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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump muses on war with Russia and praises Kim Jong Un … NEW ORLEANS — Former president Donald Trump mused Saturday to the GOP's top donors that the United States should label its F-22 planes with the Chinese flag and “bomb the s — t out of Russia.” — He also praised North Korean …
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CBS News:
Trump renews NATO criticism after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and also says “vote counter” can be more important than candidate — Former President Donald Trump, in remarks to top Republican National Committee donors Saturday evening, renewed his criticism of NATO, hinted again at another run …
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Fox News, Mediaite, BizPac Review and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
Why Did Mark Meadows Register to Vote at an Address Where He Did Not Reside? — In September, 2020, Donald Trump's then chief of staff claimed to live in a mobile home in North Carolina. — Mark Meadows, who grew up in Florida, moved to North Carolina in the nineteen-eighties and opened Aunt D's, a sandwich shop in Highlands.
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Raw Story
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Putin's full-scale information war got a key assist from Donald Trump and right-wing media … The former presidential adviser and Russia expert Fiona Hill made headlines last week when she stated bluntly in a Politico interview that Vladimir Putin would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons.
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Artillery Kills Ukrainian Civilians Fleeing Kyiv Suburb — In Irpin, Russian shells kill a family as thousands try to escape fighting north of the capital — IRPIN, Ukraine—A line of yellow school buses pulled up on a forested roadside in this once-prosperous suburb of Kyiv on Sunday, ready to evacuate Ukrainian civilians.
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New York Times and One America News Network
New York Times:
U.S. is exploring how to send Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine. — The Biden administration is discussing how to supply Polish Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, American officials say, after President Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to American legislators on Saturday for assistance …
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John Harwood / CNN:
Trump has been on Putin's side in Ukraine's long struggle against Russian aggression — (CNN)Americans rarely pay much attention to international events. Busy lives leave little time for distant events with unfamiliar protagonists. — Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine …
Boris Johnson / New York Times:
Russia's War on Ukraine Must Fail — Mr. Johnson is the prime minister of the United Kingdom. — LONDON — Over the past week, in response to the gut-wrenching scenes in Ukraine, Western unity has been impressive and heartening. I know from my near-daily conversations with President Volodymyr Zelensky …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russian Prisoners and Ukrainian Soldiers Describe Two Sides of the Conflict — The accounts painted a picture of a conflict consisting largely of ambushes, at least in northern Ukraine where the Russian forces are striving to encircle and capture the capital, Kyiv.
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Associated Press and The Guardian
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Nabih Bulos / Los Angeles Times:
Scattered corpses. A rain of rockets. A week inside Russia's war against Ukraine
Scattered corpses. A rain of rockets. A week inside Russia's war against Ukraine
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CBS News and New York Times
Visa Inc:
Visa Suspends All Russia Operations — Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced it is suspending its Russia operations. — Effective immediately, Visa will work with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days. Once complete, all transactions initiated …
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
Blinken says U.S. weighing Russian oil ban ‘in coordination’ with allies — Blinken says, 'A hallmark of everything we've done to date has been in coordination with our allies and partners' — Former Ukraine President describes ‘dozens of civilians’ killed in ‘war crime’
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Lara Jakes / New York Times:
Blinken Arrives in Poland to Gauge Additional US Aid for Ukraine
Blinken Arrives in Poland to Gauge Additional US Aid for Ukraine
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Euractiv and Al Jazeera
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Blinken meets with congressional delegation in Europe amid Russian war with Ukraine
Blinken meets with congressional delegation in Europe amid Russian war with Ukraine
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United States Department … and Washington Examiner
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
On Ukraine's Border, Moldovans Wonder: Where Will Putin Stop? — Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Moldova, might be the next target after Ukraine. — ON THE DNIESTER RIVER — Just eight miles from the Ukrainian border …
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The Guardian and Associated Press
Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
WTF: Trump rages to friends about his social network's problems, says report — The disgraced former President Trump's Wall Street-fueled Twitter knockoff is two weeks old, and the rollout is going so badly reports say he's cursing the venture to his friends.
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The Daily Beast, Politico and Raw Story
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Daniel Politi / Slate:
Pretty Much No One Is Using Trump's New Social Media App (Not Even Trump)
Pretty Much No One Is Using Trump's New Social Media App (Not Even Trump)
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Insider and Raw Story
Washington Post:
'People's Convoy' plans to slowly loop around the Beltway on Sunday — Organizers of the “People's Convoy” say they are planning to circle their armada of trucks, cars and SUVs around the Beltway on Sunday morning and into the workweek at the minimum speed limit to slow traffic and get their message to lawmakers.
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BizPac Review and Raw Story
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New York Times:
U.S. Officials Travel to Venezuela, a Russia Ally, as the West Isolates Putin — The trip is the highest-level visit by American officials to Caracas in years, driven by a desire to separate Russia from its remaining Latin American allies. — Senior U.S. officials are traveling to Venezuela …
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CBS News, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, National Review, RedState and The Hill
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Mike Lindell Claims He Will Sue ‘All Voting Machines’ to Prove Big Lie — HERE WE GO AGAIN — MyPillow CEO and Big Lie booster Mike Lindell found himself on yet another platform Saturday, this time in support of Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.
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Insider, Raw Story, BizPac Review and HuffPost
New York Times:
Dire Conditions in Besieged City as Food and Water Run Low — Vladimir Putin said any nation that imposes a no-fly zone would be considered an enemy combatant. Russian forces are running into problems in their key objective to take Kyiv, but are making significant inroads in southern Ukraine.
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The Hill, CNN, The Daily Beast, 19FortyFive, The Western Journal, CBS News, Outside the Beltway, Insider, Fox News and Townhall
New York Times:
Indicted. Under F.B.I. Investigation. And Still Popular With Texas Republicans. — Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, earned the most votes in Tuesday's G.O.P. primary. His embrace of Trumpism has helped him weather a series of allegations. — SAN ANTONIO — The race …
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
Too Close to Putin? Institutions Vet Artists, Uncomfortably. — Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led arts organizations to reconsider who performs, forcing them to confront questions about free speech and policing political views. — In Canada, an acclaimed 20-year-old Russian pianist's concert …
Maegan Vazquez / CNN:
Harris to walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday anniversary — (CNN)Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, where she will walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a key moment in the civil rights moment.