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The car allegedly used by Maksim Kuzminov’s killers and left in flames. (Alex Dominguez/Informacion.es/Reuters)

A killing in Spain points to Russia and Putin’s sense of impunity

The discovery of Maksim Kuzminov’s bullet-riddled body appeared to deliver a menacing signal from Moscow that those who cross the Kremlin should never consider themselves safe.

By Greg Miller

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Election 2024

Teamsters give $45,000 to RNC, its first major donation to Republicans in years

The gift magnifies tensions for unions that have benefited from President Biden’s pro-union policies.

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Biden faces major challenge on Gaza in next week’s Michigan primary

Trump and allies planning militarized mass deportations and detention camps

By Isaac Arnsdorf, Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey

A dead fin whale washed up on a beach in Oregon on Feb. 12. (Tiffany Boothe/Seaside Aquarium)

A beached fin whale in Oregon offers a rare glimpse of a giant

The 46-foot-long male belongs to the second-largest whale species. It will be left to decompose naturally as scientists work to determine why it died. For now, stranding responders are encouraging people to go take a look.

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Put your smugness away. You are not too clever to be conned.

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Ukraine remains stronger than you might think

Kyiv continues to stymie Russia’s greatest ambitions to take over its country.

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Biden administration cancels $1.2 billion in student loans with new repayment plan

President Biden will start notifying more than 150,000 student loan borrowers enrolled in the Save plan that their debts — totaling $1.2 billion — have been forgiven.

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Biden faces major challenge on Gaza in next week’s Michigan primary

A Michigan group backed by progressive activists is urging Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in the state’s primary as a warning to President Biden that his support for Israel and refusal to call for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip could cost him the state in November’s presidential contest.

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Lying about 2020 fraud was just ‘a political game’ to one Republican

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Ex-Trump aide Navarro faces contempt in White House email records fight

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Fla. motions expected as Ga. misconduct hearing continues

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The president who deported 1 million Mexican Americans nearly a century ago

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