The last of the United States' chemical weapons were destroyed at a military installation in Kentucky on Friday, President Biden announced.
Why it matters: The country's massive stockpile of deadly Cold War-era chemical warfare agents, which are banned by international law, accrued over generations and took decades and billions of dollars to dismantle.
The U.S. will send cluster munitions to aid Ukraine's war effort for the first time, the Department of Defense announced Friday.
Why it matters: The announcement, which is likely to draw criticism from human rights groups, comes as Ukraine has struggled to make sweeping gains in its counteroffensive against Russia.
The man who fatally shot 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 was sentenced on Friday to 90 consecutive life terms in federal prison.
Driving the news: Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to 90 federal hate crimes and firearms violations in February after the federal government announced it would not pursue the death penalty.
As the war in Ukraine reaches the 500-day mark, three big things have to go right in order to achieve peace.
The big picture: Whatever happens next will depend in part on how much occupied territory Ukraine can retake. A successful counter-offensive could make it easier to reach a negotiated settlement, but it might also bring another x-factor into play: avoiding nuclear escalation.
