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Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
In Ukraine's second city, a furious rain of bombs and rockets takes a toll: ‘There are no coffins left’ — KHARKIV, Ukraine — The morgue in Kharkiv was overflowing. — In the courtyard outside, scores of black and green body bags were stacked along two of its walls.
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NBC News:
American man killed in Ukraine while waiting in bread line, family says — Russia intensifies attacks on civilians in Ukraine — A U.S. man was killed this week in Ukraine while he was waiting in a bread line for food in the northern city of Chernihiv, his family said.
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
As sanctions over Ukraine war mount, Russia turns to India to buy oil and arms — NEW DELHI — When Russia faced international condemnation and sanctions after President Vladimir Putin launched his Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, India stayed on the diplomatic sidelines.
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Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Putin Likely to Make Nuclear Threats If War Drags, U.S. Says
Putin Likely to Make Nuclear Threats If War Drags, U.S. Says
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The Guardian, The BondBeat, HotAir, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, Washington Post and Great Power
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
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U.S. Department of Defense, Joe.My.God., Lucian Truscott Newsletter, Breitbart and Bloomberg
James Politi / Financial Times:
US pours cold water on hopes of diplomatic solution in Ukraine
US pours cold water on hopes of diplomatic solution in Ukraine
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Wall Street Journal, Inside Edition and Political Wire
Evan Medeiros / Financial Times:
Ukraine gives Europe a key swing vote in the US-China rivalry
Ukraine gives Europe a key swing vote in the US-China rivalry
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Wall Street Journal, CNN, Japan Times, Letters from an American, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Morning Consult, New York Times and Defense One
Washington Post:
Inside Russia's propaganda bubble: Where a war isn't a war
Inside Russia's propaganda bubble: Where a war isn't a war
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Caitlin's Newsletter
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Awaits Word of Deaths, Survivors After Russia Hits Theater Turned Bomb Shelter
Ukraine Awaits Word of Deaths, Survivors After Russia Hits Theater Turned Bomb Shelter
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Associated Press and Agence France-Presse
Alexander Smith / NBC News:
‘Scum and traitors’: Under pressure over Ukraine, Putin turns his ire on Russians
‘Scum and traitors’: Under pressure over Ukraine, Putin turns his ire on Russians
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Politico:
GOP shrugs off Trump impeachment echoes in Russia-Ukraine war — Republicans clamoring to accuse President Joe Biden of slow-walking support for Ukraine don't see a shred of comparison with Donald Trump's impeachment for withholding aid from the very same nation.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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John Nichols / The Nation:
The Loathsome Hypocrisy of Republicans Who Now Applaud Volodymyr Zelensky — When congressional Republicans had a chance to impeach and convict Trump for blackmailing Zelensky, 247 of them refused. — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got a hero's welcome from the US Congress this week …
New York Times:
America Has a Free Speech Problem — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. — For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims …
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Althouse
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Lia Thomas Wins an NCAA Swimming Title — With her victory in Atlanta, Thomas, who competes for the University of Pennsylvania, became the first openly transgender woman to win an N.C.A.A. swimming championship. — Give this article- - - Read in app — ATLANTA — Lia Thomas …
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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden looks to assess where China's Xi stands on Russia war — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping are set to speak on Friday as the White House warns Beijing that providing military or economic assistance for Russia's invasion of Ukraine will trigger severe consequences from Washington and beyond.
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Yimou Lee / Reuters:
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call
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One America News Network and Associated Press
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
J.D. Vance Gets Canceled — It seems J.D. Vance's “No BS Tour” is skipping a stop in Minnesota. The Ohio Senate hopeful, currently polling in third place, was slated to speak at the Minnesota GOP's annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner fundraising event. Then, without explanation, he was pulled.
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Raw Story and Alternet.org
Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A retiring moderate Democrat unloads on the party — DRIVING THE DAY — SCOOP: DEMS TO HAUL BIG OIL TO THE HILL AMID GAS SURGE — As prices at the pump soar, House Democrats are readying a strategy to try to redirect the nation's ire away from President JOE BIDEN and toward oil companies.
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Regular Order, National Review, Punchbowl News and NRCC
AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
Most Medical Debts to Be Removed From Consumers' Credit Reports — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are making sweeping changes to how they report medical debt in collections beginning this summer — The biggest credit-reporting firms will strip tens of billions of dollars in medical debt …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Covid and the ‘Very Liberal’ — There's a schism among Democrats. And the latest on Ukraine. — Give this article- - - Read in app — The left-right divide over Covid-19 — with blue America taking the virus more seriously than red America — has never been the pandemic's only political divide.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
How Pete Souza and Ronny Jackson Became Public Foes — Pete Souza, the former White House photographer-turned-Trump troll, now uses his popular Twitter feed almost exclusively to ridicule Representative Ronny Jackson, the former White House doctor-turned-Trump acolyte. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Under Trump, DHS directed to probe bogus claims about voter fraud — In late April of 2020, a top political appointee in the Trump administration called for Department of Homeland Security officials to scrutinize an unusual topic for a national security agency: possible voter fraud in the upcoming election.
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee faces a thorny challenge: Convincing the public to care — The House Jan. 6 committee has tried to recruit high-profile journalists to write its report about the attack on the Capitol, hoping to build a narrative thriller that compels audiences and is a departure from government reports of yore.
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Republicans struggle for an effective attack on Ketanji Brown Jackson … In fall 2020, when Amy Coney Barrett was facing her Supreme Court confirmation, Democratic senators trying to derail her nomination devised a consistent and clear line of attack: That she would be a threat to Americans' health care and the Affordable Care Act.
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
GOP indicates plans to question KBJ on handling of sex-related offenses
GOP indicates plans to question KBJ on handling of sex-related offenses
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The Federalist, Alternet.org, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Forbes, The Daily Wire and Daily Kos
Charlotte Lawson / The Dispatch:
Concessions to Iran, Russia Pile Up in Nuclear Talks — The Biden administration looks willing to make a deal on Iran's nuclear program at all costs. — After eight weeks of gridlocked and often grueling negotiations through international intermediaries in Vienna, the United States …
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JNS.org, Melanie Phillips and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Politico:
As Trump's Alabama Senate pick struggles, Shelby to pour in millions — Mo Brooks is reeling and Alabama's Senate GOP primary is descending into chaos. So Sen. Richard Shelby is making his move. — The retiring Alabama senator is preparing to pour as much as $6 million into the race …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Indicted Congressman Blames Lying Charges on Spotty Cell Service — Rep. Jeff Fortenberry is on trial for lying to the FBI. His defense team has a classic excuse. — Indicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) may have just staked his political career—and possibly his freedom—on a tried-and-true excuse: Bad cell phone reception.
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Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
Washington Post:
N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote — State investigators in North Carolina are probing Mark Meadows over his voter registration, after news organizations reported that the former White House chief of staff registered to vote in 2020 using …
BBC:
Russia Today: News channel RT's UK licence revoked by Ofcom — Russian state-backed news channel RT has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked “with immediate effect” by media regulator Ofcom. — The watchdog said RT's parent body ANO TV Novosti was not “fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence”.