A Russian military transport plane crashed near the border with Ukraine on Wednesday‚ killing all 74 aboard‚ according to Russian officials and state media.  Russian officials said 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were among those aboard the Ilyushin Il-76 when the plane fell from the sky‚ while a senior official in Kyiv said the incident was under investigation.  Russia’s claims about the Ukrainian POWs couldn’t be independently verified. The Russian Ministry of Defense didn’t...

Donald Trump has done what no other Republican non-incumbent has accomplished in modern politics‚ scoring wins in the opening contests of Iowa and New Hampshire. And he scored both with more than 50% of the vote‚ without participating in a single debate and while facing the political machinery of two popular incumbent governors who threw their support to his competitors. His lone remaining major competitor‚ Nikki Haley‚ tried to sound like a winner Tuesday despite trailing by about 10 to 12...

New Hampshire‚ then‚ was far from Donald Trump’s difficult second album. If anything‚ it was another performance of his Greatest Hits. His path to the White House is firmly in sight; Nikki Haley’s primary challenge‚ by contrast‚ has been rendered all but nominal. After Trump scored his first thumping victory in the Iowa caucuses‚ widespread concern about his looming presidency resurrected the idea of a “national divorce”‚ if not full-on civil war. Yesterday’s triumph will have only...

Is the Republican presidential primary over already? Not quite‚ but it’s a reasonable question after New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary delivered a clear victory for Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night. And if your definition of “over” is whether Mr. Trump is now on track to win without a serious contest‚ the answer is probably “yes.” With nearly all the counting done‚ he won 55 percent of the vote. His only remaining rival‚ Nikki Haley‚ won 44 percent. Mr. Trump’s 11-point...

In the face of stubbornly low poll numbers‚ two top White House aides are leaving to join President Biden's re-election campaign‚ the New York Times first reported. Driving the news: Deputy chief of staff Jen O'Malley Dillon — who managed Biden's general election bid in 2020 — and senior adviser Mike Donilon will be moving to the campaign in the coming weeks. Why it matters: The Biden team has publicly projected calm. But the personnel moves are a reaction to deep...

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