Russian President Vladimir Putin has turned to North Korea "with a tin cup in hand" for aid in its war on Ukraine, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chair told ABC News in an upcoming interview.
The big picture: Gen. Mark Milley's comment comes amid spiking U.S.concern over deepening military ties between Russia and North Korea as Pyonyang state media reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is en route to the Kremlin in his armored train.
The Biden re-election campaign is deploying Vice President Kamala Harris to Chicago on Wednesday afternoon for a donor retreat, where she'll seek to motivate deep-pocketed supporters to act with more urgency — without panicking.
Why it matters: As recent polls draw a new round of Democratic hand-wringing, the campaign needs its donor base to be both confident of President Biden's prospects in November and a little scared about the chances of a Trump restoration.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday he is "not at all" worried about removal threats from his right flank.
Why it matters: The comment comes ahead of a potentially explosive period in which McCarthy will have to work with Democrats to avert a government shutdown – creating a dire risk of backlash from the right.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's (D) temporary ban on carrying firearms in public has drawn pushback from members of her own party and gun control advocates.
Why it matters: The rift underscores the tension for gun control advocates between proposing stricter laws and the legal roadblocks to actually enacting the legislation.
Mark Meadows' rejected bid to move his Georgia racketeering case to federal court could throw a wrench in potential plans to do so for the case's 18 other defendants, including former President Trump.
Why it matters: The former White House chief of staff had the strongest of the bids to transfer his case so far, but doing so wouldwould require meeting a narrow provision that the case has a federal connection.
Driving the news: Trump's attorneys wrote in a court filing that U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan should recuse herself because she has "suggested that President Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned."
Over two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, New York medical officials are still working to identify about 40% of unnamed victims.
Driving the news: Last week, just days before the U.S. was set commemorate the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, the New York medical examiner's office said it identified two more victims of the attacks, which killed at least 2,753 people.
It's been 22 years since 9/11. It's a day of reflection for all of us, and a painful day for all too many.
The big picture: The photo above shows a test Sunday nightof the annual Tribute in Light display above Lower Manhattan — first presented six months after 9/11, then every year since, from dusk to dawn on the night of Sept. 11.
Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal's Ukrainian-born chief foreign-affairs correspondent, will be out Jan. 9 with "Our Enemies Will Vanish," billed as an "eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people in their resistance."
Why it matters: The author blends the stories of ordinary citizens in his native land with military analysis, and reporting on the thinking of Ukraine's leaders and Western governments, according to the publisher, Penguin Press.
The number of 9/11 first responders who have died from Ground Zero-related health complications is now nearly equal to number of first responders who died during the attacks.
Driving the news: The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) announced last week the addition of 43 names of first responders who died from 9/11-related ailments to its memorial at the World Trade Center.
Half of Americans expect misinformation spread by AI to impact who wins the 2024 election — and one-third say they'll be less trusting of the results because of artificial intelligence, according to a new Axios-Morning Consult AI Poll.
Why it matters: Such sentiments may fuel more doubt and anger around the first presidential race since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
