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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
US: 2 posed as agents, gave gifts to Secret Service officers — WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged two men they say were posing as federal agents, giving free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents, including one who worked on the first lady's security detail.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Liberal media critic Eric Boehlert dies in bicycle collision — Eric Boehlert, a liberal critic who offered blistering takedowns and analysis of mainstream and conservative media, died Monday in a bicycle collision in his New Jersey hometown. He was 57. — “Through his journalism …
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James Fallows / Breaking the News:
Framing: In Honor of Eric Boehlert. — I just got the news this afternoon that Eric Boehlert, author of the popular Press Run site on Substack, had died in a bicycle accident in New Jersey, at age 56. This is heartbreaking and terrible. I send my condolences, sorrow, and support to his wife …
New York Times:
U.S. Says It Secretly Removed Malware Worldwide, Pre-empting Russian Cyberattacks — The operation is the latest effort by the Biden administration to thwart actions by Russia by making them public before Moscow can strike. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Civilians Flee as Battered Russian Forces Bear Down on Eastern Ukraine
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House passes bill to document Russian war crimes in Ukraine
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump deflects blame for Jan. 6 silence, says he wanted to march to Capitol … PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former president Donald Trump voiced regret Wednesday over not marching to the U.S. Capitol the day his supporters stormed the building, and he defended his long silence during the attack …
Jerod Macdonald-Evoy / Arizona Mirror:
Paul Gosar to attend white nationalist social gathering on Hitler's birthday — Prescott Republican Congressman Paul Gosar is set to be a “special guest” with the white nationalist American Populist Union at an event that will be on a date popular among white nationalists and Neo-Nazis: Hitler's birthday.
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Spiegel Online:
German Intelligence Intercepts Radio Traffic Discussing the Murder of Civilians in Bucha — DER SPIEGEL has learned that German intelligence intercepted radio traffic from the Russian military regarding the murder of civilians in Bucha. It appears that such atrocities were part of the plan.
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Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Fox caught on Capitol grounds and euthanized tests positive for rabies … A mother red fox captured Tuesday on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol has been euthanized and has tested positive for rabies, said D.C. Department of Health officials. — The D.C. public health lab …
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Rachel Kurzius / DCist:
Officials Captured And Euthanized The Capitol Hill Fox, Then Found Her Kits
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Politico:
Judge rejects Trump's demand he step back from suit against Hillary Clinton — A federal judge — nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton in 1996 — on Wednesday emphatically rejected Donald Trump's demand that he recuse from Trump's sprawling lawsuit against Hillary Clinton …
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Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump's fixation on the past puts his political future in limbo
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Washington Post:
In Bucha, the scope of Russian barbarity is coming into focus — This story contains graphic photos, including images of bodies. — BUCHA, Ukraine — The name of this city is already synonymous with the month-long carnage that Russian soldiers perpetrated here.
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Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine braces for assault in east; Russian talk of civilian killings intercepted — The gruesome killings in Bucha could further isolate Moscow as the U.S. sanctions Putin's daughters and the E.U. will vote on a Russian coal ban.
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Reed Albergotti / Washington Post:
Elon Musk delayed filing a form and made $156 million … Elon Musk was 11 days late in publicly declaring he had amassed a large stake in Twitter. That omission may have earned him $156 million, according to a half-dozen legal and securities experts. — That's because of a 50-year-old law …
Politico:
Judge issues first outright acquittal of Jan. 6 riot defendant — A judge has issued the first outright acquittal of a defendant charged in the Capitol riot. — Following a two-day bench trial in U.S. District Court in Washington, New Mexico engineer Matthew Martin was acquitted Wednesday …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Leader of West Virginia's Proud Boys chapter pleads guilty in Jan. 6 case
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Lobsang Gelek / Radio Free Asia:
Tibetan exile leader set to visit Washington in April — Tibetan exile leader Penpa Tsering will visit Washington D.C. from April 25 to 29 at the invitation of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Tsering confirmed to RFA in an interview on Tuesday. — The Washington visit will be followed by visits …
MSNBC:
‘Continuous drumbeat that sounds like genocidal language’ on Russian state TV journalist says — The White House unveiled a severe, new round of punitive measures aimed squarely at Vladimir Putin's regime on Wednesday, as clear statements from Russian media signal the probable intent …
Philip Jankowski / Dallas Morning News:
Nearly 25,000 mail-in ballots rejected in March 1 Texas primary, mostly due to new election law — The first vote conducted under requirements of the new state law saw a rejection rate of 12.4% of ballots mailed to elections offices, a trend AARP Texas director calls “deeply troubling.”
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Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
Why So Many COVID Predictions Were Wrong — The eviction tsunami never happened. Neither did the “she-cession.” Here are four theories for the failed economic forecasting of the pandemic era. — As many prominent policy makers reckon uncomfortably with persistent inflation after months …
Gretchen Morgenson / NBC News:
The Trump Organization used to borrow from major banks. Now look who's lending it money. — Donald Trump used to bank with the big guns. Now he's borrowing from Axos Financial, an obscure, internet-only institution based in San Diego and Las Vegas. — In mid-February …
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New York Times:
Turkey Transfers Khashoggi Murder Trial to Saudi Arabia — The move will almost certainly end the last trial aimed at serving justice for a heinous crime that caused global outrage. — Give this article- - - Read in app — ISTANBUL — A court in Turkey transferred the trial in the murder …
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Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Congresswoman Who Downplayed the Capitol Riot Is Very Concerned About a Slap Joke — CALL THE GAZPACHO! — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) downplayed the violence at the Capitol, voted against awarding congressional medals to Capitol Police officers injured in the insurrection …
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The Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin Is Back. Her GOP May Have Moved On. — The famous Alaskan's political comeback bid has attracted as many shrugs as cheers from the GOP she helped create. — When Sarah Palin announced her return to politics with a surprise bid for Congress, she might have expected a hero's welcome …
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Timothy Snyder / Washington Post:
By denying a Ukrainian culture, Putin flattens his own … In his 1926 poem “Debt to Ukraine,” Vladimir Mayakovsky wrote: “It's hard to crush people into one. Don't raise yourself so high.” After all, the poet continued: “Do we know the Ukrainian night? No, we do not know the Ukrainian night.”
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Peter Pomerantsev / TIME:
Ukraine Is Our Past and Our Future
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