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Live Updates: At Least 39 Killed in Strike on Train Station, Ukraine Says, as Thousands Flee From East — The station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk had been a main point of evacuation as the region braced for a scaling up of Russia's offensive. The European Union formally approved …
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Nato states agree to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine — Russia admits ‘significant losses of troops’ as Donbas region prepares for fresh offensive — Nato member states have agreed to supply new types of advanced weaponry to Ukraine, alliance representatives have said …
Alexis Petridis / The Guardian:
‘This is a crazy, unjust attack’: Pink Floyd re-form to support Ukraine
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
As Ukraine braces for a second round, the West has a duty to step up
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Tom Burt / Microsoft On the Issues:
Disrupting cyberattacks targeting Ukraine
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Dalton Bennett / Washington Post:
In eastern Ukraine, Russian military razing towns to take them over
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Washington Post:
Expulsion of Russian ‘diplomats’ may strangle Moscow's spying
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How Germany Became Putin's Enabler
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The Daily Beast:
‘Gutted’: Inside the Manhattan DA's Unraveling Trump Probe — The Manhattan DA's case against Donald Trump increasingly seems to be going nowhere. … Over the last several weeks, the Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into former President Donald Trump has appeared to be unraveling …
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F.B.I. Preparing to Investigate How Classified Material Went to Trump's Home — Federal authorities want to know more about how sensitive national security information came to be in 15 boxes of documents and mementos sent to Mar-a-Lago from the White House. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
A Reinvented Marine Le Pen Threatens to Upend French Elections — The far-right presidential candidate has opened up about her personal life and tweaked her policies to gain sympathy and credibility among more mainstream voters. — STIRING-WENDEL, France — Marine Le Pen …
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The Guardian, YouGov and New Statesman
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Right-wing populists are thriving — even when they're friends of Putin
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Financial Times
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Yakuza Boss Arrested at Manhattan Steakhouse for Alleged Rockets-for-Heroin Scheme — “The drugs were destined for New York streets, and the weapons shipments were meant for factions in unstable nations.” — A Japanese organized crime kingpin conspired to broker massive deals …
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Justice News, The Guardian, UPI, Raw Story and Voice of America
Abram Brown / Forbes:
Peter Thiel Pumps Bitcoin, Calls Warren Buffett A ‘Sociopathic Grandpa’ — Peter Thiel, the lightning-rod venture capitalist, offered up what he called an “enemies list” on Thursday, his attempt to call out anti-crypto investors while speaking at a prominent cryptocurrency conference in Miami, a crypto hot spot.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
GOP ‘built on fraud, fear and fascism’? If the jackboot fits... There were even more vermin than usual in Washington this week. A rabid fox at the Capitol bit at least nine people, including Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.). And Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison attacked Sen. Tom Cotton …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
‘If we do this right...’: The new Dem organizing strategy catching fire ahead of the midterms — A group of Democratic strategists is trying to spread a novel organizing tactic in this year's election. Technically, it's called “paid relational organizing,” but it boils down to this …
CBS News:
Men accused of impersonating federal agents being investigated for possible ties to Iranian intelligence — The two men accused of impersonating federal agents over the course of several years will remain in jail pending a detention hearing Friday, a federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday.
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Choire Sicha / New York Magazine:
Journalism's Twitter Problem Is the Journalists — Today, New York Times honcho Dean Baquet ordered a company-wide “reset” in how his staff should think about Twitter. Mostly, he'd like them to never look at it again. — You can see why. Most of the people who work for him are very bad …
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Breck Dumas / Fox Business:
GEICO apologizes, reverses course after inviting Linda Sarsour to speak at company event — The pro-Palestinian activist has been widely accused of anti-Semitism — Property and casualty insurer GEICO landed in hot water with several Jewish advocacy groups this week after inviting pro-Palestinian activist …
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The Daily Caller, OutKick and The Daily Wire
Trish Bendix / New York Times:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls the Police on Jimmy Kimmel — Kimmel said of Greene's angry tweets about a joke he made earlier this week: “She's a snowflake and a sociopath — a ‘snowciopath.’” … Marjorie Is the New Karen — Jimmy Kimmel struck a nerve with Marjorie Taylor Greene this week …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
If the Senate can't help workers, maybe unions and states can — For now, legislative proposals to reduce costs and improve the lives of workers, such as expanding paid leave, subsidizing child care and making prekindergarten universal, is kaput. Support for such a comprehensive package …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
District Man Sentenced to 151 Months in Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography — Defendant Requested Videos of Babies — WASHINGTON - Ruben Verastigui, 29, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 151 months in prison on a federal charge of receipt of child pornography.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack investigators zero in on far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys — Panel appears to believe militias coordinated to physically stop certification of Joe Biden's election victory on 6 January last year — The House select committee investigating January 6 appears to believe …
Megan Durisin / Bloomberg:
Food Prices Jump Most on Record as War Sparks Supply Chaos — Global food prices are surging at the fastest pace ever as the war in Ukraine chokes crop supplies, piling more inflationary pain on consumers and worsening a global hunger crisis. — The war has wreaked havoc on supply chains …
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Washington Post:
Rep. Gonzales on how the GOP can win more Hispanic voters — Good morning, Early Birds. Congress has skipped town, but we're still here. Send us your best tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Thanks for waking up with us. — In today's edition: Why Black voters who celebrated Ketanji Brown …
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Rape exceptions to abortion bans were once widely accepted. No more — As conservative states enacted stringent abortion bans in recent decades, there was one threshold they were loath to cross: Abortion was nearly always allowed in cases of rape or incest.
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Kansas City Star:
Request for investigation sent before alleged abuse by Greitens — Missouri state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed grew concerned enough about Gov. Eric Greitens' potential for violence in April 2018 that she sent a letter asking the Department of Public Safety to investigate rumors of an incident involving …
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
Bin Laden's niece praises Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz for backing Capitol rioters — Osama bin Laden's niece, Noor bin Ladin, has praised Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as well as Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) for publicly defending the US Capitol rioters.
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Exposed: The Russian Companies That Will Get Billions From New Iran Nuclear Deal — U.S.-government document shows Russia's top state companies stand to cash in when sanctions drop — Several of Russia's top state-controlled nuclear companies stand to gain billions of dollars in revenue …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Elon Musk to address Twitter staff after internal outcry … Twitter plans to host Elon Musk for a question-and-answer session with employees after a week of internal outcries over his appointment to the social network's board of directors, according to company messages obtained by The Washington Post.
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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Texas leads among 26 states with book bans, free speech group says — (CNN)More than a 1,000 books have been banned in 86 school districts in 26 states across the United States, a new PEN America analysis shows. — PEN America, a literary and free expression advocacy organization …
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