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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
State of the Union Speech Outlines Spending Plans to Fight Inflation  —  Russia's invasion of Ukraine came up in the first few seconds of Mr. Biden's speech before the president moved on to his economic plans.  “I have another way to fight inflation: Lower your costs, not your wages,” he said.
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Associated Press:
Biden vows to check Russian aggression, fight inflation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus.
CNN:
Biden announces ban on Russian aircraft from US airspace  —  President Joe Biden announced during Tuesday night's State of the Union that the US will ban Russian aircraft from US airspace, joining a growing number of countries who are closing their skies to Russia following President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
The White House:
Remarks of President Joe Biden - State of the Union Address As Prepared for Delivery  —  Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, our First Lady and Second Gentleman.  Members of Congress and the Cabinet.  Justices of the Supreme Court.  My fellow Americans.  —  Last year COVID-19 kept us apart.
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Biden condemns Putin and swipes at Trump in State of the Union address  —  President Joe Biden issued a blistering rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his first State of the Union address as Kremlin-backed forces bear down on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv before he turned to domestic challenges.
Reuters:
Biden leads Congress in standing ovation for embattled Ukrainians
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden to America: 'We're going to be OK'
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Joe Biden To Transgender Kids: ‘I Will Always Have Your Back’
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Expected to Ban Russian Flights From American Airspace
New York Times:
Live Updates: Russian Planes Will Be Banned From U.S. Airspace  —  Explosions struck the capital, Kyiv, near a memorial for a massacre of Jews in World War II, as well as in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv.  President Zelensky accused Russia of war crimes for targeting civilians.
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Ryan Merrifield / Mirror.co.uk:
Elite fighting unit sent to assassinate Ukraine President Zelensky killed  —  Kyiv's Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said the unit was closely followed since dropping into Ukraine, and has been neutralised  —  An elite Chechen fighting unit sent …
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
How Putin Wants Russians to See the War in Ukraine  —  Even if his hold on power is precarious, he can still convince Russians that the whole world is conspiring against them.  —  Take a walk through Moscow these days, and you will see giant, gaudy light displays—entire galleries …
Matthew Chance / CNN:
Zelensky urges Biden to send strong message on Russia and says: 'I'm not iconic. Ukraine is iconic'
Financial Times:
Kyiv keeps wheels of state turning under Russian bombardment
Discussion: New York Post and Insider
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Five vile things Trump did to Zelensky and Ukraine that you forgot about  —  With the Russian invasion of Ukraine getting more horrific, Donald Trump and his allies are frantically erasing the truth about Trump's relations with Ukraine.  Trump absurdly claims that as president …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
John Bolton: Trump Made It ‘That Much Easier’ for Putin to Invade Ukraine
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
John Bolton: Not accurate to say 'Trump's behavior somehow deterred the Russians'
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
Sara Fischer / Axios:
DirecTV dropping RT America in light of war in Ukraine … - DirecTV rival Dish said in a statement earlier this week it's “closely monitoring the situation.” … - DirecTV had been reviewing programmers in its lineup with contracts up for expiration this year and was already assessing …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Dennis Miller Abandons His Show on Kremlin-Funded TV Network
Discussion: NBC News and RT
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine  —  For years, the political scientist has claimed that Putin's aggression toward Ukraine is caused by Western intervention.  Have recent events changed his mind?  —  The political scientist John Mearsheimer …
Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner:
Markey planning bill to ban Russian petroleum imports  —  Democratic Sen. Ed Markey is planning legislation that would ban imports of Russian petroleum products to the United States in an effort to cut off the major oil producer from key revenue streams while its military attacks Ukraine.
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Russian Oil Finds Few Buyers Even at Deep Discounts
Ilya Marritz / ProPublica:
Let's Recall What Exactly Paul Manafort and Rudy Giuliani Were Doing in Ukraine  —  President Trump's former campaign chairman and former lawyer worked with, between them, a deposed authoritarian president, a bevy of oligarchs, Russia-oriented politicians and alleged Russian spies.
Hunter Walker / Rolling Stone:
Paul Gosar Just Promoted a Conspiracy Theory That He Built His Career Fighting Against  —  “Maybe he's losing his mind,” the Arizona congressman's brother told Rolling Stone of his flip flop on water fluoridation  —  In 2001, Paul Gosar was a local dentist who passionately led a campaign …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Walker pulls out of Marjorie Greene event after she spoke at pro-Putin rally  —  Senate candidate Herschel Walker pulled out of a weekend event organized by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she attended a white nationalist rally where attendees cheered Russia's invasion of Ukraine …
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Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Jill Biden SOTU guest is critical race theory supporter  —  Melissa Isaac, one of Jill Biden's State of the Union guests, backed critical race theory  —  ‘Outnumbered’ previews Biden's first State of the Union Address amid Ukraine crisis, rampant inflation
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
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The White House:
The White House Announces Guest List for the First Lady's Box for the 2022 State of the Union Address
Discussion: USA Today, Indigenous Wire and Townhall
Bridget Read / The Cut:
Ben McKenzie, Actor Turned Crypto Naysayer … The actor Ben McKenzie is sitting in the den of his Brooklyn Heights townhouse, summarizing a 24-part MIT lecture series about the blockchain by SEC chair Gary Gensler.  “Gensler talks about finance being the intermediation of risk and capital …
GovTrack.us / GovTrack Insider:
As world holds its breath over Russia-Ukraine border situation, Secure America's Borders First Act would ban aid to Ukraine until Mexico border is secured  —  Mexico and Ukraine are thousands of miles apart, but this legislation would tie together the U.S. response to both nations.  —  Context
Kate Scanlon / Washington Examiner:
Greg Abbott and Beto O'Rourke win Texas gubernatorial primaries  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defeated Republican primary challengers, and former Rep. Beto O'Rourke won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in the Lone Star State's Tuesday primary elections.  —  Abbott faced seven primary challengers …
 
 
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
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Alex Kane / Jewish Currents:
A Progressive Foreign Policy Response to the War in Ukraine
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Andrew Buncombe / The Independent:
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