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10:50 PM ET, February 25, 2022

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Washington Post:
U.S. stands ready to evacuate Zelensky, Russia's ‘target No. 1’  —  The U.S. government is prepared to help Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave Kyiv to avoid being captured or killed by advancing Russian forces, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials.  But so far, the president has refused to go.
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Peter Alexander / NBC News:
One of Russia's closest allies denies request for troops  —  Kazakhstan, one of Russia's closest allies and a southern neighbor, is denying a request for its troops to join the offensive in Ukraine, officials said Friday.  —  Additionally, the former Soviet republic said it is not recognizing …
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
White House announces U.S. plans to directly sanction Putin  —  White House: U.S. will sanction Putin, Russian foreign minister Lavrov in step with E.U.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday joined the European Union in directly sanctioning President Vladimir Putin …
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Zelensky Prepares to Go Down with the Ship  —  Ukraine's president rebuffed US pleas to flee, an American associate tells SpyTalk  —  An American businessman with close ties to Volodymyr Zelensky says the Ukrainian president was “calm and businesslike” when they talked yesterday …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Wire and Forbes
Dasha Litvinova / Associated Press:
Protests resume as Russia seeks to quash invasion critics  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Protesters took to the streets in Moscow, St. Petersburg and across Russia on Friday to decry the invasion of Ukraine, even as authorities sought to suppress the spreading antiwar sentiment and project an image of strength and righteousness.
Discussion: Common Dreams, TheBlaze and WHYY
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
62 percent of voters say Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if Trump were president: poll  —  © Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin  —  A majority of American voters say that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had former President Trump been president, according to a new survey released on Friday.
Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Putin calls for Ukrainian military coup against ‘neo-Nazis’ and ‘drug addicts’ in government  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin called upon the Ukrainian military to overthrow its government, chastising its leadership as a “band of drug addicts and neo-Nazis.”
New York Times:
Explosions Hit Kyiv; U.S. to Impose Sanctions on Putin  —  The U.S. plans to impose sanctions on President Vladimir Putin as more governments and financial institutions seek to isolate Russia.  NATO leaders said more troops would be deployed.  —  As Russian troops move on Kyiv, Putin faces intensifying pressure from the West.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Officials Repeatedly Urged China to Help Avert War in Ukraine
Associated Press:
Ukraine's capital under threat as Russia presses invasion
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Zelensky to EU leaders: “This might be the last time you see me alive”
Karel Janicek / Associated Press:
By invading Ukraine, Putin loses allies in eastern Europe
Discussion: Fortune
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
COVID-19 by County  —  COVID-19 Community Levels are a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data.  Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area.
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Wall Street Journal:
CDC Eases Mask Guidelines, Reflecting Covid-19's Retreat  —  About half of U.S. counties meet new threshold for recommending masks indoors, including at schools, compared with 95% under earlier metrics  —  Federal officials eased their guidelines on Covid-19 masking, including at schools …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
North Carolina Republicans Ask SCOTUS To Decimate Voting Rights in Every State  —  In a late Friday afternoon filing as war raged in Ukraine and as President Joe Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his nominee to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court …
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The White House:
Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Marist Poll:
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll: The Biden Administration Heading into the State of the Union Address, February 2022  —  Americans Perceive Biden's First Year in Office to Be a Failure... Want Biden's Administration to Focus on Inflation Amid Persistent Financial Concerns
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
A majority says Biden's first year was a failure, a new poll finds
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Biden's job approval hits new low: poll
Discussion: HotAir
NBC News:
Putin who?  At CPAC, few Republicans mention Russian autocrat  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — The annual gathering of the Republican Party's most conservative members this week took place 9,000 miles from Kyiv, Ukraine, but for some, the distance wasn't enough.  —  Speaker after speaker …
Discussion: CNN, Insider, RedState and Politico
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Putin was playing Biden all along
CNN:
Georgia GOP chair tells January 6 committee that Trump campaign directed alternate elector effort  —  (CNN)The chairman of the Republican Party in Georgia on Friday told the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot that the Trump campaign had directed the party in 2020 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
CNN Probe Finds Allison Gollust Assisted Chris Cuomo in His Efforts to Help Andrew Cuomo  —  Spokeswoman for ex-CNN marketing chief says notion that messages to Chris Cuomo could be considered covert advice to Andrew Cuomo ‘is patently ridiculous’  —  CNN's parent company determined …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin keeps fact-checking her colleagues on Ukraine … Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin has been pulling double duty lately.  —  Much like her peers at other news outfits, the national security correspondent has reported live from the Pentagon …
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Beast
Andee Tagle / NPR:
5 ways to cope with the stressful news cycle  —  Russia invaded Ukraine this week, and the world seems to have shifted.  —  Even after weeks of bracing for an attack amid speculation, global tensions and diplomatic attempts to stave off invasion — the reality of conflict is always a shock to the system.
Chris Casteel / Oklahoman:
Sen. Jim Inhofe to resign from Senate, backs top aide Luke Holland to succeed him … Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe plans to resign the seat he has held since 1994, setting up what could be major changes in the state's political landscape just weeks before candidate filing.
 
 
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Renuka Rayasam / Politico:
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Judge orders new trial for US woman sentenced to six years for trying to register to vote
Discussion: Memphis Watch
Tess Owen / VICE:
US Extremists Have Picked a Side in Ukraine: ‘Lol Putin Is Brilliant’
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Russian Billionaire Jets, Superyachts Roam Free Amid Attack
CNN:
NATO Response Force activated for first time
New York Times:
'I'll Stand on the Side of Russia': Pro-Putin Sentiment Spreads Online
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Charlie Kirk Butchers the First Amendment in God's Name
Discussion: Newsweek and Raw Story
Washington Post:
On Ukraine's Snake Island, a defiant last stand against Russian forces
 

 
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