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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 …
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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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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Putin Assails Russians Who Back the West, Signaling More Repression — President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday referred to pro-Western Russians as “scum and traitors” who needed to be removed from society, describing the war in Ukraine as part of an existential clash with the United States …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Videos Show Ruin of Theater in Ukraine Where Many Had Sheltered
Videos Show Ruin of Theater in Ukraine Where Many Had Sheltered
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Ukraine's military says it hit Kherson airport
Live updates: Ukraine's military says it hit Kherson airport
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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.
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Sleep experts say Senate has it wrong: Standard time, not daylight saving, should be permanent — Sleep experts widely agree with the Senate that the country should abandon its twice-yearly seasonal time changes. But they disagree on one key point: which time system should be permanent.
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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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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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New York Times:
Hunter Biden Paid Tax Bill, but Broad Federal Investigation Continues — The Justice Department inquiry into the business dealings of the president's son has remained active, with a grand jury seeking information about payments from around the world. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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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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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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Political Wire, France 24, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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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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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New York Magazine, Vox and Political Wire
David Gutman / The Seattle Times:
Former WA Rep. Matt Shea, accused of domestic terrorism, working to secure adoptions for Ukrainian children in Poland — Former Washington state Rep. Matt Shea, the far-right Republican who was found by a House-commissioned investigation to have planned and participated in domestic terrorism …
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:
Court orders Jussie Smollett release from jail during appeal — CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett was ordered released from jail Wednesday by an appeals court that agreed with his lawyers that he should be free pending the appeal of his conviction for lying to Chicago police about a racist and homophobic attack.
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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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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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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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Sacramento Bee:
Sacramento Democratic Congressman Vic Fazio dies at 79 — Vic Fazio, a powerful congressman who represented the Sacramento area in Washington for 20 years and became known as a Democratic stalwart who could work with Republicans, has died. He was 79. — A former state assemblyman …
Callie Patteson / New York Post:
Kamala Harris tweet mistakenly suggests Ukraine is part of NATO — A now-deleted tweet from Vice President Kamala Harris stated Tuesday that the US was supporting Ukraine against invading Russian forces “in defense of the NATO alliance” — wrongly indicating that Ukraine was a member of the 30-nation bloc.
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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 …
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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Myah Ward / Politico:
Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin tests positive for Covid while in D.C. to meet Biden — On Wednesday night, the leader had to leave the Ireland Funds Gala event, where he sat next to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and where the president gave a speech. — Irish Prime Minister Michael …
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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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Mic, Texas Standard, Gideon Knox Group and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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 …
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 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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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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HillReporter.com, Mediaite and Media Matters for America
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Hundreds of Yale Law Students Disrupt Bipartisan Free Speech Event — More than 100 students at Yale Law School attempted to shout down a bipartisan panel on civil liberties, intimidating attendees and causing so much chaos that police were eventually called to escort panelists out of the building.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Reason, Yale Daily News and The Daily Caller
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Capito to make Senate GOP leadership bid — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) told The Hill on Wednesday that she will make a bid to join Senate Republican leadership starting in 2023. — Capito, who currently serves as an advisor to Senate GOP leadership, said that she would run …