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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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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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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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Stop buying from these companies. They're funding Putin's war. — In his gut-wrenching address to Congress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the United States for more — and more he will get. — U.S. leaders across the spectrum saluted Zelensky after he spoke to them Wednesday …
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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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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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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
New federal ventilation guidelines mark next step in fight against COVID
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator
Statement by President Joe Biden on the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator
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Washington Post:
A covid surge in Western Europe has U.S. bracing for another wave
A covid surge in Western Europe has U.S. bracing for another wave
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Leana S. Wen / Washington Post:
Two years into covid-19, has Congress learned nothing?
Two years into covid-19, has Congress learned nothing?
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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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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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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Putin Assails Russians Who Back the West, Signaling More Repression
Putin Assails Russians Who Back the West, Signaling More Repression
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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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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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CNN:
Russian court extends US basketball star Brittney Griner's arrest until May 19, reports TASS — (CNN)A Moscow court announced it has extended the arrest of American basketball star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to Russian state news agency TASS. — “The court granted the request …
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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
RNC narrows 2024 convention finalists down to Nashville and Milwaukee
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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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Jay Caruso / Washington Examiner:
Tucker Carlson's speech is not a crime — “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism” is a quote often mistakenly attributed to Thomas Jefferson. The origin is unknown, though former New York Mayor John Lindsay said something akin to that in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War.
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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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Chris Cuomo blasts CNN for ‘selectively enforcing’ its rules, points to Lemon, Tapper, Toobin controversies — The ex-anchor slammed CNN's ‘long-established pattern’ of policy ‘exceptions’ in his $125M arbitration demand — Chris Cuomo goes after Don Lemon for CNN cash
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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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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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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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