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New York Times:
As Russia Stalls in Ukraine, Dissent Brews Over Putin's Leadership — Military losses have mounted, progress has slowed, and a blame game has begun among some Russian supporters of the war. — Give this article- - - Read in app — In January, the head of a group of serving …
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Politico, Noname's Newsletter, Foreign Policy and Mediaite
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
Russia launched hypersonic missiles due to a low stockpile, sources say — The leading theory for why Russia launched hypersonic missiles into Ukraine last week is that it's running out of precision-guided weapons to strike faraway targets, a senior U.S. defense official and a Western official familiar with assessments told POLITICO.
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Washington Post, U.S. Department of Defense, Quillette and Foreign Policy
Financial Times:
Russia chokes major oil pipeline in further threat to global supplies — Repairs to storm-damaged loading terminals could cut up to 1mn b/d of shipments through CPC network — Russia is throttling back capacity on a major pipeline that sends crude oil to global markets …
Washington Post:
Ukraine claims it has retaken key town outside Kyiv, as defenses hold against fierce Russian onslaught — MUKACHEVO, UKRAINE — Ukrainian forces claimed Tuesday to have retaken control of a strategically important town outside of Kyiv, a nascent sign they could be beating back Russia's brutal …
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Russia's War on Democracy, Associated Press, The Guardian, New York Times and One America News Network
Jack Detsch / Foreign Policy:
‘Winging It’: Russia Is Getting Its Generals Killed on the Front Lines — Russian generals have had to lead from the front because its amateur army can't move otherwise. — Russia has lost at least five generals fighting in Ukraine in less than a month, Western officials said Monday …
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Sanctions on Russia Pit the West Against the Rest of the World — Woke Democrats are less welcome than Trumpian populists in many countries. — As the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war ricochet through global politics, the West has never been more closely aligned. It has also rarely been more alone.
Politico:
Biden faces off against Putin. His other opponent is time.
Biden faces off against Putin. His other opponent is time.
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Sanction Hundreds of Russian Lawmakers, U.S. Officials Say
Biden to Sanction Hundreds of Russian Lawmakers, U.S. Officials Say
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New York Times and Financial Times
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Ukraine Must Win
Ukraine Must Win
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New York Times:
Judging a Judge on Race and Crime, G.O.P. Plays to Base and Fringe — Grilling Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, conservative senators painted her as a jurist who had coddled criminals and embraced “woke” education. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Graham walks out of Jackson's hearing after rant over indefinite detention at Gitmo
Graham walks out of Jackson's hearing after rant over indefinite detention at Gitmo
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: How campaign rhetoric about child porn made it to the Supreme Court hearing
The Trailer: How campaign rhetoric about child porn made it to the Supreme Court hearing
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Politico, Washington Examiner and Balls and Strikes
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Cruz and Jackson spar over antiracism curriculum at a private school.
Cruz and Jackson spar over antiracism curriculum at a private school.
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Judge Jackson actually sounds conservative. That's important.
Judge Jackson actually sounds conservative. That's important.
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Fox News:
Ketanji Brown Jackson serves on board of school that promotes critical race theory
Ketanji Brown Jackson serves on board of school that promotes critical race theory
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Rachel M. Cohen / Bolts:
Despite Federal Gains, Public Defenders Largely Missing from State Supreme Courts
Despite Federal Gains, Public Defenders Largely Missing from State Supreme Courts
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Politico, Washington Examiner and Washington Free Beacon
Kaitlin Lange / Indianapolis Star:
Braun walks back comments that interracial marriage ruling should have been left to states … Sen. Mike Braun said during a media call Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court was wrong to legalize interracial marriage decades ago. — That decision should have been left to individual states, he said.
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Politico:
When Anna Wintour pissed off Kamala — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — Tensions between Vice President KAMALA HARRIS and President JOE BIDEN and their teams began before inauguration …
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Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19 — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on Tuesday evening that she has tested positive for COVID-19. — “I've got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine,” Clinton said in a statement posted to Twitter, adding that she was …
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CNN:
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for Covid-19
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for Covid-19
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
BuzzFeed investors have pushed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down entire newsroom, sources say — Several large shareholders have urged BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti to shut down the company's news organization. — BuzzFeed News has won awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, but is now shrinking through voluntary buyouts.
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Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's refusal to endorse Mike Lee is a betrayal of his party — Trump acolytes have long labeled Sen. Mitt Romney a “RINO” — “Republican in Name Only.” This is an unfair charge, given Romney's conservative credentials. But Romney is lending credence to his critics by not endorsing …
New York Times:
Aleksei Navalny Found Guilty of Fraud by Russian Court — A Russian court sentenced Aleksei A. Navalny to nine years in a high-security prison on Tuesday, imposing a new punishment on the imprisoned opposition leader at a time when the war in Ukraine has made him even more of a liability for President Vladimir V. Putin.
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The Moscow Times and Washington Examiner
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During the Pandemic, a Study Shows — The deaths were up 25 percent in 2020 compared with 2019, amid heightened stress factors and delayed treatment, according to a new report. — Almost a million people in the United States have died of Covid-19 in the past two years …
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Capitol riot suspect is granted refugee status in Belarus after fleeing US — Jan. 6th rioter flees US for asylum in Belarus — (CNN)A US Capitol riot suspect who fled the United States has been granted refugee status in Belarus, according to Belarusian state-owned television BelTA.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A month into war, Putin's mind-set is complex — and dangerous — As the Ukraine war nears a month of brutal fighting, Vladimir Putin is obsessed with Ukraine, angry at his generals, paranoid about enemies at home and abroad, and wrapping his bloody deeds in spiritual language almost mystical in its vision of Russia's past and future.
Todd Stacy / Alabama Daily News:
New ADN-Gray TV poll: Durant leads Britt, Brooks falls far behind — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Mike Durant, the retired Army helicopter pilot of “Black Hawk Down” fame, leads a new poll in the race for U.S. Senate, with former Business Council of Alabama President Katie Britt running a close second …
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Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Schools nationwide are quietly removing books from their libraries … LANCASTER, Pa. — Samantha Hull was on vacation when she got the call about the missing books. — Eight titles had melted away seemingly overnight, a panicked school aide told Hull, from the shelves of an elementary school …