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Tuesday

Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov attends the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Jan. 20. Michael Probst/AP hide caption

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Ukraine's defense minister pushes for fighter jets, even as training begins on tanks

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The TikTok app logo is pictured in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that they will restrict the use of TikTok on system devices. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption

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Monday

An employee examines a vanadium flow battery stack in the Battery Reliability Test Laboratory at PNNL. Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory hide caption

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Congress tightens U.S. manufacturing rules after battery technology ends up in China

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British Army Challenger 2 tanks are seen at a training ground in Poland on Sept. 21, 2022. This week, Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in the United Kingdom for training on the Challenger 2. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference with Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco (left), and FBI Director Christopher Wray at the Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday. Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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A new report from the U.S. Secret Service analyzes 173 mass attacks that took place in the country from 2016-2020. It comes just days after two shootings in California – in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay – killed 18 people. Shown here is a mourner at a candlelight vigil for victims of the mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, Calif. Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

A M1A2 Abrams battle tank. The U.S. has agreed to send 31 of the tanks to Ukraine to help it defend and reclaim its territory from Russian forces. Mateusz Slodkowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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German And American Tanks Are Headed for Ukraine

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U.S. Abrams tanks participate in a live fire demonstration during training exercises in Poland in September 2022. President Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. will be sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Germany also said it will be sending tanks. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands next to a Leopard 2 main battle tank of the German armed forces while visiting an army training center in Ostenholz, Germany, on Oct. 17, 2022. David Hecker/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

A man plays violin on the sidelines of a religious service held by local residents in front of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Sunday. The building was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on Jan. 14. Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Friday

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (left) and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, discuss details of a huge U.S. and NATO arms package for Ukraine at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Friday. ANDRE PAIN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Two Leopard 2 A6 heavy battle tanks and a Puma infantry fighting vehicle of the Bundeswehr's 9th Panzer Training Brigade participate in a demonstration of capabilities during a visit by then-Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to the Bundeswehr Army training grounds in February 2022 in Munster, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

By one estimate, some 50 million government documents are classified every year. Tetra Images/Getty Images/Tetra images RF hide caption

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How The Government Tracks Classified Documents—And Why It's An Imperfect System

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