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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.
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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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NPR, Politico, Digby's Hullabaloo, HotAir, Washington Post, National Review, Reuters, CNN, Mediaite, New Republic, TheBlaze, Fox News, YouTube and CNN
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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Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, Politico and Forbes
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
White House: ‘If we were President Zelensky, we would be asking’ for more aid too
White House: ‘If we were President Zelensky, we would be asking’ for more aid too
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
What can the U.S. do to stop Russia?
What can the U.S. do to stop Russia?
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RedState, USA Today, New York Times, Washington Times, Roll Call, Insider, NewsNation and Associated Press
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.
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Vox, HotAir, NBC News, The Mahablog, Politico, Roll Call, Los Angeles Times and New York Post
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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Insider, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and New York Post
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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Raw Story
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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The Hill, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, RedState, Insider, Washington Post, Mediaite, LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
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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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Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Common Dreams, Tangle and Mother Jones
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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The Hill, RedState, Boing Boing and IJR
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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 and 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.
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Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Fox News, PIX11, National Review and New York Times
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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Reuters, CNBC, Washington Examiner and Ace of Spades HQ
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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 …
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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Gawker and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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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Board of Governors …, Bridge Michigan, CBS News, National Review and The Daily Caller
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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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Mother Jones, Wall Street Journal, CoinDesk and Political Wire
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 …
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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New York Post, HotAir, Townhall, Fox News, Washington Examiner, Justice News, Boston Herald, TheBlaze, American Greatness, RedState, The Daily Caller and CBS Boston
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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Washington Examiner, CNN and Twitchy
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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Media Matters for America, Mediaite and Outgunned
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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Alternet.org, New York Post, BBC, Reuters and The Guardian
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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Reason and Yale Daily News
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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Meduza.io, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Townhall, The Daily Wire, Washington Examiner, The Hill, CBS News, Deadline, RedState and Newsbusters, more at Mediagazer »
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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Wall Street Journal, Insider and The Greer Journal
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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Washington Post, Insider and CNN
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 …
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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Texas Standard, Gideon Knox Group, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Vanity Fair
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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MarketWatch, Popular Information and Newsweek
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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Fox News, The Times of Israel, One America News Network and #hottakeoftheday