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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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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.
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CNN:
Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack
Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack
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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’
Gerry Shih / Washington Post:
As sanctions over Ukraine war mount, Russia turns to India to buy oil and arms
As sanctions over Ukraine war mount, Russia turns to India to buy oil and arms
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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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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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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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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.
Yimou Lee / Reuters:
Chinese carrier sails through Taiwan Strait hours before Biden-Xi call — A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said, just hours before the Chinese and U.S. presidents were due to talk. — China claims democratically ruled Taiwan …
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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 …
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
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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Sarah Toy / Wall Street Journal:
Ivermectin Didn't Reduce Covid-19 Hospitalizations in Largest Trial to Date — Patients who got the antiparasitic drug didn't fare better than those who received a placebo — Researchers testing repurposed drugs against Covid-19 found that ivermectin didn't reduce hospital admissions …
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee faces a thorny challenge: Persuading 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.
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Inez Stepman / National Review:
Virginia School Covered Up Sexual Assault That Left Victim Hospitalized — An Alexandria high school withheld details from parents about a reported multiple-assailant rape on school grounds. — n the national debate over the direction of K-12 education, the battle lines separating parents and institutions are only hardening.
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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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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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 …
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
‘The Republic Got Dumber Because of That Tweet’: Ben Sasse Chides Chris Murphy on Senate Floor for ‘Twitter Self-Pleasuring’ — Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Ben Sasse (R-NE) engaged in a lengthy and spirited back-and-forth on the Senate floor Thursday that centered on a tweet the former sent earlier in the day.
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New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: 130 Rescued From Theater Rubble; Fates of Hundreds More Unknown — A Ukrainian official said that “more than 1,300 people” might still be trapped in the basement of a Mariupol theater that was nearly destroyed in a Russian attack. President Biden was discussing the war in a call with China's leader, Xi Jinping.
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Washington Post:
Inside Russia's propaganda bubble: Where a war isn't a war — RIGA, Latvia — Fake U.S. biowarfare labs. Fake killer birds. Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump cameos. Ukrainian “Nazis” everywhere. — Russia's domestic television propaganda machine has reached such an intensity amid …
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Kseniya Kirillova / CEPA:
Reaching Russians: None So Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear
Reaching Russians: None So Deaf as Those Who Won't Hear
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