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9:30 AM ET, March 18, 2022

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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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ESPN:
Amid protests, Penn swimmer Lia Thomas becomes first known transgender athlete to win Division I national championship  —  ATLANTA — Lia Thomas is a national champion.  —  Thomas, who is a transgender woman, touched the wall in 4 minutes, 33.24 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday night …
John Lohn / Swimming World News:
NCAA Title For Lia Thomas Is Joke With Biological Women As Punchline; Hardly a Laughing Matter
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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Althouse
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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Ofcom:
Ofcom revokes RT's broadcast licence  —  We have done so on the basis that we do not consider RT's licensee, ANO TV Novosti, fit and proper to hold a UK broadcast licence.  —  Today's decision comes amid 29 ongoing investigations by Ofcom into the due impartiality of RT's news …
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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.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Mark Meadows's 2020 Vote Is Under Investigation in North Carolina  —  Records show that Mr. Meadows cast an absentee ballot from the address of a remote mobile home, but reports have cast doubt on whether he lived there.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: HuffPost and Washington Examiner
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Washington Post:
N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote
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.
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.
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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Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:
Gov. Mike DeWine's suggestion to break Ohio's redistricting impasse: have mapmakers collaborate on bipartisan plan
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.
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Putin Likely to Make Nuclear Threats If War Drags, U.S. Says  —  President Vladimir Putin can be expected to brandish threats to use nuclear weapons against the West if stiff Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion continues, draining conventional manpower and equipment …
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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
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.
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: NBC News, Raw Story, Mic and Rolling Stone
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Scoop: Ukraine sought long-term resistance funding  —  Ukraine's top national security official asked earlier this month for the U.S. to go beyond traditional military aid and provide the country with the funding, training and weaponry to support a long-term resistance movement, according to a letter obtained by Axios.
U.S. Department of Defense:
Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing  —  SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: There really hasn't been a lot of changes to talk about.  The only thing that I would highlight — more than 1,000 missile launches now.  We have observed some, I wouldn't call it increased …
 
 
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Literacy scores show widening achievement gap in D.C. during pandemic
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Consent is not enough. We need a new sexual ethic.
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Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
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Yahoo News:
Russian billionaire's yacht is docked in St. Augustine
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The Economist:
Daniel Yergin on Russia losing its status as an “energy superpower”
Steven Monacelli / The Daily Beast:
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Charles Homans / New York Times:
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