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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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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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Justice Breyer Says Clarence Thomas is Fine, Jackson Confirmation Not My Business — JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER CLARENCE THOMAS IS FINE ... And I Got No Dog In Confirmation Fight — EXCLUSIVE — 87 … Justice Stephen Breyer is reassuring folks, his colleague, Justice Clarence Thomas …
New York Times:
QAnon Cheers Republican Attacks on Jackson. Democrats See a Signal. — Criticism of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's sentencing decisions emerged as a theme among Republicans — and renewed debate about the party's stance toward QAnon. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Cruz attacks Jackson for ‘critical race theory’ — but sends his own daughters to learn it — Sen. Ted Cruz seldom overlooks a chance to be underhanded, and, sure enough, the Texas Republican led the effort to imbue this week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the latest effort …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
GOP grandstanders aren't the only reason Jackson's confirmation hearings were so disgraceful
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Washington Post:
Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they've treated Jackson worse.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Show Marriage Equality Is the Next Target Once Roe Falls
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Washington Post:
American Bar Association says Jackson is ‘A-plus’ as final day of hearings begins
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Ted Cruz May Have Just Boosted Sales For The Anti-Racist Children's Book He Attacked
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Jackson endures questioning with racial overtones from GOP senators
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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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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 …
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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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Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden rebound: AP-NORC poll
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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:
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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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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The Hill:
White House avoids Trump attacks on Russia-Ukraine
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
The White House can't just wash away the stink of Hunter Biden's laptop
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics — The ingredients are there for an upset. — If the worst thing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) did this month was call Ukraine's President “a thug,” or get caught speeding multiple times with a revoked license …
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Elizabeth Faddis / Washington Examiner:
North Korea launches largest suspected ballistic missile since 2017 — North Korea launched what is suspected to be the largest ballistic missile since 2017 Thursday morning. — South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff detected the firing of an “unidentified projectile” toward South Korea's East Sea …
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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
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New York Times:
Cities Lost Population in 2021, Leading to the Slowest Year of Growth in U.S. History — Although some of the fastest growing regions in the country continued to grow, the gains were nearly erased by stark losses in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. — Substantial population loss …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Why Trump Is Losing His Grip on the GOP — It strains memory now to recall that when Donald Trump first shoved his way into presidential politics seven years ago this spring, and soon after humiliated a long parade of establishment Republicans, his appeal to voters had a coherent dimension.
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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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Samuel Benson / Politico:
U.S. to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees — The Biden administration will announce plans to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and others affected by the Russian war on Ukraine, the Biden administration announced Thursday. — Not all will be admitted through the refugee program or during this fiscal year.
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Jonathan Oosting / Bridge Michigan:
Firm: Michigan AG hopeful Matt DePerno fired over ‘padded,’ false billings … KALAMAZOO—A Republican running to be Michigan's top law enforcement official was fired from a law firm in 2005 after colleagues alleged he “padded” client billings for personal and professional benefit, according to court records reviewed by Bridge Michigan.
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
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