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8:20 AM ET, March 28, 2022

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New York Times:
Zelensky Gives Interview to Russian Journalists.  Moscow Orders It Quashed.  —  It was a remarkable moment in the war in Europe: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine gave a 90-minute-long Zoom interview on Sunday to four prominent journalists from Russia, the country invading his.
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The Economist:
Volodymyr Zelensky on why Ukraine must defeat Putin  —  At his headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine's president speaks to The Economist about his country's battle and the struggle of light over dark  —  HE NEVER WANTED a war and he did not prepare his country for one.  He may quote Winston Churchill, but he is no Churchill.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
As the war in Ukraine moves into its second month, fears grow of Mariupol's fall to Russia.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces redoubled attacks on strategic targets across Ukraine on Sunday, with fierce fighting reported around the capital, Kyiv, amid signs that the besieged city of Mariupol was close to falling.
Nolan Peterson / Coffee or Die Magazine:
DISPATCH: Interview With a Ukrainian MiG-29 Pilot
Discussion: IJR and New York Times
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Stephen Fowler / Georgia Public Broadcasting:
Trump's Republican revenge tour falters in Georgia
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider:
Trump once again praises authoritarian leaders, calling Putin's soldiers on the border of Ukraine ‘a great negotiation’
New York Times:
How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions  —  At every step of his political career, Joe Manchin helped a West Virginia power plant that is the sole customer of his private coal business.  Along the way, he blocked ambitious climate action.  —  GRANT TOWN, W. Va. …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
David Cohen / Politico:
Ayanna Pressley praises Will Smith's slap, then apparently deletes tweet  —  Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Sunday tweeted a defense of Will Smith's shocking slap of fellow actor Chris Rock during the Academy Awards, then apparently deleted it shortly thereafter.  —  “#Alopecia nation stand up!
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Bloomberg:
Oscars Live: Coming-of-age Film ‘CODA’ Wins Best Picture
Discussion: WFLA-TV, Associated Press and FOX 2
CNN:
January 6 Committee likely to reach out to interview Ginni Thomas in coming weeks, sources say  —  Following the revelation of Virginia “Ginni” Thomas' text messages with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, most members of the House select committee investigating January 6 …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Adam Kinzinger on “Face the Nation,” March 27, 2022
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Wall Street Journal:
A Middle East Geopolitical Realignment Accelerates to Confront and Contain Iran  —  A first-ever diplomatic summit in Israel illustrates the new relationships being built across the region as the U.S. rethinks its security role in the Mideast  —  New diplomatic and security ties are reshaping …
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Blinken attends ‘historic’ Israeli, Arab summit amid Iran deal tensions, Palestinian opposition  —  It's the first time four Arab countries' foreign ministers will meet in Israel.  —  SDE BOKER, Israel — Out here in the Negev desert, the Israeli government says, history is being made.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Biden's Facts Don't Care About Putin's Feelings  —  This isn't about Biden's apt ad lib.  It's about steeling for a long “battle between democracy and autocracy.” … While America's media is embroiled in another confected controversy, this one about whether Joe Biden hurt Vladimir Putin's feelings …
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Biden stated the obvious: Putin must not remain in power, free to destroy Ukraine
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside Ted Cruz's last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power … Sen. Ted Cruz was dining near the Capitol on the evening of Dec. 8, 2020, when he received an urgent call from President Donald Trump.  A lawsuit had just been filed at the Supreme Court designed to overturn the election Trump had lost …
bellingcat:
Boris Nemtsov Tailed by FSB Squad Prior to 2015 Murder  — Previously, Bellingcat and partners discovered that a secret FSB squad had followed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny during his presidential campaign in 2017, and in the days and months before he was poisoned in 2020.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
First look: Biden to ask Congress to fund the police  —  President Biden will propose more than $32 billion in new spending to fight crime, two White House officials familiar with his 2023 budget plans tells Axios, putting a price tag on his State of the Union call to fund — not defund — the police.
Discussion: Bloomberg, NBC News and TheBlaze
Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
GOP pushes Biden to do more to pressure China over Russia  —  Republicans want the Biden administration to do more to pressure China on pushing Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine and to make the consequences clear to Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he decides to help Russian President Vladimir Putin even more.
Politico:
Why redistricting has stalled in 4 unfinished states  —  The final stage of the redistricting cycle has arrived: gridlock.  —  Spats between governors and state legislators — and between different Republican factions — have brought map-making to a standstill in the final four states still without …
 
 
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Erin Banco / Politico:
U.S. global Covid work will ‘grind to a halt’ without more cash
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Discussion: Breitbart
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Trial to begin in ISIS killings of U.S. journalists, aid workers
Discussion: The Hill
John M. Bridgeland / USA Today:
Ukrainians are dying for democracy. In America, Republicans won't stand up to Trump.
Discussion: Politico and The Lukist
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