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New York Times:
Trump Is Guilty of ‘Numerous’ Felonies, Prosecutor Who Resigned Says  —  Mark F. Pomerantz, who had investigated the former president, left after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, halted an effort to seek an indictment.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
Read the Full Text of Mark Pomerantz's Resignation Letter  —  The former prosecutor who investigated Donald J. Trump believed that the former president was “guilty of numerous felony violations.”  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The following is the full text of the resignation letter …
New York Times:
Under Fire, Out of Fuel, No Air Support: What Intercepted Russian Radio Chatter Reveals  —  The Times's Visual Investigations team analyzed dozens of battlefield radio transmissions between Russian forces during an initial invasion of the town of Makariv, outside Kyiv.
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New York Times:
U.S. Makes Contingency Plans in Case Russia Uses Its Most Powerful Weapons  —  A team of national security officials has been assigned to sketch out responses if President Vladimir V. Putin unleashes chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine  —  NATO says that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, wounded, taken prisoner or are missing in Ukraine, said a senior military official from the alliance.  —  The North Atlantic Treaty …
Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
Exclusive: Sources Say Oligarch Funded Scheme to Paint Swastikas in Ukraine  —  Multiple sources tell Rolling Stone that a Ukrainian businessman offered payouts for a false flag operation aimed at bolstering Putin's claim that Ukraine was a Nazi hotbed  —  In the months before Vladimir Putin's invasion …
Bloomberg:
Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No  —  Russia's highly regarded central bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina sought to resign after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, only to be told by the president to stay, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions.
Timothy Snyder / Washington Post:   Putin has long fantasized about a world without Ukrainians. Now we see what that means.
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Russian forces ‘taking more defensive positions’ outside Kyiv: Pentagon
CNN:
Exclusive: Inside a rare US meeting with a Russian general in Moscow  —  (CNN)A rare face-to-face meeting between Russian and US military officials last week led to an “outburst” of emotion from a normally stoic Russian general, a “revealing moment” that the Americans present believe hinted …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
GOP grandstanders aren't the only reason Jackson's confirmation hearings were so disgraceful  —  The only thing more stunning than the off-the-rails Republican badgering and constant interrupting of Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Wednesday was the utterly inaccurate and inapt media coverage.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Jackson endures questioning with racial overtones from GOP senators
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:   Some conservatives confuse Black ‘Israelite’ sects in labeling Ketanji Brown Jackson as soft on antisemitism
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Leahy zings Ted Cruz, plus other top hearing moments
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Confirmation Hearings Are Political Theater and That's OK
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Supreme Court Nominee Jackson's Support Tied for Highest
Mo Brooks for Senate:
Statement by Mo Brooks  —  It's disappointing that, just like in 2017, President Trump lets Mitch McConnell manipulate him again.  Every single negative TV ad against our campaign has come from McConnell and his allies.  I wish President Trump wouldn't fall for McConnell's ploys, but, once again, he has.
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Brian Lyman / Montgomery Advertiser:
‘You just blew the Election’: Donald Trump withdraws endorsement of Mo Brooks for Alabama Senate seat
Douglas London / Wall Street Journal:
Spies Will Doom Putin  —  After invading Ukraine, he's tightening the screws the way the Soviets did—and that will help the CIA recruit Russians.  —  I spent 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency's clandestine service, and watching Vladimir Putin's brutal war in Ukraine …
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Want to talk? FBI trolls Russian Embassy for disgruntled would-be spies
Discussion: HotAir
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: Supreme Court, in Bizarre Unsigned Opinion, Strikes Wisconsin Legislative Maps on Voting Rights Grounds, Signalling New Hostility to the Voting Rights Act  —  March 23, 2022 redistricting, Supreme Court  —  In a per curiam (unsigned) opinion on the shadow docket …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Astonishing, Inexplicable Blow to the Voting Rights Act in Wisconsin
Associated Press:
Trump aide Manafort removed from plane for revoked passport  —  MIAMI (AP) — Former Trump adviser Paul Manafort was removed from a plane at Miami International Airport before it took off for Dubai because he carried a revoked passport, officials said Wednesday.
ProPublica:
“We're Going to Be Conservative.”  Official Orders Books Removed From Schools, Targeting Titles About Transgender People.  —  The North Texas superintendent's comments, made on a leaked recording, raise constitutional concerns, legal experts said.  —  Co-published with NBC News and The Texas Tribune
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NBC News:   Texas superintendent tells librarians to pull books on sexuality, transgender people
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies  —  Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies at 84  —  (CNN)Madeleine Albright, the first woman US secretary of state, who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died of cancer.  She was 84 years old.
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David Cohen / Politico:
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84
CNN:
Biden requests Mehmet Oz and Herschel Walker resign from presidential council or be terminated  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden has formally asked two Trump-appointed members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to resign from their posts or be terminated.
Associated Press:
High court won't say whether Thomas remains hospitalized  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined to say Wednesday whether 73-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital, though he had been expected to be released by Tuesday evening.  —  The court said Sunday that Thomas …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
More than 100 House Republicans to cohost fundraiser for Cheney challenger  —  First House Republicans kicked Rep. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) out of party leadership.  Now they're trying to kick her out of Congress entirely.  —  More than 100 House Republicans have signed on to host a fundraiser …
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: McCarthy Explains Why He Hasn't Kicked Out Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger From Republican Conference
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Caitlin Byrd / The State:
In texts, SC GOP candidates picks fight with Mick Mulvaney  —  A Trump-backed South Carolina GOP congressional candidate lashed out at the former president's acting White House chief of staff in a series of text messages this week, where she twice called Mick Mulvaney a “piece of s—” …
Discussion: Political Wire
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Ohio's GOP Senate Primary Is Getting Too Stupid, Even for Donald Trump  —  Trump has loved watching GOP candidates for the open Ohio Senate seat fight over his affection.  But when two candidates almost came to blows during a debate, he was unimpressed.  —  When an Ohio Senate debate devolved …
Discussion: Raw Story
Danielle Wallace / Yahoo News:
Russia's Ministry of Defense Head Sergei Shoigu reportedly missing, hasn't made public appearances in 12 days  —  The head of Russia's Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu has not been seen in public for 12 days and is possibly missing, according to reports and messages circulated on Telegram on Wednesday.
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
America Is About to Test How Long ‘Normal’ Can Hold  —  Whenever it arrives, the next surge could put the country's tolerance for disease and death in full relief.  —  At this very moment, the United States, as a whole, remains in its legit pandemic lull.  Coronavirus case counts …
Discussion: Washington Post and InDepthNH.org
 
 
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Financial Times:
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