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POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Liz Cheney's record fundraising haul — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Rep. LIZ CHENEY has set another personal fundraising record. — The Wyoming Republican is fighting off a serious challenge from HARRIET HAGEMAN, a Cheyenne attorney …
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Scott Pelley / CBS News:
The wartime president: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Scott Pelley in Kyiv — On February 24, with the Russian invasion coming at him from three sides, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reached for his most powerful weapon - his phone.
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New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Civilians Rush to Flee as Russian Troops Mass in the East — U.S. military officials said they expect Russia to carry out a major offensive from the city of Izium to Dnipro, a strategic target in eastern Ukraine. At a train station where dozens were killed in a missile strike …
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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 …
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine, Russia Gear Up for War's Biggest Battles — Officials expect large-scale tank and artillery battles; it ‘will remind you of the Second World War,’ Ukraine's foreign minister says — Ukraine and Russia poured reinforcements into eastern Ukraine this weekend, preparing for what are likely …
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Washington Post
David Cohen / Politico:
Zelenskyy: ‘This is not a movie. This is real life.’
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Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post:
Russian students are turning in teachers who don't back the war
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Hard Fork and Lawfare
Dusan Stojanovic / Associated Press:
China makes semi-secret delivery of missiles to Serbia
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Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Austria chancellor Karl Nehammer to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow
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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
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Macron to Face Le Pen for President as French Gravitate Toward Extremes — President Emmanuel Macron and the hard-right leader Marine Le Pen will compete for a second time in a runoff on April 24. — PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader …
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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.
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Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
How Joe Manchin Knifed the Democrats — and Bailed on Saving Democracy — The senator from West Virginia had other ideas — “Giddy” is not a word people use to describe Jon Tester. The towering senior U.S. senator from Montana is blunt and pragmatic. In the halls of Congress, he's one of the last surviving rural Democrats.
The Times:
Finland and Sweden set to join Nato as soon as summer — Russia has made a “massive strategic blunder” as Finland and Sweden look poised to join Nato as early as the summer, according to officials. — Washington is banking on the move that will stretch Russia's military and enlarge …
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Armando Garcia / ABC News:
Biden admin, DOJ to announce final rule on ‘ghost guns’ — Steve Dettelbach is also expected to be nominated to serve as ATF director. — President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice are set to announce a final rule on “ghost guns” on Monday in the Rose Garden.
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Scott Bland / Politico:
2024 hopefuls are already in a dark-money arms race — When Mike Pompeo announced his political action committee last June, he set off a wave of news stories heralding the move as a potential step toward a 2024 presidential campaign. But the former secretary of State kept his next big launch behind the scenes.
CNN:
How Ginni Thomas jockeyed for influence in Trump's orbit — One week after the 2018 midterms, President Donald Trump hosted a private lunch with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas. — She used her face time with Trump to cajole …
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Raw Story
Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Oligarch's big loophole for stashing money — As political pressure grows to crack down on Russian oligarchs, U.S. policymakers are training fresh scrutiny on an industry that has long avoided anti-money-laundering rules: real estate. — House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters …
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Raw Story
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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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Found the ‘Election Fraud’... at Their Own Convention — Two Republican delegates in Salt Lake County, Utah, lost their delegate titles because they were caught trying to vote more than once at a party convention — The irony is just too good.
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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.
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