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Financial Times:
Ukraine and Russia draw up neutrality plan to end war — Fifteen-point draft deal would involve Kyiv renouncing Nato membership ambitions in return for security guarantees — Ukraine and Russia have made significant progress on a tentative 15-point peace plan including a ceasefire …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Pleads for No-Fly Zone; Biden Announces $800 Million More Aid — After the Ukrainian leader's video address to lawmakers, President Biden announced $800 million in new military aid. Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive as cease-fire talks between Kyiv and Moscow continued.
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Politico:
Zelenskyy recalls Pearl Harbor, 9/11 in heartfelt plea for U.S. aid — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday invoked historically potent attacks on the U.S. at Pearl Harbor and on Sept. 11, 2001, pleading with Congress for additional military aid as his nation fights to repel a Russian invasion.
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Associated Press:
‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair — MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling. — There's 18-month-old Kirill …
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Steve Inskeep / NPR:
Blinken sets a standard for lifting sanctions: an ‘irreversible’ Russian withdrawal
Blinken sets a standard for lifting sanctions: an ‘irreversible’ Russian withdrawal
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YouTube:
WATCH LIVE | Ukraine's Zelensky addresses U.S. Congress
WATCH LIVE | Ukraine's Zelensky addresses U.S. Congress
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CNN:
‘We all will be judged.’ Russian prisoners of war voice disquiet, shame over war in Ukraine
‘We all will be judged.’ Russian prisoners of war voice disquiet, shame over war in Ukraine
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HotAir and Graham's Newsletter
Benjamin Hall / Washington Post:
Zelensky urges Biden to be ‘leader of the world’ in address to Congress
Zelensky urges Biden to be ‘leader of the world’ in address to Congress
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Washington Post:
Zelensky to the U.S.: ‘Do more’ — Welcome to The Daily 202! Tell your friends to sign up here.
Moira Warburton / Reuters:
U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal
U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal
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Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Announce $1 Billion in New Military Aid to Ukraine
Biden to Announce $1 Billion in New Military Aid to Ukraine
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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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Politico:
Top Trump ally gears up for Romney primary challenge — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, who backed Donald Trump's efforts to challenge the 2020 election results, is preparing for a 2024 Senate run that could pit him against Sen. Mitt Romney in a GOP primary.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
‘I thought he was negotiating’: Trump didn't think Putin would order Ukraine invasion
‘I thought he was negotiating’: Trump didn't think Putin would order Ukraine invasion
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Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
Vladimir Putin Has Fallen Into the Dictator Trap — In the span of a couple of weeks, Vladimir Putin—a man recently described by Donald Trump as a strategic “genius”—managed to revitalize NATO, unify a splintered West, turn Ukraine's little-known president into a global hero …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Romney stirs ugly treason talk — ROMNEY STIRS UGLY TREASON TALK. It's one thing for the usual suspects in over-the-top commentary — the Keith Olbermanns, the cast of The View, the Lincoln Project, and others — to call their fellow Americans traitors. They're not known for thoughtful, measured opinion.
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Tulsi Gabbard Claims U.S. ‘Is Not So Different’ From Russia When It Comes to Censorship
Tulsi Gabbard Claims U.S. ‘Is Not So Different’ From Russia When It Comes to Censorship
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BizPac Review
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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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall safely out of Ukraine after suffering serious injuries — Bill Hemmer told viewers, ‘Ben is alert and said to be in good spirits’ — Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was injured this week while covering the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine …
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BuzzFeed News:
Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich Invested At Least $1.3 Billion With US Financiers, Secret Records Show — European governments have frozen the Russian oligarch's assets, including mansions and a soccer team. But how much he poured into the US has stayed secret. — Copy
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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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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
The Fed is charting a course to stagflation and recession — When the long-awaited process of raising interest rates begins Wednesday, market observers will fixate on the precise words used in the Fed statement and during Chair Jerome H. Powell's news conference.
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Reuters and Alex Domash
Third Way:
The Red State Murder Problem … Takeaways — The rate of murders in the US has gone up at an alarming rate. But, despite a media narrative to the contrary, this is a problem that afflicts Republican-run cities and states as much or more than the Democratic bastions.
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Occupy Democrats, Raw Story and Djelloul Marbrook's Prism
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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Wall Street Journal:
Four Russian Generals Killed in Three Weeks Show Moscow's Vulnerabilities in Ukraine — Russia's fighting style and troubled communications are leading to deaths of high-ranking officers on the front lines — Four Russian brigadier generals have died in three weeks on the battlefield in Ukraine …
Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary Mayorkas Designates Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status — WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the designation of Afghanistan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. Only individuals who are already residing in the United States …
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Biden admin gives Temporary Protected Status to tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees
Biden admin gives Temporary Protected Status to tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees
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Washington Examiner, Human Events and WINK NEWS
George T. Conway III / The Bulwark:
George Conway: Claiming to Be ‘Completely Insane and Stupid’ May Be Trump's Best Defense — But “he's never going to bring himself to do that.” … Mona Charen: You see this among the Trump defenders. They'll say, If he had a good-faith belief that the election was stolen …
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Ben Rumsby / Telegraph:
Daniil Medvedev told he will be banned from Wimbledon unless he denounces Vladimir Putin — Russia and Belarus have already been thrown out of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup, but individual players have, thus far, been free to continue — Daniil Medvedev and other Russian and Belarusian tennis players face …