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Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch — The two Southern tech entrepreneurs had the two qualities that Donald Trump's Truth Social startup needed: tech-industry expertise and a politically conservative worldview aligned with the former president …
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Trump's Truth Social Is Doing Even Worse Than You Thought — The engagement numbers are truly awful. — The app that Donald Trump once hoped would avenge his exile from social media and make him a MAGA Mark Zuckerberg has instead plummeted to the 28th most popular social media platform …
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Associated Press:
Live updates | US urges Russia's ouster from UN rights body — GENEVA — The United States plans to seek a suspension of Russia from its seat on the U.N.'s top human rights body in the wake of rising signs that Russian forces may have committed war crimes in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador …
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New York Times:
In a Kyiv Suburb,'They Shot Everyone They Saw' — With Russian forces retreating, Ukrainians in Bucha are finding scores of bodies in yards and on the roads amid mounting evidence of intentional and indiscriminate killings of civilians. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Washington Post:
U.S. weighs tougher Russia sanctions after evidence of Bucha killings … Biden administration officials have discussed intensifying their sanctions campaign against Russia as evidence emerges of the apparent execution of civilians in a suburb near Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
‘This Is True Barbarity’: Life and Death Under Russian Occupation
‘This Is True Barbarity’: Life and Death Under Russian Occupation
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Associated Press:
US seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin — PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in Spain owned by an oligarch with close ties to the Russian president on Monday, the first in the government's sanctions enforcement initiative to …
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Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Exiled oligarch calls on other Russian tycoons to break with Putin … LONDON — Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the self-exiled Russian oligarch and vocal Kremlin opponent, has called on Russian billionaires and officials who have fled Russia to publicly denounce President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine as criminal.
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The Times of Israel
ABC News:
Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden — The luxury rental property has “gorgeous ocean views,” according to its listing. — Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father's presidency living in luxury in Malibu — and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail.
Bloomberg:
Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up — Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform's biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry. — Twitter shares surged about 26% in premarket trading …
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Craig Howie / Politico:
Trump endorses Palin in Alaska House special election — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed Sarah Palin in the upcoming Alaska House special election. — Calling her a “wonderful patriot” and “tough and smart,” Trump said the former governor had been “a champion for Alaska values …
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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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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Democrats' two-do: Confirm Jackson, land Manchin — DRIVING THE DAY — LOOK WHO'S BACK — Former President BARACK OBAMA will join President JOE BIDEN at a White House event Tuesday celebrating the Affordable Care Act, the first time Obama's going back to 1600 Penn since leaving office, NBC's Mike Memoli scooped.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Biden called Murdoch the ‘most dangerous man in the world,’ new book alleges — New York (CNN Business)In a forthcoming book, a pair of New York Times reporters and CNN political analysts report that President Joe Biden “assessed” Fox News “as one of the most destructive forces in the United States.”
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Washington Monthly:
Inside Tucker Carlson's Brain — On February 22, as tensions that would soon spill into war mounted on the Ukrainian border, Fox News' Tucker Carlson opened his show—the most popular cable news program in the country—with a searing monologue ripping into the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate eyes historic week with a vote to put Jackson on Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to vote this week on whether to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and she is in good shape to win a lifetime appointment and become the first Black woman on the court.
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Kevin Daley / Washington Free Beacon:
Ketanji Brown Jackson Wanted to Empty Jails at Start of Pandemic
Ketanji Brown Jackson Wanted to Empty Jails at Start of Pandemic
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Wall Street Journal:
Hungary's Viktor Orban Wins Another Term in Office — Russia's invasion of Ukraine overshadowed Sunday's election — BUDAPEST—Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the closest thing Russian President Vladimir Putin has to a friend in the club of European Union leaders …
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Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
Ted Cruz endorses Josh Mandel in Ohio Senate race — Texas GOP Sen. , Ted Cruz endorsed Josh Mandel in the highly competitive Ohio Senate Republican primary on Monday. — Cruz hailed Mandel as a “proven fighter” against the Democrats and champion of conservative causes …
ABC News:
Border politics worsen for Biden: The Note — Over two year old border restrictions, known as Title 42, end next month. — A deteriorating political environment means no shortage of small things that can become big things as well as big things that become all-encompassing and devastating.
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Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
Why Liz Cheney Can't Rely On Democrats To Save Her In Wyoming's Republican Primary — Despite being a reliable Republican vote for most of two-plus terms in the U.S. House, Rep. Liz Cheney hasn't been afraid to buck her party when it comes to former President Donald Trump.
Washington Post:
How Trump allies are pushing to hand-count ballots around the U.S. — Some of the key architects and amplifiers of the false claim that voting machines were rigged to steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump traveled to the Nevada desert last month with a new pitch.
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Julia Marsh / Politico:
Adams demands ‘discipline of message’ to combat ‘gotcha’ press corps, audio reveals — NEW YORK — Every single communication from a city agency, down to notices about cherry blossoms in bloom, must be approved by City Hall, Mayor Eric Adams has instructed administration staff …
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