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New York Times:
Jeff Zients to Leave as Biden's Covid Czar and Be Replaced by Ashish Jha — The choice of Dr. Jha, an outspoken public health expert, is a sign that the White House believes the country is entering a new phase of the pandemic. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Living in red America can be life-threatening — It should come as no surprise that the highest rates for covid-19 deaths and murders are found mainly in red states. A political mind-set that prioritizes racial resentment, anti-science zealotry and manufactured cultural wedge issues …
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden officials fear “mass migration event” if COVID policies end — U.S. intelligence officials are privately bracing for a massive influx of more than 170,000 migrants at the Mexico border if COVID-era policies that allow instant expulsions during the public health emergency are ended …
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CNN, Washington Examiner, Townhall and The Federalist
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
New federal ventilation guidelines mark next step in fight against COVID
Zach Dorfman / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Secret CIA training program in Ukraine helped Kyiv prepare for Russian invasion — Ukrainian snipers had a problem: Russian forces in eastern Ukraine were trying to blind them. — As the Ukrainians were looking through their scopes in order to find their targets …
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Digging Into Russia's Latest Charge of ‘Ukrainian Nazis’ — Context and contrition. — From the start of the Ukraine/Russia conflict in 2014, claims that the new post-Euromaidan Ukraine—or at least its leadership—was a neo-Nazi wolf in liberal clothing figured prominently in pro-Kremlin discourse.
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Kori Schake / Washington Post:
Russia's military is incompetent. That makes it more dangerous. … Last month, Russia's position on Ukraine's borders looked promising: Moscow had amassed an invasion force with nearly as many troops as Ukraine has in its active-duty military, had spent two decades modernizing its weapons and organization …
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Forbes, Task & Purpose, Worldcrunch, Financial Times and Paul's Defense News
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Stop buying from these companies. They're funding Putin's war.
Stop buying from these companies. They're funding Putin's war.
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
The Ukraine Speech Biden Should Give Now
The Ukraine Speech Biden Should Give Now
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Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Even if Zelenskyy Accepts a Humiliating Peace Deal, Putin Won't Abide by It
Even if Zelenskyy Accepts a Humiliating Peace Deal, Putin Won't Abide by It
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Illia Ponomarenko / The Kyiv Independent:
Ukraine's old air defense proves unexpectedly effective in combat
Ukraine's old air defense proves unexpectedly effective in combat
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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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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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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place
Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place
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New York Times:
U.S. Adds ‘Kamikaze Drones’ as More Weapons Flow to Ukraine
U.S. Adds ‘Kamikaze Drones’ as More Weapons Flow to Ukraine
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Biden calls Putin a ‘war criminal’
Biden calls Putin a ‘war criminal’
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump White House aide was secret author of report used to push ‘big lie’ — Report on Dominion voting machines produced after 2020 election was not the work of volunteer in Trump's post-election legal team — Weeks after the 2020 election, at least one Trump White House aide was named …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: RNC down to two 2024 convention finalists — DRIVING THE DAY — ZELENSKYY'S APPEAL FALLS SHORT (FOR NOW) — No one was surprised by the request: a no-fly zone — and if not that, then access to those Soviet-style fighter jets in Poland that could help them “close the sky.”
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Michael Warren / CNN:
RNC narrows 2024 convention finalists down to Nashville and Milwaukee — (CNN)The Republican National Committee has narrowed down the sites for its 2024 national convention to two cities, Milwaukee and Nashville, according to two people familiar with the decision.
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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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Kenneth Garger / New York Post:
Hunter Biden's infamous laptop confirmed in New York Times report
Hunter Biden's infamous laptop confirmed in New York Times report
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Chinese Officer Charged With Harassing N.Y. Congressional Candidate — Yan Xiong, a Chinese dissident who immigrated to America and is now a political candidate in New York, was targeted by an agent of the Chinese government, federal prosecutors said. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Sally Ho / Associated Press:
U.S. Olympian Alysa Liu, father targeted in Chinese spy case
U.S. Olympian Alysa Liu, father targeted in Chinese spy case
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Stephanie Baker / Bloomberg:
Broke Oligarch Says Sanctioned Billionaires Have No Sway Over Putin — When I first called Mikhail Fridman to ask if he would talk about what it's like to be sanctioned, he all but hung up on me. A couple of days later, he said he still didn't think it was a good idea.
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Politico:
House liberals start asking Biden to sidestep Congress — months before the midterms — Nearly eight months out from the midterms, some House Democrats are acting like they've already lost their majority. — Liberal Democrats in the lower chamber are so frustrated by Senate standoffs …
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
With legislation languishing and midterms approaching, Democratic lawmakers pressure Biden to issue executive orders
With legislation languishing and midterms approaching, Democratic lawmakers pressure Biden to issue executive orders
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Washington Examiner and Fox News
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 …
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Raw Story
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Brittney Griner's detention extended until May, Russian news agency says — American basketball star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia has been extended until May, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing the Khimki Court of the Moscow Region. — “The court granted the petition …
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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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POLITICUSUSA, France 24 and Raw Story
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Trump Reveals What Kept Putin From Invading Ukraine During His Presidency — And why Biden has done more damage than “the 5 worst presidents in American history.” — Nothing is more controversial about Donald Trump than his personality; even many people who supported his policies and believe …
The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio Supreme Court rejects statehouse maps, ending hopes of full May primary — The Ohio Supreme Court struck down the third set of state House and Senate maps late Wednesday, effectively ending any hope of a May 3rd primary with both legislative and statewide races.
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David Goldman / CNN:
Russia says it made a payment to avoid default — New York (CNN Business)Russia says it has ordered the $117 million in interest payments it owes Wednesday to be sent to investors, attempting to avoid its first international default in more than a century. But it's not out of the woods yet.
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Daily Mail:
Hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett marches out of prison after serving just six days of 150-day sentence: Actor is released on $150,000 bond following order from appeals court — Disgraced ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett was released from jail at 8pm local time on Wednesday after serving just six days of his 150-day sentence
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