Browsing: Blue News

The roots of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official — a shift in “the world order.”

Here are some helpful stories to make sense of it all.

President Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

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President Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

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Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, will launch on Aug. 30.

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Norway is mourning the loss of a beloved national fixture. King Harald V, who spent more than three decades guiding…

Released prisoner of war Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm is greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., as he returns home from the Vietnam War, March 17, 1973.

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A map labeling Lake Ontario as “Lake America” is displayed as U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter after signing an executive order during an event in the Oval Office.

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Moses Sansiman taps into cold whole milk at his milk bar. Some milk bars offer a variety of flavors but Sansiman says he likes to keep it simple.

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Yayoi Kusama pictured in New York in 2013.

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