeting Kyiv early Tuesday, Ukraine authorities said. Live updates.

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Did Russia destroy a US Patriot missile defense system? 'Impossible': Live updates

By: John Bacon

"Do not worry about the fate of the Patriot," a Ukrainian official said, calling Russia's claim it destroyed the missile defense system "propaganda."

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Russians reject Russian claims of gains near Bakhmut: Ukraine live updates

By: John Bacon

The leader of Russian mercenary troops and a popular pro-Kremlin blogger both rejected Russian Defense Ministry claims of gains in the crucial battle.

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Florida mom who challenged Amanda Gorman poem and other books says she only read parts of the material

By: John Bacon

The Florida mom whose complaints prompted an acclaimed poem and multiple books to be restricted also apologized for an antisemitic post she shared.

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Guns and butter: $1.25B in humanitarian aid, $300M in weaponry headed to Ukraine. Live updates

By: John Bacon

The Unites States is sending Ukraine an additional $1.25 billion in humanitarian aide through the World Bank PEACE project and $300M in military aid.

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Zelenskyy lobbies for NATO, EU membership at 47-nation summit: Ukraine live updates

By: John Bacon

Zelenskyy said all countries that border Russia should be granted full membership in the European Union and NATO. Updates.

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Scrambled F-16s, a sonic boom and plane crash mystery in Virginia: What we know

By: Thao Nguyen, Tom Vanden Brook, John Bacon

A sonic boom startled residents across Washington and parts of Maryland and Virginia as fighters pursued an unresponsive plane on Sunday.

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After Virginia plane crash, investigators to begin wreckage recovery; victims remembered

By: Tom Vanden Brook, John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz, N'Dea Yancey-Bragg, Thao Nguyen

Investigators will start recovering wreckage from the remote site in a Virginia mountain where four people died in a plane crash.

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Air quality alerts, wildfire smoke from Canada may linger in US for days: Live updates

By: John Bacon

Millions of Americans could face days or even weeks of smoky siege and air quality alerts from the drifting smoke of unrelenting Canadian wildfires.

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'There is no doubt it has begun.' Ukraine counteroffensive may be underway: Live updates

By: John Bacon

Ukrainian officials have been unwilling to discuss a counteroffensive timeline, but Russia says the Ukraine military is applying "maximum force."