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Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Attorney General William Barr Urges GOP to Move On From Trump — Book recounts confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders — Former Attorney General William Barr writes in a new book that former President Donald Trump has …
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Phil Thomas / The Independent:
Bill Barr launches blistering attack on Trump in new book — ‘The absurd lengths to which he took his “stolen election” claim led to the rioting on Capitol Hill’ — Bill Barr says Trump's election fraud claims ‘precipitated’ Capitol riot — Former US attorney general Bill Barr has unleashed …
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Associated Press:
Russians advance on Ukraine's ports, meet resistance in city — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country's south Sunday, advances that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion following …
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Reuters:
Two of Russia's billionaires call for peace in Ukraine … Two Russian billionaires, Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska, called for an end to the conflict triggered by President Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine, with Fridman calling it a tragedy for both countries' people.
Caitlin Talmadge / Washington Post:
The Ukraine crisis is now a nuclear crisis … Russia's publicly announced nuclear alert has turned the Ukraine war from a crisis involving nuclear powers to an actual nuclear crisis. — With the caveat that we do not have many details about what the Russian alert entails …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
How Should the U.S. Respond to Putin's Nuclear Provocation?
How Should the U.S. Respond to Putin's Nuclear Provocation?
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CBS News:
Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert as fighting in Ukraine continues
Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on alert as fighting in Ukraine continues
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BBC:
Putin puts nuclear deterrent on ‘special alert’
Putin puts nuclear deterrent on ‘special alert’
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Putin Orders Nuclear Deterrent Forces on Alert
Putin Orders Nuclear Deterrent Forces on Alert
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Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Germany to Raise Defense Spending Above 2% of GDP in Response to Ukraine War — Decision breaks with decades of lower investment in defense than peers and a growing energy partnership with Russia — BERLIN—Germany will boost defense spending above 2% of GDP and create a strategic natural-gas reserve …
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine's Defenders Hold Kyiv, Battle for Kharkiv After Night of Russian Attacks
Ukraine's Defenders Hold Kyiv, Battle for Kharkiv After Night of Russian Attacks
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Financial Times:
Kremlin propaganda machine struggles to conceal Putin's Ukraine war — Moscow spin-doctors and officials try to frame the war in Russian president's terms — As Vladimir Putin launched his military assault on Ukraine, the country's media censor issued a series of stark warnings.
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Zelensky: Ukraine to meet with Russia for peace talks
Zelensky: Ukraine to meet with Russia for peace talks
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Ukrainian border guards may have survived reported last stand on Snake Island
Ukrainian border guards may have survived reported last stand on Snake Island
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Romney Was Right About Putin — On October 22, 2012, Mitt Romney sat across a table from President Barack Obama for the final debate of the presidential election. The theme of the night was foreign policy. Obama's campaign had been working all year to cast Romney as out of touch and inexperienced …
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Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert; E.U. vows to shut down airspace to Russian planes — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said that Ukraine and Russia would conduct the first diplomatic talks since the Kremlin-launched invasion.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Donald Trump defends calling Putin ‘smart’, hints at 2024 presidential bid — Ex-president tells CPAC he could have stopped ‘appalling’ Russian invasion of Ukraine before giving strongest indication he will run again — Donald Trump, the former US president, has defended his description …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump warns ‘world war’ could be next as Russia continues invasion in Ukraine
Trump warns ‘world war’ could be next as Russia continues invasion in Ukraine
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Washington Post:
Post-ABC poll finds a deeply pessimistic nation, worried about the economy and Biden's leadership … President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday to a deeply pessimistic nation, one that largely sees the economy worsening under his watch, disapproves of his leadership …
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, New York Post, The Guardian and DIRECT LEFT
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Economic concerns hurt Biden's approval, keep Democrats in peril ahead of midterms: POLL
Economic concerns hurt Biden's approval, keep Democrats in peril ahead of midterms: POLL
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Townhall, RedState, Mediaite, Cracked Bowl and Yahoo Sports
bp global:
bp to exit Rosneft shareholding — bp will exit its 19.75% shareholding in Rosneft. — Both bp-nominated directors to resign from Rosneft board with immediate effect. — bp will no longer report reserves, production or profit for Rosneft. — Changes in accounting treatment …
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Russian climate delegate apologizes on Ukraine, saying many ‘fail to find any justification for the attack’ … The head of the Russian delegation at a major United Nations climate meeting apologized Sunday for his country's invasion of Ukraine, telling hundreds of government ministers and scientists that …
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France 24
New York Times:
New Research Points to Wuhan Market as Pandemic Origin — Scientists released a pair of extensive studies on Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. Analyzing data from a variety of sources, they concluded that the coronavirus …
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Financial Times:
Russians search for cash as west imposes sanctions on banks — People seek money in any currency, while central bank tries to calm markets and depositors — People in Moscow and other Russian cities stormed ATMs and bank branches in search of cash, both in roubles and dollars …
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Team Of American And British Special Forces Veterans Are Preparing To Join Ukraine's Fight Against Russia — KYIV - A group of 10 special operations forces veterans are staging in Poland and preparing to cross into Ukraine, where they plan to take up President Volodymyr Zelensky on his offer to …
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Paul Ziobro / Wall Street Journal:
UPS, FedEx Halt Shipments Into Russia — FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. have suspended shipments into Russia amid the country's invasion of Ukraine. — The U.S.-based shipping giants had earlier cut off shipments to and from Ukraine and were preparing contingency plans for their Russian operations.