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Financial Times:
Ukraine and Russia explore neutrality plan in peace talks — Fifteen-point draft deal would involve Kyiv renouncing Nato ambitions in return for security guarantees — Ukraine and Russia have made significant progress on a tentative peace plan including a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Videos Show Ruin of Theater in Ukraine Where Many Had Sheltered — The fate of hundreds was uncertain after an attack destroyed a theater in Mariupol where they had sheltered. After Ukraine's president pleaded with Congress for arms, President Biden approved $800 million in new military aid.
Doha Madani / NBC News:
World War III ‘may have already started’ with Russian invasion, Zelenskyy says
World War III ‘may have already started’ with Russian invasion, Zelenskyy says
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Associated Press:
‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair
‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair
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Allahpundit / HotAir:
Russia to Ukraine: How about pledging neutrality like Sweden as a condition to ending this? Ukraine to Russia: How about no?
Russia to Ukraine: How about pledging neutrality like Sweden as a condition to ending this? Ukraine to Russia: How about no?
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Trump says Pence partnership over as ex-president eyes 2024 comeback bid — EXCLUSIVE — Former President Donald Trump is effectively ruling out tapping former Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate should he mount a third White House bid in 2024 and win the Republican nomination.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘Mo Brooks is disappointing’: Trump mulls pulling Alabama Senate endorsement — EXCLUSIVE — Former President Donald Trump is unhappy with Rep. Mo Brooks, the Republican he endorsed for Senate in Alabama, and is mulling a switch to primary rivals Katie Britt or Mike Durant.
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
A Ukrainian Town Deals Russia One of the War's Most Decisive Routs — In the two-day battle of Voznesensk, local volunteers and the military repelled the invaders, who fled leaving behind armor and dead soldiers — VOZNESENSK, Ukraine—A Kalashnikov rifle slung over his shoulder …
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New York Times:
As Russian Troop Deaths Climb, Morale Becomes an Issue, Officials Say — More than 7,000 Russian troops have been killed in less than three weeks of fighting, according to conservative U.S. estimates. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — In 36 days of fighting …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Inside Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns' new Biden book — President Biden confessed in private that he didn't understand Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), who helped stymie his biggest legislative dreams, New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns write in the first major book …
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Very Serious:
This Week In the Mayonnaise Clinic: Actually, Changing the Clocks Is Good — Plus, why Los Angeles is awesome. — Dear readers, — As you may have seen, the US Senate agreed by unanimous consent on Tuesday to abolish standard time and keep clocks on daylight saving time all year.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo considers running against Kathy Hochul despite opposition from his own party — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been fielding calls from supporters about a possible campaign against his replacement and fellow Democrat, Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
GOP senator gives trucker protesters a Capitol tour — Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) gave truckers in the so-called “People's Convoy” a tour of the Capitol last week — even as the building remains mostly closed to the public. — A senior congressional aide alerted the Department of Justice …
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Associated Press:
‘Right in the trash’: Texas ballot rejections soar, AP finds — AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas threw out mail votes at an abnormally high rate during the nation's first primary of 2022, rejecting nearly 23,000 ballots outright under tougher voting rules that are part of a broad campaign …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
What can the U.S. do to stop Russia? — In his address to Congress on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the United States for supporting his country as it defends itself against Russia. But Ukraine needs more help, he said. — He had four big asks.
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Reuters:
U.S. bars ex-spies from becoming ‘mercenaries,’ following Reuters series — A new law bans the United States' former spies from hiring themselves out to foreign governments right after they stop working for Washington. — The legislation, signed into law by President Joseph Biden on Tuesday …
Paul Kirby / BBC:
Russia's state TV hit by stream of resignations — When Marina Ovsyannikova burst into Russian living rooms on Monday's nightly news, denouncing the war in Ukraine and propaganda around it, her protest highlighted a quiet but steady stream of resignations from Russia's tightly controlled state-run TV.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘The Era of the Foreign Correspondent Is Over’: Justin Smith on His Media Start-Up — The former Bloomberg Media C.E.O. offered new details on the venture he is starting with the journalist Ben Smith. — Give this article- - - Read in app — It will be named for a word that is the same in dozens of languages.
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New York Times:
Spain seizes another Russian yacht believed to belong to an oligarch. — MADRID — Spain, which has pledged to seize the suspected superyachts of Russian oligarchs targeted for sanctions imposed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, on Wednesday impounded the third such vessel …
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Gillian Tett / Financial Times:
Why I should have listened to Garry Kasparov about Putin … A few years ago, the exalted Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov came to dinner at my house in New York. It was a memorably intense evening. As we dug into our desserts, Kasparov regaled the assembled group of American policymakers …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Five Individuals Charged Variously with Stalking, Harassing and Spying on U.S. Residents on Behalf of the PRC Secret Police — Defendants Participated in Transnational Repression Schemes to Silence Critics of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Residing in the United States and Abroad …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dr. Oz will renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected to Senate: ‘I will only be a U.S. citizen’ — Dr. Oz currently holds a dual-citizenship with Turkey — Dr. Oz discusses his Senate campaign platform and vision for America's future — EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Mehmet Oz on Wednesday told Fox News …
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Steve Ulrich / PoliticsPA:
Oz: Would Forego Security Clearances in Order to Maintain Dual Citizenship
Oz: Would Forego Security Clearances in Order to Maintain Dual Citizenship
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Federal Reserve approves first interest rate hike in more than three years, sees six more ahead — The Fed approved a 0.25 percentage point rate hike, the first increase since December 2018. — Officials indicated an aggressive path ahead, with rate rises coming at each of the remaining six meetings in 2022.
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Quarter Point Increase, With More Expected as Inflation Persists
Quarter Point Increase, With More Expected as Inflation Persists
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The Boston Globe:
Founder of Violence in Boston and husband charged with fraud in federal indictment — Prosecutors alleged they pocketed money intended for the needy — In a June 2019 ceremony at the Suffolk district attorney's office, Monica Cannon-Grant was handed a check for $6,000, a grant awarded to her nonprofit …
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Slate:
Idaho's New Anti-Abortion Law Offers Cash Bounties to Rapists' Family Members — The slow impending death of Roe v. Wade at the hands of the Supreme Court has encouraged red states to experiment with different approaches to tormenting abortion patients. In the months since it became clear …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson favorite Douglas Macgregor on “Stone Age” Indigenous people, South Asian immigrants, “rootless cosmopolitans,” and more — Retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, a frequent Fox News guest, has denigrated South Asian immigrants as insufficiently patriotic, described Indigenous Americans displaced …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Chris Cuomo Hits Back At CNN “Smear Campaign” With $125M Arbitration Demand — EXCLUSIVE: After months of legal anticipation following his December 2021 firing by Jeff Zucker, Chris Cuomo has just launched the official opening salvo in what looks to be protracted battle with CNN …
Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Ukraine's old air defense proves unexpectedly effective in combat — No one really expected it — but after three weeks of Russia's all-out war, Ukraine's air defense is still exceeding expectations. — This branch of service not only managed to largely survive Russia's massive missile attacks in the invasion's early hours.
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Kate Gibson / CBS News:
Koch Industries stays in Russia, backs groups opposing U.S. sanctions — As hundreds of major U.S. companies exit Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Koch Industries is staying put. — The industrial conglomerate — the second-largest privately owned business in America …
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The Guardian:
The evidence is clear: it's time to prosecute Donald Trump — On the supposedly difficult question of ‘criminal intent’, prosecutors should have no trouble convincing a jury. Full speed ahead is the only proper course — n 8 March, a jury took three hours to render a guilty verdict against Guy Reffitt, a January 6 insurrectionist.
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Politico:
Kamala's comms reset — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — Vice President KAMALA HARRIS' press shop overhaul is almost complete. — After months filled with tough headlines …
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