- Prosecutor Who Investigated Hunter Biden On Defensive Over His Probes in Final Report, Denounces President Biden’s Justified Criticism (usnews.com)
- Harris to campaign with Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama as Trump finds himself on defensive over ‘fascist’ claims (theguardian.com)
- Special counsel John Durham forced onto defensive during hearing into his near-fruitless investigation into alleged vast FBI conspiracy (cnn.com)"You lost all the cases you brought to trial": Dems go off on questionably competent "partisan hack" John Durham at hearing (salon.com)John Durham Admits He Knows Little About Russia Scandal (nymag.com)
- Proud Boys on defensive at sedition trial haunted by absent Trump (theguardian.com)
- Israel Strikes Targets in Syria, Casting Attacks as Defensive (nytimes.com)Israel claims it has destroyed Syrian fleet and will set up ‘sterile defensive zone’ (theguardian.com)
- NY Times admits it: ‘Harris Puts Trump on Defensive in Fierce Debate’ (nytimes.com)
- David Zaslav on Defensive Over CNN’s ‘Both Sides’ Approach with ‘Republicans Back on the Air’ as Trump Town Hall Criticism Continues (variety.com)
- Israel claims it has destroyed Syrian fleet and will set up ‘sterile defensive zone’ (theguardian.com)
- Under Relentless Russian Assault, Ukraine Adopts a Defensive Crouch (nytimes.com)
- McCarthy, on defensive over Carlson’s access to Jan. 6 footage, deflects and calls media ‘jealous’ (washingtonpost.com)