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Oleksandr Stashevskyi / Associated Press:
Ukraine accuses Russia of massacre, city strewn with bodies — BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Bodies with bound hands, close-range gunshot wounds and signs of torture lay scattered in a city on the outskirts of Kyiv after Russian soldiers withdrew from the area. Ukrainian authorities on Sunday accused …
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Human Rights Watch:
Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas — Summary Executions, Other Grave Abuses by Russian Forces — (Warsaw) - Human Rights Watch has documented several cases of Russian military forces committing laws-of-war violations against civilians in occupied areas of the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Kyiv regions of Ukraine.
New York Times:
In this picturesque city in Ukraine, photos are now discouraged. — The devastating toll of the war became clearer as Russian forces withdrew from around Kyiv. World leaders promised more sanctions. — Reports of atrocities emerge from Ukraine as Russia repositions its forces.
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Washington Post:
Signs of massacre in Bucha spark calls for war-crime probes
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Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
Evidence of War Crimes in Ukraine Mounts as Russians Retreat From Kyiv Area
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Reuters:
Orban scores crushing victory as Ukraine war solidifies support — Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban looked set for a fourth consecutive win in Sunday's election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, “illiberal” state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest's close ties with Moscow.
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The Economist:
A wild gerrymander makes Hungary's Fidesz party hard to dislodge — Opposition voters are packed into a few large constituencies — In an upcoming election a populist conservative party is poised for victory. It leads polls by mid-single digits. It is also aided by gerrymandered districts …
CNN:
Viktor Orban, Hungary's authoritarian leader, calls Zelensky an ‘opponent’ after winning reelection — (CNN)Hungary's authoritarian leader and longtime Russian ally, Viktor Orban, has declared victory in the country's parliamentary elections, clinching a fourth consecutive term in power.
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Adam Beam / Associated Press:
California mass shooting: 6 dead, 12 injured in Sacramento — SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — Six people were killed and 12 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and police in California's state capital were searching for at least one suspect.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A night of laughter and cringe at the Gridiron — DRIVING THE DAY — INSIDE THE RETURN OF THE GRIDIRON — New Hampshire Republican Gov. CHRIS SUNUNU stole the show Saturday night at the annual Gridiron Club dinner by saying out loud what most Republicans in Washington *privately* whisper about DONALD TRUMP.
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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
At DC roast, NH's GOP governor skewers Trump as ‘crazy’
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Schumer admits defeat on Garcetti as India ambassador — Chuck Schumer's team is privately acknowledging to Senate Democrats that Eric Garcetti doesn't currently have 50 votes within their caucus to be confirmed as ambassador to India, congressional aides tell Axios.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Biden called Murdoch the ‘most dangerous man in the world,’ new book alleges — Ex-Clinton strategist reveals why she no longer appears on Fox — New York (CNN Business)In a forthcoming book, a pair of New York Times reporters and CNN political analysts report that President Joe Biden …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The galling cynicism of CBS News hiring Mick Mulvaney … When word came the other day that a former top Trump aide, Mick Mulvaney, was joining CBS News as a paid pundit, the move was met with a fair amount of disgust — both inside and outside the network. — Why hire this partisan …
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Jon Sarlin / CNN:
After a $625 million hack, the party must go on — Los Angeles (CNN Business)By all appearances, it was your typical tech party. — There was the branded swag, the free drinks and the mingling. But something was amiss at the Axie Infinity meet-up at Pattern Bar in Downtown LA.
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Matthew Yglesias / Bloomberg:
What If Fox News Viewers Watched CNN Instead? — The establishment of Fox News in the late 1990s forever changed both media and politics in America, transforming the formerly staid world of television news into the series of political shoutfests we know and love-hate today.
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Obama to return to White House to celebrate health care reform — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since he left office to promote the Affordable Care Act in an event alongside President Joe Biden, a White House official said.
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Garry Kasparov / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Told the Truth: Putin Has to Go — Ukraine's sacrifice will be in vain if the West's moral confusion gives Russia a chance to regroup. — Russia's all-out war on Ukraine is entering its sixth week, and the past few days have seen a rhetorical shift in Vladimir Putin's goals.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman skipped the first Pa. Senate debate. His rivals made it all about him anyway. — ALLENTOWN — The empty podium at stage right took a lot of hits on Sunday.From the opening moments of Pennsylvania's first Democratic Senate debate, U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb and State …
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Why Democrats hope Romney will support Ketanji Brown Jackson … A recent letter backing Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court rattled off many of her supporters' oft-stated reasons she should be confirmed — her top-notch academic credentials, her support from police groups, her expansive experience in the law.
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New York Times:
‘This Is True Barbarity’: Life and Death Under Russian Occupation — The town of Trostyanets was occupied by Russian forces for a month before the Ukrainian military liberated it. Residents described weeks of hunger and horror. — TROSTYANETS, Ukraine — The last three Russian soldiers …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Ukraine Is the First Real World War — Almost six weeks into the war between Russia and Ukraine, I'm beginning to wonder if this conflict isn't our first true world war — much more than World War I or World War II ever were. In this war, which I think of as “World War Wired,” …
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone Claims He's Being ‘Censored’ on Trump's Free-Speech App — Stone is the most high-profile MAGA character to claim he's being silenced on the app. — Veteran Republican operative and longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone claims he's being “censored” on the ex-president's social media site Truth Social.
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Justin Gomez / ABC News:
Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘far from over,’ White House chief of staff says — Klain said Russia is looking to relaunch battles in eastern Ukraine. — White House chief of staff Ron Klain is warning that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is “far from over,” despite the claim by Moscow …
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