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Statement by President Biden on Russia's Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine — The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces. President Putin has chosen a premeditated war …
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia launches attacks across Ukraine; Biden vows ‘consequences’ — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law as explosions were heard throughout the country and Russian forces targeted the capital.
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Russia Attacks Ukraine, Drawing Broad Condemnation — Missiles and airstrikes hit Kyiv and several other cities in Ukraine, in what President Biden calls an unprovoked attack, pledging further action against Moscow — KYIV, Ukraine—Russian armored columns pushed into Ukraine and airstrikes hit …
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Russia-Ukraine conflict live updates: Ukraine battles Russian attack on multiple fronts — Watch live: Russia launches attack on Ukraine — Russia launched what Ukraine said was a “full-scale attack” against its neighbor Thursday, with cities bombarded from the air and forces fighting on the ground.
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Battles flare across Ukraine after Putin declares war — KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday launched an all-out assault on Ukraine with missiles, warplanes and tanks that threatens to push Europe into its biggest conflict since World War II.
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The Latest: UN chief warns Russian actions could devastate — The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis: — ___ — UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Russia's attack on Ukraine — as he appealed for President Vladimir Putin to stop his troops — was “the saddest moment” of his five-year tenure.
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Statement by President Joe Biden on Phone Call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine — President Zelenskyy reached out to me tonight and we just finished speaking. I condemned this unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces. I briefed him on the steps we are taking …
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Russia invades Ukraine in Europe's ‘darkest hours’ since WWII
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Russia deploys mobile crematoriums to follow its troops into battle
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Cyber-attacks bring down many Ukraine websites
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Putin Spins a Conspiracy Theory That Ukraine Is on a Path to Nuclear Weapons
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North Carolina Court Imposes New District Map, Eliminating G.O.P. Edge
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Putin's war will shake the world — Russia intends to install a puppet government in Kyiv. The west must now respond — ADD TO MYFT — The phoney war is over. The real war has begun. For several weeks, the US and British governments have believed that Vladimir Putin was intent on a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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How Ukraine Was Betrayed in Budapest — Kyiv gave up its nuclear weapons in return for security assurances. So much for that. — By The Editorial Board — As the people of Ukraine steel themselves for a Russian attack, it's worth recalling how the U.S. persuaded the country to give up its nuclear weapons.
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Michael Kofman, an expert on Russia's armed forces, explains why the Kremlin will seek regime change in Ukraine — Scenarios involving only limited fighting make little sense militarily — AFTER A LENGTHY and ominous speech, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chose to recognise …
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Calamity Again … The poem is called “Calamity Again.” The original version was written in Ukrainian, in 1859, and the author, Taras Shevchenko, was not speaking metaphorically when he wrote about slavery. Shevchenko was born into a family of serfs—slaves—on an estate in what is now central Ukraine …


Biden's Own Aides Feared His Sanctions Wouldn't Stop Putin
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A deadly, devious intelligence war unfolds in Ukraine
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Why Ukraine — and Russian aggression against it — matters to Americans
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Putin's Predictabilities — It is easy to predict what the Russian president will do in any given situation.
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POLITICO Playbook: War in Europe
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Many Russians Feel a Deep Unease Over Going to War
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Arm the Ukrainians Now — A rule of thumb in the theater is that if someone produces a pistol …
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The Rape of Ukraine — Taking Putin's grievances seriously would be nothing more than a death wish …
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Putin is ‘improvising’ and ‘adapting’ to US response, White House says
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Stop Talking About Ukraine, Republicans! — Amid the media's 24/7 UKRAINE UPDATES, perhaps some enterprising journalist could write an article explaining how our esteem for that country's borders benefits a single American — other than President Joe Biden.
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Trump and his supporters praise Putin and dismiss Biden as crisis unfolds

Trump thought US troops are fighting Russians in Ukraine. Really.
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Is It Amnesia or Hypocrisy That Fuels the GOP's Crazy Response to Putin?
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Foreign-Policy Dissent Is Not Treason
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A Loss of Prosecutors Isn't Necessarily a Win for Trump — Every investigation of Donald Trump, during and after his presidency, has been freighted with emotion and politics, from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe and two impeachments to ongoing civil and criminal actions in multiple jurisdictions.
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Is Jen Psaki the Next Rachel Maddow? — Biden's spokesperson, who plans to leave the White House this year, is being feverishly courted by CNN and MSNBC, among others. And Psaki has ambitions to become a marquee star. Is she the next Maddow or Anderson?
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Texas governor calls on citizens to report parents of transgender kids for abuse — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on “licensed professionals” and “members of the general public” to report the parents of transgender minors to state authorities if it appears the minors are receiving gender-affirming medical care.
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Hard pivot toward Trump proves costly for red-state ally — Like many GOP primaries this year, the challenge to Sen. Mike Lee in Utah turns on the question of fealty to Donald Trump. Unlike in most of those primaries, however, the issue isn't whether he's loyal enough. It's whether he's gone too far.


A far-right website created 36 days ago is more popular on Facebook than the Washington Post — Brandon Gill “provides strategic marketing direction for Conservative Brief,” the right-wing website whose underhanded tactics were exposed in yesterday's Popular Information.


Jobless claims total 232,000, slightly less than expected; Q4 GDP revised up to 7% — Jobless claims for the week ended Feb. 19 totaled 232,000, slightly less than expected. — Continuing claims hit their lowest level in nearly 52 years. — GDP increased at a 7% annualized pace …
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