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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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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why is J.D. Vance getting canceled by his fellow Republicans? — A fascinating mystery has arisen around Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance. And it raises pressing questions about a larger phenomenon: The drift toward Putinism among some in the GOP, and the effort by other Republicans to paper it over or purge it outright.
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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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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Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
In Ukraine's second city, a furious rain of bombs and rockets takes a toll: ‘There are no coffins left’
CNN:
Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack
Anatomy of the Mariupol hospital attack
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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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding
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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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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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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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Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Mike Pence should stay on the 2024 sidelines — The 2024 presidential election looms large on the horizon. Given President Joe Biden's dismal approval ratings and policy disasters at home and abroad, the Democratic Party is right to be concerned. — January 2022 polling indicates …
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Politico:
Jan. 6 trial centers on lingering mystery: Where was Mike Pence as riot raged? — Where precisely was Mike Pence while a mob descended on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021? — A defendant set to face just the second trial in the nearly 15 months since the attack intends to make that question the centerpiece of his defense Monday.
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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.
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 …
Charlie Parker / The Times:
Specialist Ukrainian drone unit picks off invading Russian forces as they sleep — An elite Ukrainian drone unit has destroyed dozens of “priority targets” by attacking Russian forces as they sleep, The Times can reveal. — Aerorozvidka, a specialist air reconnaissance unit within the army …
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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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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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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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Julie Pace / Hachette Book Group:
Jill — A Biography of the First Lady … EBOOK / ISBN-13: 9780316377607 — USD: $14.99 / CAD: $18.99 — PAGE COUNT: 320 SELECT A FORMAT: … The personal and political life of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden — Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Joe Biden's greatest political asset.
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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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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
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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Becker's Hospital Review and STAT
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. — SPORTS — Tears and Tension as the NCAA Awards a Women's Championship to Lia Thomas — By MADELEINE KEARNS
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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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New York Times:
Biden and Xi Discuss the Crisis in a 2-Hour Call — Hundreds were still feared trapped in the basement of a Mariupol theater nearly destroyed in a Russian attack. President Biden and Xi Jinping held a two-hour call on the war, hours after Russia broadened its onslaught with a missile strike in western Ukraine.