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11:40 PM ET, March 2, 2022

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New York Times:
Bombing of Civilian Targets Intensifies  —  Russian troops seized the strategically important city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials said, in a significant moment in the battle for the country's south.  Explosions struck the capital, Kyiv, and Russian troops continued to lay siege to Kharkiv.
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Stephen Fidler / Wall Street Journal:
How Might the War in Ukraine End?  Five Factors Will Shape the Outcome  —  Russian forces have performed poorly thus far, but Ukraine's military is expected to eventually crack.  What then?  —  Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine isn't going as planned so far, according to military strategists …
New York Times:
Maps: Tracking the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Erik Crouch / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Ukrainian camera operator Yevhenii Sakun killed in Russian shelling of Kyiv TV tower
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Kremlin TV Tells Ukraine to Listen to Fox News Guest and Kneel to Putin
Discussion: Raw Story
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Ukrainian Jews, Under Putin's Bombs, Seethe at His Attempt to Smear Ukraine as Neo-Nazi
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: The post-SOTU blitz begins
Discussion: The Nation
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee alleges Trump, allies engaged in potential ‘criminal conspiracy’ by trying to block Congress from certifying election  —  Lawyers for the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol said in a court filing Wednesday that former president Donald Trump …
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Athina Morris / WFLA-TV:
‘This is ridiculous’: DeSantis scolds students for wearing face masks during USF visit  —  You have been added to Daily News Newsletter  —  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis made his frustration with face masks known when he visited Tampa for a press conference Wednesday morning.
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Rep. Van Taylor apologizes for affair with ‘ISIS bride,’ abruptly drops reelection bid  —  Two-term Plano Republican concedes runoff to Keith Self after admitting ‘horrible mistake’  —  Update: Updated at 3:30 p.m. with Taylor dropping out and apologizing.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
NATO Countries Pour Weapons Into Ukraine, Risking Conflict With Russia  —  Brussels is proud to be providing military aid, but Moscow may see it as a dangerous intervention and could move to disrupt the flow of arms through Poland.  —  BRUSSELS — The Dutch are sending rocket launchers for air defense.
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New York Times:
China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics, U.S. Officials Say  —  A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of direct knowledge about President Vladimir V. Putin's war plans or intentions.  —  WASHINGTON — A Western intelligence report …
Simeon Kerr / Financial Times:
UAE suspends visa-free travel for Ukrainians
Axios:
The GOP's untouchable loudmouths  —  Far-right Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are untouchable inside the House Republican conference. … - They've already been stripped of their committees. … - “They literally have nothing tangible [to punish them] …
Discussion: The Dispatch
ABC News:
Oath Keeper pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 attack  —  The seditious conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.  —  Joshua James, 34, of Arab, Alabama, pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy charges on Wednesday as part of deal with prosecutors contingent …
Media Matters for America:
Sean Hannity proposes NATO fighter jets bomb Russian convoy “and then nobody takes credit for it, so then Putin won't know who to hit”  —  Sean Hannity calls on Joe Biden to ignore the law and assassinate Vladimir Putin  —  Fox hosts advocate appeasing Putin: “Maybe carve out the eastern provinces, recognize Crimea, something”
Discussion: The Daily Beast, HotAir and Mediaite
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's border wall has been breached more than 3,000 times by smugglers, CBP records show  —  NACO, Arizona — Mexican smuggling gangs have sawed through new segments of border wall 3,272 times over the past three years, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection maintenance records obtained …
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on Texas' Attacks on Transgender Youth  —  In recent days, elected leaders in Texas have launched a cynical and dangerous campaign targeting transgender children and their parents.  The Governor of Texas has directed state officials to open child abuse investigations …
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HHS News releases:
Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Reaffirming HHS Support and Protection for LGBTQI+ Children and Youth
Discussion: Fox News
Chicago Tribune:
Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan indicted on federal racketeering charges alleging array of bribery schemes  —  Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, for decades the most powerful politician in the state, was indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges alleging …
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Politico:
Dems agonize over Manchin's wish list: Taxes, prescription drugs, climate cash  —  Joe Manchin is once again setting the agenda for Democrats and says he's willing to make a deal.  They're listening — cautiously.  —  Hours after President Joe Biden laid out what he hoped to salvage from Democrats' defunct …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House passes resolution backing Ukraine; Three Republicans vote ‘no’  —  The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to declare support for Ukraine's sovereignty in the face of the invasion ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, while urging an “immediate cease-fire.”
Reuters:
U.S. preparing further sanctions against Russian oligarchs -sources … The United States is preparing a sanctions package targeting more Russian oligarchs as well as their companies and assets, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, as Washington steps up pressure …
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Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
Gov. Ron DeSantis rejects push for Florida to sell Russian investments  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) has rejected a push for Florida to sell investments in Russian-owned companies in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.  —  The Republican governor pushed back after state Agriculture …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Why Americans Might Not Rally Around Biden Over Ukraine  —  The days when voters put their partisan differences aside during a national security crisis appear to be over.  —  Few notions are as ingrained in political punditry as the idea that foreign crises unite Americans behind their president.
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
California law students shout down Georgetown scholar, viral video shows  —  UC Hastings says, ‘The act of silencing a speaker is fundamentally contrary to the values of this school’  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for March 2  —  Ilya Shapiro, a constitutional scholar who recently found himself …
Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Rep. Lauren Boebert heckles Biden as he talks about his late son during the State of the Union  —  Democrats and Republicans in Washington at times displayed unity as President Biden addressed the nation at his first State of the Union on Tuesday night.  Members of both parties stood to applaud …
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Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Ron Johnson blasts CDC for withholding COVID-19 hospitalization data from public  —  Sen. Ron Johnson put the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on notice in a letter Tuesday for the agency's “disturbing and shameful” lack of transparency surrounding COVID-19 data.
Discussion: Fox News
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Aubrie Spady / Fox News:   Sen. Ron Johnson accuses CDC of making ‘false statement’ on mask mandate study, demands information
 
 
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Voice of America:
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Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Politico:
Biden science office leaks about meeting to stop leaking
Charles Franklin / Marquette Law School Poll:
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Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
Trump Hotel Chief, Hired With Big Ambitions, Leaves a Shrinking Brand
Discussion: Raw Story
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Marco Rubio is tweeting through the Russia-Ukraine war — for a reason
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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