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President Volodymyr Zelensky made a dramatic visit to newly reclaimed Izium on Wednesday, raising the Ukrainian flag over the strategic city and underscoring the failure of Russia’s campaign in the northeast. Mr. Zelensky, standing in a cold drizzle amid wreckage left behind by the fleeing Russian Army, told soldiers assembled before him in front of the bombed-out municipal building: “Our blue-and-yellow flag is already flying in de-occupied Izium. And it will be so in every Ukrainian city and village.” Mr. Zelensky’s visit came as Ukrainian forces continued to sweep south from the Kharkiv region, and were fighting on the outskirts...

The editorial board of PennLive/The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. is taking a hardcore stance against those who disagree with the Supreme Court ruling to legalize gay marriage. “As a result of Friday’s ruling, PennLive/The Patriot-News will no longer accept, nor will it print, op-Eds and letters to the editor in opposition to same-sex marriage,” they declared. After receiving strong pushback, the newspaper’s editorial board, which is overseen by Editorial Page Editor John Micek, quickly revised its policy. Freedom of speech will be allowed — but only for a “limited” period of time. Micek explained on Twitter: “Clarification: We will not...

So the New York Times lied. Why is that news? Do we report that millions of people commuted home without incident, or that hundreds of airplanes didn’t crash? No, because those are routine incidents. Well, when the New York Times prints out-and-out fabrications, it is just part of a longstanding pattern.