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  • FILE – Two Leopard 2 tanks are seen in action during a visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Bundeswehr tank battalion 203 at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, Feb. 1, 2023. Russia claimed it had “annihilated” eight tanks that NATO countries provided to Ukraine. But a visual analysis by The Associated Press shows a grainy black-and-white video Russia released to prove it had blown up the German-made Leopard tanks actually documented the destruction of a tractor. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)Politics

    Russia claims it blew up 8 Leopard tanks in Ukraine but video shows it was actually just a single tractor

    By Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press
  • David DePapePolitics

    The man who beat Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer seems to have online history featuring racist remarks, QAnon, election denial

    By Michael Biesecker, Bernard Condon, and others
  • FILE – During a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense, a Russian soldier stands guard atop a military truck as foreign journalists observe farmers at the Voznesenka-Agro farm harvest grain in a field near Melitopol, southern Ukraine, on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

    Russia is funding Putin’s war by smuggling stolen Ukrainian grain worth at least $530 million

    By Michael Biesecker, Sarah El Deeb, and others
  • The Stella Maris yacht belonging to Rashid Sardarov is docked in Nice, France, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The boat is believed to be owned by Sardarov, a Russian billionaire oil and gas magnate not yet among the Kremlin-aligned oligarchs sanctioned by the United States and its allies in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European Union began moving this week to seize at least two superyachts owned by Russians close to Vladimir Putin.Luxury

    Some Russian oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachts. Others may have missed the memo

    By Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press
  • LEONARDTOWN, MARYLAND - APRIL 08: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Previously worn N95 protective masks, saved for possible recycling in the future, sit in baskets in the Intensive Care Unit of MedStar St. Mary's Hospital April 8, 2020 in Leonardtown, Maryland. MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is located near the greater Washington, DC area in St. Mary’s county, Maryland. The state of Maryland currently has more than 5,500 reported COVID-19 cases and over 120 deaths. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Health

    U.S. federal stockpile of medical protective gear is almost empty as coronavirus spreads

    By Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press
  • Jay SekulowPolitics

    Charities steered $65 million to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family

    By Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press
  • Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and a chart illustrating an alleged campaign finance scheme designed to have the U.S. ambassador to the Ukraine removed. But the latest arrest related to the case involves a separate scheme of hiding the real source of funds used in political fundraising to gain support for a recreational marijuana business.Politics

    Another Arrest in Campaign Finance Scheme Tied to Giuliani Associates

    By Tom Hays, Michael Biesecker, and others
  • Signboard of NaftoGaz GroupPolitics

    NaftoGaz: Trump Associates Mixing Politics and Profits With Ukraine Gas Firm

    By Michael Biesecker, Desmond Butler, and others