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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 …
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New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Zelensky to Address U.N. as Toll of Atrocities Grows — Ukraine's president said that over 300 people had been killed and tortured in a Kyiv suburb. As he prepared to speak to the Security Council, U.S. and European allies vowed to hold Russia accountable for the killings.
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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.
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New York Times:
Satellite images show bodies lay in Bucha for weeks, despite Russian claims. — An analysis of satellite images by The New York Times rebuts claims by Russia that the killing of civilians in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, occurred after its soldiers had left the town.
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Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
The Bucha Atrocities and the Kremlin Apologists
The Bucha Atrocities and the Kremlin Apologists
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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.
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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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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 …
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Daniel Flatley / Bloomberg:
Treasury Stops Russia From Paying Debt Through U.S. Accounts
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.
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Julian E. Zelizer / The Atlantic:
What I Learned When Trump Tried to Correct the Record
What I Learned When Trump Tried to Correct the Record
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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
Biden Administration Proposes Obamacare Tweak That Could Help 1.2 Million
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Fox News:
Ron Klain solicited money from Hunter Biden for VP residence in 2012, emails show: ‘Keep this low low key’ — Klain told Hunter ‘raising money for the Residence now is bad PR’ — Hunter Biden probe has DOJ in ‘untenable’ position, case for a special counsel is ‘absolutely clear’: Turley
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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 …
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Washington Post
Michelle Fox / CNBC:
Inflation fears force Americans to rethink financial choices — 76% of Americans worry inflation will force them to rethink financial choices: CNBC survey — Surging inflation has Americans reconsidering how they spend their money. — The Consumer Price Index, which measures …
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
Associated Press:
Live updates | EU proposes ban on Russian coal imports — BRUSSELS — The European Union's executive branch has proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia in what would be the first sanctions targeting the country's lucrative energy industry over its war in Ukraine.
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
This Republican about-face is so much worse than ‘cancel culture’ — The GOP no longer argues that free markets, rather than government, should choose “winners and losers.” — In today's Republican Party, the primary economic role of the state is not to get out of the way.
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 …
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Political Wire
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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Jackson on course for confirmation, with 2 more GOP senators in favor
Jackson on course for confirmation, with 2 more GOP senators in favor
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Aaron Schaffer / Washington Post:
The FBI is spending millions on social media tracking software — Good morning! See any interesting contracting records? Send them my way: aaron.schaffer@washpost.com. — Below: Lawmakers blast a reported review of a major U.S. cyber policy, and crypto scams are multiplying.
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 …
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Victim: Epstein Shared Hotel Suite With Bill Clinton and Worried About Being Poisoned — STRANGE BEDFELLOWS — Juliette Bryant was approached in a Cape Town bar and asked if she'd like to meet the former president and Jeffrey Epstein. It was the beginning of her personal nightmare.
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Ugly Options in Ukraine — Pushing to defeat Russia has high risks and costs, but so do the alternatives. — We are only six weeks into Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, but the conflict has already settled into a familiar pattern. Both sides often go into wars with a theory of victory …
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William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Who's Soft on Russia? Meet the Republican Anti-Ukraine Caucus! — The Republicans who love Russia and hate America. — After years of defending a pro-Putin American president and dismissing Russia's interference in American elections, Republicans have returned to their old shtick: accusing Democrats of being soft on Russia.
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Stephanie Akin / Roll Call:
Facing criticism, Tim Ryan defends anti-China ad in Ohio Senate race — Asian American super PAC says he's stoking hate to stir up base — Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan is not backing down as he faces blowback from some in his party for an ad in his Senate campaign that repeatedly blames China for workers' economic woes.
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The Hill
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 …
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