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Wire reports White House: Russia’s Wagner received arms from North Korea The White House said Thursday that the Wagner Group, a private Russian military company, has taken delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea to help bolster its forces as it fights side-by-side with Russian troops in Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said U.S.

How Trump ignored advisers, spread election lies

The executive summary of the House Jan. 6 committee’s report documents how then-President Donald Trump was repeatedly warned by those closest to him — Cabinet members, campaign officials and even family members — that claims he had lost his reelection due to fraud were false. But Trump spread those lies anyway.

Banning books in schools is a bad idea

To the editor: What on earth is going on with the Lansing Board of Education? I have heard about other places where disgruntled parents are demanding that textbooks be purged of some materials which would make a student feel bad or uncomfortable. I think that is a very unrealistic idea.