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7:45 PM ET, April 10, 2022

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New York Times:
Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts  —  Before it committed $2 billion to Mr. Kushner's firm, Public Investment Fund officials questioned the justification for taking such a big risk.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Has Evidence for Criminal Referral of Trump, but Splits on Sending  —  Despite concluding that it has enough evidence, the committee is concerned that making a referral to the Justice Department would backfire by politicizing the investigation into the Capitol riot.
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Trumpworld Goes Into Meltdown After Trump Endorses Dr. Oz  —  “Oz is the antithesis of everything that made Trump the best president of my lifetime,” one MAGA luminary said.  —  Late Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump officially endorsed his old TV pal Dr. Mehmet Oz …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Rick Santorum endorses Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate race
Wall Street Journal:
Fleeing Putin, Thousands of Educated Russians Are Moving Abroad  —  Young professionals, often working in tech, have left the country after the Ukraine invasion: 'I can't live in a country that goes to war with its neighbors.'  —  Hundreds of thousands of professional workers, many of them young …
France 24:
Live: Macron leads first round of French election, to face Le Pen in run-off  —  French President Emmanuel Macron will face the far right's Marine Le Pen in a presidential run-off on April 24 after leading the first round on Sunday with 28.0% of the vote to Le Pen's 23.2%, according to an Ipsos exit poll.
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Mimi Reinhard, secretary who typed 'Schindler's List,' dies at 107  —  Mimi Reinhard was being held at a Nazi concentration camp near Krakow, Poland, in 1944, but because she spoke flawless German and could take shorthand, she was allowed to work in the camp office.
NBC News:
67 attendees of high profile D.C. dinner test positive for Covid  —  Sixty-seven attendees have tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the Gridiron Dinner in Washington last weekend, including members of the Biden administration and reporters, according to Gridiron Club President Tom DeFrank.
Discussion: OutKick, The Guardian and The Hill
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Dusan Stojanovic / Associated Press:
China makes semi-secret delivery of missiles to Serbia  —  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Russian ally Serbia took the delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms buildup in the Balkans at the time of the war …
Discussion: The Western Journal
Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Texas DA to dismiss murder charges against woman over ‘self-induced’ abortion  —  Murder charges against a Texas woman who allegedly committed a “self-induced abortion” will be dropped.  —  Gocha Allen Ramirez, the district attorney who filed the charges against Lizelle Herrera …
Denver Post:
Colorado GOP embraces election conspiracy theories in nominations for secretary of state, Senate  —  The GOP assembly and convention took place Saturday in Colorado Springs  —  Election deniers received the support of the Colorado Republican Party faithful on Saturday as delegates voted …
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Most Americans blame Vladimir Putin, oil companies for high gas prices: POLL  —  Americans are more likely to blame Democrats than Republicans for the hike.  —  As politicians spar over who's to blame for recent increases in gas prices, a large majority of Americans say oil companies …
Discussion: The Hill
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CBS News:
CBS News poll: In economic views, inflation outweighs jobs
New York Times:
The Fortunes of MacKenzie Scott  —  Three decades after worrying about making rent, she is now giving away billions — all while trying to keep herself out of the spotlight.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  The billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott once recounted …
Harper Lambert / The Wrap:
Abigail Disney Calls Right-Wing Attacks on Disney ‘Absurd’: 'It's an Attempt to Push History Backward' (Video)  —  Abigail Disney, the director and granddaughter of Disney's co-founder Roy, shut down conservatives who attacked the company after it spoke out against Florida's “Don't Say Gay Bill,” which was signed into law last month.
Discussion: Newsbusters and NPR
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Ballot stuffing mars Salt Lake County's GOP nominating convention, as Republicans warn of voter fraud conspiracies  —  Two Republican delegates, using paper ballots, were caught voting twice during Saturday's nominating convention.  —  For Salt Lake County Republicans, warnings of voter fraud came from inside the party on Saturday.
Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Austria chancellor Karl Nehammer to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow  —  First European leader to hold in-person talks with Russia president since Ukraine invasion  —  Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer will on Monday become the first European leader to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and EUobserver
Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post:
Russian students are turning in teachers who don't back the war … RIGA, Latvia — When Irina Gen's students in western Russia asked why a European sports competition had barred them from attending, the 55-year-old teacher let loose with a tirade against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Herschel Walker's no-show looms large over Senate GOP debate  —  Former football great Herschel Walker skipped the first major Republican U.S. Senate debate, but his absence at the event in Gainesville on Saturday helped shape the back-and-forth among the five candidates who showed up.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, CNN and Raw Story
Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Somebody Tipped Off the 2 Fake Feds Arrested for Duping Secret Service, DOJ Says  —  “Each hour since their arrest, the Government learns more—and scarier—information,” federal prosecutors wrote in a Sunday filing.  —  A pair of phony Homeland Security agents who allegedly infiltrated …
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Eric Adams, N.Y.C.'s mayor, tests positive for the coronavirus.  —  Mr. Adams has been focused on reopening the city after cases rose during the Omicron surge over the winter.  —  Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday, his 100th day in office, the mayor's office announced.
NBC News:
Meet the Press - April 10, 2022  —  Molly Hunter, Dmytro Kuleba, Jake Sullivan, Larry Summers, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Carlos Curbelo, Josh Lederman and Anna Palmer  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday: Putin's brutal war.  —  PRES. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY:  —  The Russian war crimes machine should be denied its capacity to act.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Insider
New York Times:
Crypto Industry Helps Write, and Pass, Its Own Agenda in State Capitols  —  In the absence of federal regulations, crypto lobbyists and executives are going state by state to get favorable rules enacted.  Many lawmakers have been willing partners.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
McConnell says Democrats ‘headed toward a pretty good beating’ in midterms  —  Afghanistan withdrawal ‘became kind of a metaphor’ for Biden administration's ‘incompetence,’ McConnell said  —  Coming up on ‘Fox News Sunday’: April 10  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. …
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats turn to their Gen Z whisperer as youth support wobbles  —  Democratic senators had two charts waiting at their chairs when they arrived at a caucus luncheon in February.  They showed youth participation in national elections since the 1980s, with two impossible-to-miss spikes …
Discussion: Trending Politics
 
 
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Dan Herbeck / Buffalo News:
Buffalo cops who pushed protester Martin Gugino to ground cleared of wrongdoing
Federico Fubini / Corriere della Sera:
Sergey Karaganov: We are at war with the West. The European security order is illegitimate
Discussion: CNBC and The Bona Fide
CNN:
‘Birtherism’ to the ‘Big Lie’: Inside Obama's fight to counter disinformation
Discussion: Newsbusters
Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
With bloodied gloves, forensic teams uncover gruesome secrets of Bucha in Ukraine
Discussion: National Review
Financial Times:
Long Covid: the invisible public health crisis fuelling labour shortages
Ty Ross / Occupy Democrats:
CAUGHT: Marsha Blackburn nailed by Federal Election Commission for illegal donation with citation
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
School Reopening Mess Drives Frustrated Parents Toward GOP
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media is failing the public on the good news about jobs
 Earlier Items: 
Mac William Bishop / Rolling Stone:
‘We Are Tired of Killing’: How Long Can Ukraine Trade Land for Blood?
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Court Revives Challenge To Madison Cawthorn's Reelection Effort
Discussion: Raw Story, Bipartisan Report and NPR
The Economist:
A clumsy lockdown of Shanghai is testing the “zero-covid” strategy
Discussion: National Review
Edward Malnick / Telegraph:
Jens Stoltenberg: We need a beefed-up Nato to face down threats to European security
Danny Funt / The Fine Print:
A Columnist Fails to Meet the Press
 

 
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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