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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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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 …
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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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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
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Biden Arrives in Brussels for Summits as U.S. Accuses Russian Forces of War Crimes — President Biden will press allies to help impose even more aggressive sanctions on Russia. NATO says it is doubling the number of battlegroups on its eastern flank to eight.
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Washington Post:
Biden and Europeans to announce major plan to redirect gas to Europe … BRUSSELS — President Biden and European leaders are expected to announce a major initiative to direct shipments of liquefied natural gas to Europe during his visit to Brussels this week, part of a broader effort …
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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 …
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.
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Washington Examiner and The Times of Israel
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden rebound: AP-NORC poll
Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden rebound: AP-NORC poll
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Cory Booker Aside, Democrats Stranded Ketanji Brown Jackson — The third day of hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court came to a close on Wednesday following another 10-plus hours filled with character smears about child pornography from Republican senators …
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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
Jackson endures questioning with racial overtones from GOP senators
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Cruz attacks Jackson for ‘critical race theory’ — but sends his own daughters to learn it
Cruz attacks Jackson for ‘critical race theory’ — but sends his own daughters to learn it
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Show Marriage Equality Is the Next Target Once Roe Falls
The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Show Marriage Equality Is the Next Target Once Roe Falls
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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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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Top Russian military leaders repeatedly decline calls from U.S., prompting fears of ‘sleepwalking into war’ … Repeated attempts by the United States' top defense and military leaders to speak with their Russian counterparts have been rejected by Moscow for the last month …
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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.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Rep. Mo Brooks says Trump asked him to ‘rescind the 2020 election,’ remove Biden and call special election — Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama said ex-President Donald Trump had asked him “to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump …
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Washington Post:
Trump endorsements slow and prompt a scramble by candidates, advisers — Former president Donald Trump has slowed his efforts shape the nation's most competitive Republican primaries, holding back endorsements in some of the biggest Senate races and publicly abandoning his support for the struggling Senate campaign of Rep. Mo Brooks.
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The White House:
Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Ballistic Missile Launch — The United States strongly condemns the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its test of a long-range ballistic missile. On March 10th, the United States Government …
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GOV.UK:
Foreign Secretary announces 65 new Russian sanctions to cut off vital industries fuelling Putin's war machine — New sanctions target strategic industries, banks and business elites. — From: — Liz Truss has announced 65 sanctions, targeting strategic industries, banks and business elites
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
Want to talk? FBI trolls Russian Embassy for disgruntled would-be spies
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John Otis / Washington Post:
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state, dies at 84 — Madeleine K. Albright, who came to the United States as an 11-year-old political refugee from Czechoslovakia and decades later was an ardent and effective advocate against mass atrocities in Eastern Europe while serving …
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Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies
Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies
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David Cohen / Politico:
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84
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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
The Supreme Court's Astonishing, Inexplicable Blow to the Voting Rights Act in Wisconsin
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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—” …
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Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
Losing Wars and Saving Face — Russian flags dumped in the aftermath of a pro-war rally at the Luzhniki Stadium on the 18th March (Photo via @mbk_center) — The futility of Russia's war against Ukraine is matched only by its brutality. The longer it goes on the greater the potential humiliation …
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