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Reuters:
Ukraine President Zelenskiy says he will address UN Security Council on Tuesday  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would address the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday and predicted further, worse instances of mass killings of civilians by Russian troops would be discovered.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
How election conspiracy theories turned local politics ‘toxic’ in one Wisconsin city  —  GREEN BAY, Wis. — For the second time since Election Day 2020, uniformed police officers will be on duty when ballot counting begins in Green Bay's local elections.  —  It's the result of tension building …
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:   Fake Trump Elector Is Running in Wisconsin This Week, Alongside Other Big Lie Supporters
Matt Brown / Washington Post:
Michigan GOP roils as Trump injects 2020 grievances into midterms
Discussion: RedState and Reveal
Associated Press:
Trump aide seeking NH House seat voted in 2 states in 2016  —  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former Trump administration official now running for Congress in New Hampshire voted twice during the 2016 primary election season, potentially violating federal voting law and leaving him at odds …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden admin plots to fix Obamacare's ‘family glitch,’ expand coverage  —  The Biden administration is planning on Tuesday to propose a long-sought change to the Affordable Care Act aimed at lowering health insurance costs for millions of Americans, four people with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO.
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Biden Administration Proposes Obamacare Tweak That Could Help 1.2 Million
Reuters:
US blocks Russian debt payments in bid to raise pressure on Moscow  —  New York/Washington, The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at American banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure …
Discussion: Financial Times
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Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:   Treasury Stops Russia From Paying Debt Through U.S. Accounts
New York Post:
Hunter Biden grand jury witness was asked about deal with Chinese firm - and ‘the big guy’  —  A witness who testified before the Hunter Biden grand jury was asked to identify the “big guy” in the first son's planned deal with a Chinese energy conglomerate — as calls ramped up to have President Biden included in a conspiracy probe.
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Oren Liebermann / CNN:
US tested hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet to avoid escalating tensions with Russia  —  The US successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia as President Joe Biden was about to travel to Europe …
Discussion: Political Wire
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
'I didn't win the election': Trump admits defeat in session with historians  —  The ex-president also said that Iran, China and South Korea were happy Biden won, adding that ‘the election was rigged and lost’  —  Donald Trump has admitted he did not win the 2020 election.  —  “I didn't win the election,” he said.
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
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Politico:
Jackson confirmation battle rejuvenates Doug Jones  —  Doug Jones became a so-called Supreme Court sherpa in the most quintessentially Washington way possible.  —  The day after Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement announcement, a reporter emailed Jones to ask whether the White House …
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Washington Post:
Jackson on course for confirmation, with 2 more GOP senators in favor
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why Biden's base is in distress  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Democrats are desperately trying to understand what's roiling the electorate heading into a brutal midterm environment.  —  HIT Strategies has been conducting weekly focus groups to find out in real time how Americans are processing events in 2022.
Ben Adler / Yahoo News:
Republican-controlled states have higher murder rates than Democratic ones: study  —  46th and current president of the United States  —  Republican politicians routinely claim that cities run by Democrats have been experiencing crime waves caused by failed governance …
Michael Weiss / New Lines Magazine:
Exclusive: How Russia Evades Sanctions via Syrian Loan Schemes  —  New Lines has obtained documents showing two loans to the Assad regime totaling $1 billion for supplies and largely designed to benefit oligarchs sanctioned by the U.S. and EU.  But all is not well in Damascus
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
More on That Senate Vote Against David Weil  —  Today on TAP: How come Schumer moved the confirmation forward to floor action if the votes weren't there?  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the Capitol, March 29, 2022  —  On Friday, I reported on last week's failure of the Senate …
Mike DeForest / WKMG:
DeSantis staff delayed release of Gaetz associate Halsey Beshears' spending records  —  Legal experts dispute governor's claim he can delay records to ‘review’ them  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a move criticized by advocates of Florida's open government laws, Gov. Ron DeSantis' staff intervened …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Why Elon Musk Is Buying into Twitter  —  Elon Musk has found something to keep himself occupied until his first crewed mission to Mars fulfills his prediction and lands on the Red Planet in 2029.  He's purchased a 9.2 percent share in Twitter for $2.9 billion — where he has 80.2 million followers …
New York Post:
Angry mom who confronted Adams on toddler mask mandate fired from city job  —  The Big Apple mom who crashed Mayor Eric Adams' press conference Monday to blast him over his tot mask mandate was fired shortly afterward from her job at the city Law Department, The Post has learned.
president.gov.ua:
There is ample evidence that it is Russian troops who destroy peaceful cities, torture and kill civilians - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy  —  Ukrainians!  —  All our defenders!  —  Today has been a really difficult day.  Emotional.  —  I've visited our cities in the Kyiv region, which we liberated from the occupiers.
Washington Post:
As Russia retreats from Kyiv, U.S. sees uglier fights to come … Russia's apparent retreat from Kyiv and retrenchment into Ukraine's easternmost regions marks the latest sign that the war is at an inflection point — one that U.S. officials believe could portend even uglier fighting to come.
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Bidens to host White House wedding reception for granddaughter in November  —  (CNN)President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a wedding reception at the White House this November for their eldest granddaughter, Naomi Biden, the first lady's communications director Elizabeth Alexander confirmed to CNN.
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz Knew Exactly What He Was Doing Caping for Trump and His Big Lie
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Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
U.S. Drones for Ukraine Will Include Latest Tank Killers
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Victim: Epstein Shared Hotel Suite With Bill Clinton and Worried About Being Poisoned
Discussion: Raw Story
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
This Republican about-face is so much worse than ‘cancel culture’
Maeve Reston / CNN:
Six candidates try to replace Devin Nunes in a California congressional seat that will soon vanish
Discussion: Washington Post
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Ugly Options in Ukraine
Discussion: CBS News
Alex Zeldin / The Atlantic:
The Other History of the Holocaust  —  Picture a long table covered end to end in crystal bowls filled …
Ben Burgis / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Just Proved ‘Right-Wing Populism’ Is a Con Job
Discussion: Raw Story
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George Joseph / THE CITY:
Brooklyn Democratic Party Director Resigns Following Uproar Over ‘Pizzagate’ Posts
Zoë Heller / New Yorker:
How Everyone Got So Lonely
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump asks judge to recuse from racketeering suit against Hillary Clinton
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC, under fire for covid response, announces plans to revamp agency
Discussion: New York Post and Reuters
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Anchor Forced to Remind GOP Senator That Nord Stream 2 Isn't Operational
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
 

 
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Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

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