Ukraine has suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, dead and wounded. Its military faces manpower shortages. Frankly, brave Ukraine confronts military and economic exhaustion.

It was a good night for Trump and Republicans. All the Democrats and their media allies could do is look like they were attending a funeral. They have nothing else to show the country except policy failures from the last four years.

Many of us who do this work feel called to it. I hope lawmakers with the power to make positive change feel called to care for the caregivers and give us the opportunity to do more than just survive.

It’s not unusual — in fact, it’s the norm — for an owner to determine the editorial line of a newspaper.

Does President Trump seriously believe he can make a peace deal with Russia’s Vladimir Putin by the force of his personality and pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to acquiesce to something not in his country’s best interests?

These moves send a message that change is coming to an ossified Pentagon, and if they are followed up with reforms to how we promote and evaluate our generals, they will be a step toward a more effective and — to use one of defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s favorite words — lethal military.

Rusty was human. We communicated on a human level in a way I never could with other dogs, no matter how lovable.

Why hire private naval security? Because national navies and coast guards are stretched thin by lack of funding or threat of war.