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6:20 PM ET, March 16, 2022

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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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Shashank Bengali / New York Times:
Zelensky Presses for Help From Congress  —  The fate of hundreds was uncertain after a bombardment destroyed a Mariupol theater where they were sheltering.  After Ukraine's president pleaded with Congress for arms, President Biden announced $800 million in new military aid.
Doha Madani / NBC News:
World War III ‘may have already started’ with Russian invasion, Zelenskyy says  —  Exclusive: Zelenskyy speaks on Biden's World War III concerns  —  Russia may have already started World War III, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with NBC News on Wednesday.
Associated Press:
‘Why? Why? Why?’ Ukraine's Mariupol descends into despair
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Zelensky's speech powerfully shamed Biden. But in truth, both men are right.
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.
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.
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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Grace Panetta / Insider:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema made fun of Biden and praised GOP Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Andy Biggs at a closed-door fundraiser, book says
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Alternet.org
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 …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState, Boing Boing and IJR
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Sen. Marshall Responds To News Senior Hill Aide Alerted DOJ After He Gave Biden-Critical Truckers Tour Of Capitol  —  Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall responded to an article published Wednesday saying a senior Capitol Hill aide alerted the Department of Justice (DOJ) …
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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Agents Charged With Harassing Dissidents in U.S.
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 …
Discussion: Vox
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.
The White House:
Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine  —  President Biden today announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine, bringing the total U.S. security assistance committed to Ukraine to $1 billion in just the past week, and a total of $2 billion since the start of the Biden Administration.
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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 …
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post, Insider and CNN
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNN and Twitchy
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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Associated Press:
Trump pick in Georgia governor race not drawing donor flock
Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon:
Hundreds of Yale Law Students Disrupt Bipartisan Free Speech Event
Discussion: Reason and Yale Daily News
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
New Iran Agreement Would Let Russia Cash in on $10 Billion Contract To Build Nuclear Sites
Discussion: HotAir
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden administration identifies 50 Russian elites as targets for global hunt to seize assets
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
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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’
Kay-Ann Henry / Bolts:
Florida Is Set to Create a New Police Force to Investigate Elections
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Jessica Garrison / Los Angeles Times:
The ex-Hollywood filmmaker bankrolling a far-right political revolt in rural California
Discussion: Raw Story
George T. Conway III / The Bulwark:
George Conway: Claiming to Be ‘Completely Insane and Stupid’ May Be Trump's Best Defense
James Barragán / The Texas Tribune:
National Guard troops were dispatched to famous Texas ranches with private security as part of border mission
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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