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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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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Zelensky Asks Congress for More Weapons as Civilian Casualties Rise — Bombs hit a Mariupol theater where recent videos showed that hundreds had been sheltering. President Biden announced $800 million in new military aid after Ukraine's president addressed Congress by video.
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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Associated Press:
‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair
‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair
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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Zelensky's speech powerfully shamed Biden. But in truth, both men are right.
Zelensky's speech powerfully shamed Biden. But in truth, both men are right.
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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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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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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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Quarter Point Increase, With More Expected as Inflation Persists — The Federal Reserve lifted its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday as policymakers took their first decisive step toward trying to tame rapid inflation by cooling the economy.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Federal Reserve approves first interest rate hike in more than three years, sees six more ahead
Federal Reserve approves first interest rate hike in more than three years, sees six more ahead
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
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Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
The Fed is charting a course to stagflation and recession
The Fed is charting a course to stagflation and recession
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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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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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NBC News:
Justice Department accuses Chinese agents of trying to intimidate critics in the U.S. — Justice Department to charge Chinese agents with intimidating critics in the U.S. — The Justice Department planned to unseal criminal charges Wednesday involving three separate efforts …
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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge orders DOJ to produce documents related to decision to prosecute Steve Bannon — A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce internal records related to its decision to prosecute Steve Bannon, a win for the former Trump adviser, who maintains that he had a sound legal basis …
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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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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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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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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 …
Joyce Vance / MSNBC:
America can't afford to forget Zelenskyy's role in Trump's first impeachment — When Ukraine needed U.S. backing, all it got was Donald Trump's corruption — It was the summer of 2019. A soon-to-be whistleblower was stunned to learn about a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. weighs deal to remove Iran's IRGC from terror blacklist — The Biden administration is considering removing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from a terror blacklist in return for a public commitment from Iran to de-escalation in the region, three Israeli officials and two U.S. sources tell me.
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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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