Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director of Arizona State's McCain Institution & Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia & Ukraine, states the United States is giving Russia a stronger hand when discussing US & Russia negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

She’s puts the “blaze” in trailblazer! The first female FDNY Deputy Chief ever was promoted Friday, as top brass hailed her for “shattering the glass ceiling” in the male-dominated field. Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the Bravest a few months before 9/11— was named Deputy Chief of fire operations at a packed promotion ceremony in Queens.