memeorandum: Rep. Lauren Boebert heckles Biden as he talks about his late son during the State of the Union (Andrea Salcedo/Washington Post)

3:20 PM ET, March 2, 2022

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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:

5 Takeaways from Biden's First State of the Union Address — Mr. Biden said Vladimir Putin would “pay a price” for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Of his economic plans, he said, “I have another way to fight inflation: Lower your costs, not your wages.”

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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William Saletan / The Bulwark:

A Tale of Two Speeches — Biden's SOTU and Trump's CPAC speeches lay out entirely different visions for America. — What does America stand for? This week, the world heard two very different answers to that question. — The first answer was delivered on Saturday by former President Donald Trump …

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Justin Vallejo / The Independent:

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert heckle Biden after turning their backs during State of the Union — Congresswomen relentlessly shouted, interrupted, laughed and tweeted their way through speech — Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert heckle Biden

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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elon Musk takes aim at President Biden after he fails to mention Tesla during State of the Union

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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
Speech watchers have mostly positive reaction of Biden's State of the Union, CNN poll shows

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CBS News:
Most speech watchers say State of the Union made them feel optimistic, proud - CBS News poll

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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
“We Are Going to Be O.K.”: The World According to Biden

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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: 5 takeaways from Biden's big night

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Allan Smith / NBC News:
GOP Reps. Greene, Boebert heckle Biden throughout State of the Union address

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New York Times:

Maps: Tracking the Russian Invasion of Ukraine — See Russia's shifting strategy over six days of attacks on Kyiv — In six days of fighting in Ukraine, Russian forces have seized territory in the county's south and east but remain shut out of some major cities and the capital, Kyiv …

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Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:

Russia's Plan C — And Plan D... As the Russo-Ukrainian War takes a darker turn it is important to emphasise this essential point. This is a war that Vladimir Putin cannot win, however long it lasts and however cruel his methods. — From the start the Russian campaign has been hampered …

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Andriy Yermak / New York Times:

Zelensky's Chief of Staff: Help Ukraine Stop Putin — Mr. Yermak is head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine. — KYIV, Ukraine — In launching a war on our country, President Vladimir Putin claimed Russia would “de-Nazify” and free Ukraine. But Ukraine — a nation that lost …

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BBC:

Ukraine: Watching the war on Russian TV - a whole different story — Never was there a better illustration of the alternative reality presented by Russian state media than at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday. As BBC World TV opened its bulletin with reports of a Russian attack on a TV tower in the capital Kyiv …

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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:

Assassination plot against Zelensky foiled and unit sent to kill him ‘destroyed,’ Ukraine says — A recent alleged assassination plot against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was foiled over the weekend and the Chechen servicemen sent from Russia were “destroyed,” a Ukrainian security leader said Tuesday.

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USA Today:
Russian invasion of Ukraine could become 'Europe's largest refugee crisis this century': Live updates

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Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
China will not join sanctions against Russia, banking regulator says

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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.

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Politico:

Manchin lays out a Dem bill he can back: Taxes, prescription drugs, climate cash — Hours after President Joe Biden laid out what he hopes to salvage from Democrats' defunct “Build Back Better” social spending plan, Joe Manchin is quickly assembling his counteroffer.

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Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner:
White House outlines ‘preparedness’ approach for accepting virus as part of life

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CNN:
Biden administration does not ‘have a strategic interest’ in sanctioning Russian oil, White House says

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Financial Times:

UK eyes seizing the property of sanctioned oligarchs — Ministers discuss plans to take residences off business tycoons without paying compensation — UK cabinet minister Michael Gove is drawing up plans to seize British property owned by Russian oligarchs with links to President Vladimir Putin, without paying them compensation.

Washington Post: U.S. prepares to expand financial attack on Russian oligarchs, aiming to freeze billions held by Putin allies

Kevin Varley / Bloomberg:
Russian Oligarchs' Yachts Head for Maldives as Sanctions Levied

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Washington Post:

Many Democrats applaud Biden charting a new path, but some fear it may be too little and too late … Many mainstream Democrats hailed President Biden's first State of the Union address as a sorely needed course correction eight months before the midterm elections, charting a populist …

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Washington Examiner:
Biden mailed it in — The Constitution requires that the president “shall from time to time give …

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Patrick Hauf / Washington Free Beacon:

House's Last Pro-Life Democrat Is on the Ropes — Rep. Henry Cuellar faces close primary battle against AOC-backed progressive — The last pro-life Democrat in the House of Representatives is in danger of losing his primary against a 28-year-old “Squad”-backed candidate.

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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Meet Jessica Cisneros, the 28-year-old immigration lawyer who forced a veteran Democrat into a runoff in Texas

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Associated Press:
Live updates: Cisneros, Rep. Cuellar head to runoff in Texas

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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:

Marco Rubio is tweeting through the Russia-Ukraine war — for a reason — As Russian troops invaded Ukraine last week, Marco Rubio was live-tweeting what looked like detailed intelligence. — The Florida senator and outspoken national-security hawk is part of the “Gang of Eight” …

The Daily Beast:

Holocaust Museum Begs U.S.: Leave Our Shady Russian Oligarch Donor Off Your Sanctions List — That's only part of the financial chaos swirling around Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Chelsea FC owner accused of a hasty fire sale to get ahead of likely asset freezes. — Correspondent-At-Large

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Shira Rubin / Washington Post:
Israel's Holocaust museum is so dependent on a Russian oligarch that it wants to protect him from sanctions

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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:

U.S. private payrolls rise solidly; January revised sharply higher … U.S. private employers hired more workers than expected in February and data for the prior month was revised sharply higher to show strong job gains instead of losses, aligning with other reports that have painted an upbeat picture of the labor market.

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Where it mattered most, Trump's Texas endorsement didn't get the job done — It did not take long for Donald Trump to start bragging. — Less than three hours after polls closed in Texas, Trump's political action committee released a statement from the former president.

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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 …