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Financial Times:
Putin leaves the west guessing as Ukraine crisis intensifies … A comically large table separated Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron last week after the French president flew to Moscow for crisis talks aimed at averting a war in Ukraine. — The official explanation for the yawning distance …
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Washington Post:
European, U.S. leaders race to defuse Ukraine crisis amid warnings of imminent Russia attack — MOSCOW — Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Monday ruled out any compromise on its aim of joining NATO and called for security guarantees to deter a Russian invasion, as diplomatic efforts continued …
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USA Today, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, CNBC and Euractiv
Ros Atkins / BBC:
Ukraine seeks meeting with Russia within 48 hours to discuss build-up — Ukraine has called for a meeting with Russia and other members of a key European security group over the escalating tensions on its border. — Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia had ignored formal requests to explain the build-up of troops.
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The Guardian, MyNorthwest.com, Metro.co.uk and progressum@substack
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin's impending ‘march of folly’ in Ukraine — The world will be watching in horror if Russia invades Ukraine this week — but just watching. Ukraine will fight alone, as Russian tanks roll across the flat, frozen terrain; precision bombs destroy key targets near Kyiv and other cities …
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The American Conservative, Washington Times and WHDH-TV
The Economist:
To Russian denials, America warns of an imminent invasion of Ukraine — But Russia's military build-up continues — THE DRAMA started three months ago with American intelligence leaks showing a huge Russian military build-up on Ukraine's borders. It has been unfolding ever since in a flurry of summits …
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Wall Street Journal:
Russian Buildup Near Ukraine Features Potent Weapons Systems, Well-Trained Troops
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Reuters, USA Today, Associated Press, The Guardian, Bloomberg, NBC4 Washington and Foreign Policy
Wall Street Journal:
Ukrainian Airline Grounds Fleet as Warnings Over Russia Cause Insurers to Pull Cover
Associated Press:
US: Over 130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine
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Steve Thomma / White House Correspondents' Association:
WHCA ANNOUNCES TREVOR NOAH AS ENTERTAINER FOR 2022 DINNER — The White House Correspondents' Association is pleased to announce that Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, will entertain at the association's annual dinner on Saturday, April 30, 2022.
Washington Post:
Police clear ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters from key U.S.-Canada border crossing, but it has still not reopened — The White House said the Canadian authorities intend to resume traffic shortly — OTTAWA — The White House said Sunday that it expects Canada to reopen a vital U.S.-Canada crossing …
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David Pugliese / Ottawa Citizen:
Two members of military counter-terrorism unit under investigation for allegedly taking part in convoy protests
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
John Eastman claims attorney-client privilege over thousands of pages sought by Jan. 6 investigators — Attorney John Eastman, a close ally of Donald Trump amid his effort to subvert the 2020 election, has attempted to shield more than 10,000 pages of emails and counting from congressional investigators …
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Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's latest political obsession: The baseball team owner not toeing his line — Donald Trump has a new fixation: a Major League Baseball scion who hails from one of the country's richest families — and who, unlike most other Republican Senate candidates, isn't bowing to the former president.
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Tina Reed / Axios:
The U.S. needs a COVID forecast — Experts say the U.S. needs clearer, more defined standards that will help the public understand when it's safe to relax COVID restrictions — and when it might be necessary to bring them back. — Why it matters: Experts compare this need to a weather forecast …
New York Times:
The Right's Would-Be Kingmaker — Peter Thiel, one of Donald J. Trump's biggest donors in 2016, has re-emerged as a prime financier of the Make America Great Again movement. — Ryan Mac, who is based in Los Angeles, covers the intersection of technology and power.
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Raw Story
ABC News:
Pelosi seeks to bury ‘defund the police’: The Note — “Defund” sentiments have lost steam even inside progressive politics of late. — It was a raging debate inside the Democratic Party in 2020. — The nation's top elected Democrats are doing what they can to make sure it isn't in 2022.
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Russian Invasion Peril Is Driving Oil Prices Near $100 — Spare supplies of oil and gas are limited globally, making a Russian move on Ukraine a serious geopolitical risk event — The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine is shaking up a fragile global oil market …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
The low-key Democrat with the unenviable task of defending a 50-50 Senate — Just days after Gary Peters eked out a reelection win from a $200 million throw-down, he got a heartburn-inducing offer: Would he help run Democrats' Senate races in a merciless midterm election?
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