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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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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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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 …
Daniel Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine
NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine
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Bloomberg:
Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No
Russia Central Banker Wanted Out Over Ukraine, But Putin Said No
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Timothy Snyder / Washington Post:
Putin has long fantasized about a world without Ukrainians. Now we see what that means.
Wall Street Journal:
Ukrainian President Asked Biden Not to Sanction Abramovich, to Facilitate Peace Talks
Ukrainian President Asked Biden Not to Sanction Abramovich, to Facilitate Peace Talks
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Russian forces ‘taking more defensive positions’ outside Kyiv: Pentagon
Russian forces ‘taking more defensive positions’ outside Kyiv: Pentagon
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Pandemic relief money spent on hotel, ballpark, ski slopes — WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa.
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Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
America Is About to Test How Long ‘Normal’ Can Hold
America Is About to Test How Long ‘Normal’ Can Hold
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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 …
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
Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Want to talk? FBI trolls Russian Embassy for disgruntled would-be spies … The FBI is trying a novel strategy to recruit Russian-speaking individuals upset about the country's invasion of Ukraine: aiming social media ads at cellphones located inside or just outside the Russian Embassy in Washington.
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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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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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.
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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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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments because of hospitalization
Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments because of hospitalization
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