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12:45 AM ET, April 2, 2022

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New York Times:
Sarah Palin Announces She's Running for Congress in Alaska  —  Ms. Palin released a statement on Friday that she was entering the race to replace Representative Don Young, who died last month.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Sarah Palin, a former Alaska governor …
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Anchorage Daily News:
Live updates: As deadline nears, Palin joins crowded field in special Alaska U.S. House election  —  As the filing deadline approached Friday to run for the special election to fill Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, the field got crowded, with current and former lawmakers, former Gov. Sarah Palin and others jumping in.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Palin joins Alaska House race for late Don Young's seat  —  Sarah Palin is back in politics.  —  The former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee filed papers Friday to run for the state's only House seat, recently held by Rep. Don Young, who died March 18.
Discussion: Politico, WinRed, CBS News and Jezebel
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Manchin: Biden's repeal of Title 42 order ‘a frightening decision’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Friday slammed President Biden's decision to rescind Title 42, a Trump-era health order used to rapidly deport people who cross the border without authorization as “a frightening decision” …
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Fox News:
Biden immigration decision could make midterm climate even tougher for Democrats
Conn Carroll / Washington Examiner:
Democrats can't run from Biden's border crisis
CNN:
Trump's presidential diarist tells Jan. 6 committee White House officials provided less detail about his activities days before riot  —  Washington (CNN)Just days before the US Capitol riot, White House officials started providing fewer details about then-President Donald Trump's calls and visits …
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Associated Press:
Jan. 6 panel puts Garland in ‘precarious’ spot, ups pressure  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a blunt message to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice.
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Garland says the only pressure DOJ feels on January 6 probes is to ‘do the right thing’
Discussion: Raw Story
Brent Lang / Variety:
Will Smith Resigns From Academy Over Chris Rock Oscars Slap Backlash … Will Smith, facing possible expulsion or suspension after he assaulted Chris Rock during last Sunday's Oscars telecast, has instead resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Jen Psaki planning to leave White House this spring for MSNBC gig  —  White House press secretary Jen Psaki is in exclusive talks with MSNBC to join the network after she leaves the White House around May, according to a source close to the matter.
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Politico:
Why Biden's jobs boom isn't translating  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  The U.S. unemployment rate hit 3.6 percent today, as 431,000 jobs were added during the month of March.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, HotAir and Townhall
New York Times:
Amazon Workers on Staten Island Vote to Unionize in Stunning Win for Labor  —  Despite heavy lobbying by the company, workers at the facility voted by a wide margin for a union.  It was seen as a rebuke of the company's treatment of its employees.  —  Workers at Amazon's massive warehouse …
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for company's first unionized warehouse in U.S.
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:   A Generational Worker Revolt Hits Its Stride
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New York Times:
Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin's Invasion  —  Polls and interviews show many Russians now accept the Kremlin's assertion that their country is under siege from the West.  Opponents are leaving the country or keeping quiet.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. Will Help Transfer Soviet-Made Tanks to Ukraine  —  The transfer, a response to a request from Ukraine's president, will mark the first time the Biden administration has helped send tanks in the five-week-old war.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
Financial Times:
Roman Abramovich's $1bn five-yacht fleet revealed  —  Latest vessel's discovery highlights veil of secrecy over sanctions-hit oligarch's assets  —  Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owns or is linked to a collection of five yachts estimated to be worth almost $1bn, including several vessels …
Discussion: New York Post
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William Vaillancourt / Rolling Stone:
Ginni Thomas Pushed Trump to Hire Someone the White House Suspected Was a Foreign Spy  —  The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave the former president “insane and unworkable” lists of people he should fire and hire, according to a new report from The Daily Beast
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David Lat / Vicky Ward Investigates:
Minute-by-Minute: Inside The Out-Of-Control Protest at Yale Law School  —  On March 10, 2022, a protest at Yale Law School—just ranked (again) this week as the #1 law school in the U.S.—got horrendously out of hand.  —  The background: Yale's Federalist Society had invited two lawyers …
Discussion: Reason and HotAir
BBC:
Ukraine war: Gruesome evidence points to war crimes on road outside Kyiv  —  Footage of Russian troops shooting a man with his hands up on a highway outside Kyiv at the beginning of March was shared around the world.  Now the Russians have been pushed out of the area and the BBC's Jeremy Bowen …
 
 
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Marty Schladen / Ohio Capital Journal:
LaRose would ‘be fine with’ chief justice's impeachment over redistricting rulings
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Man who brought ‘small armory’ to Capitol on Jan. 6 sentenced to 46 months in prison
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Strategy in Ukraine Shifts After Setbacks, and a Lengthy War Looms
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The Last Defense of DeSantis's Anti-Vaccine Campaign Goes Poof
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 175M+ MAUs, up from 150M in April, ahead of its one-year anniversary on July 5; source: Meta may turn on ads in Threads in 2025

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Amazon plans to discontinue Astro for Business, its robot security guard for SMBs announced in November 2023, on September 25 to focus on its Astro home robot

Jay Peters / The Verge:
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