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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin leaves a courthouse in New York, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. A Manhattan judge said Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 that lawyers for the former Alaska governor are seeking a new trial on her defamation claims against The New York Times, along with his removal from the case. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Sarah Palin formally seeks new defamation trial

Former vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday sought a new defamation trial against The New York Times, saying she wants the presiding judge from the trial she lost to be disqualified.

March 1, 2022
In this handout photo released by Ukrainian Emergency Service, a burnt car is seen in front of a damaged City Hall building, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, Tuesday and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital - tactics Ukraine's embattled president said were designed to force him into concessions in Europe's largest ground war in generations. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russians feel the economic pain as war grinds on with Ukraine

Russian forces pounded civilian apartments in Ukraine and the Kremlin again raised the specter of nuclear war as the first diplomatic talks since the start of Russia's five-day-old invasion failed to produce a cease-fire Monday and the Russian economy staggered under a slew of Western economic and financial sanctions.

February 28, 2022
Swiss Federal President Ignazio Cassis speaks during a press conference in Bern, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. The Swiss president says Russias attack on Ukraine is unacceptable and Switzerland will adopt European Union sanctions, including asset freezes. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Famously neutral Swiss sign on to European sanctions against Russia

Switzerland, which has long jealously guarded its neutral status in the face of past world crises, said Monday it will join European Union sanctions against Russia and top officials including President Vladimir Putin in the wake of last week's invasion of Ukraine.

February 28, 2022
A Russian armored personnel carrier burns amid damaged and abandoned light utility vehicles after fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The city authorities said that Ukrainian forces engaged in fighting with Russian troops that entered the country's second-largest city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Marienko Andrew)

Pressured Putin hints at nukes but agrees to talks with Ukraine

Facing a wall of global opposition and unexpectedly fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin played the nuclear card Sunday, ordering the country's vast nuclear arsenal be put on a "special combat readiness" status to persuade the U.S. and European nations not to come to Kyiv's aid.

February 27, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, poses for a portrait, Friday, Feb., 18, 2022, in her office at the court in Washington. President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators expect less contentious, quicker confirmation battle for historic Supreme Court pick

The push to make Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson the first Black female justice in the Supreme Court's 233-year history should be less contentious and speedier than past confirmation fights because President Biden's historic pick is replacing a liberal justice and is well-known to senators from a floor vote less than eight months ago, senior lawmakers said Sunday.

February 27, 2022
White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House: Putin making up threats to justify aggression

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to put nuclear forces on alert is part of a pattern of manufacturing threats that don't exist to justify more aggression.

February 27, 2022