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BBC:
Ukraine War: Russia warns Sweden and Finland against Nato membership — Russia has warned Finland and Sweden against joining Nato, arguing the move would not bring stability to Europe. — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “the alliance remains a tool geared towards confrontation”.
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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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Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
‘What the hell was he thinking?’ Pennsylvania conservatives react to Trump's support of OZ — RICHLAND, Pa. — Chairwoman Jackie Kulback has a very detailed list of criteria that her county party she chairs — the Cambria County Republican Committee — requires to endorse candidates in next month's U.S. Senate primary contest.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Backlash Over Trump's Dr. Oz Endorsement Shows His Hold on the GOP Is Slipping — MAGA-world's disappointment in their Dear Leader could mean they're getting ready to move on. … Donald Trump's recent endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate …
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Why American Teens Are So Sad — Sign up for Derek's newsletter here. — The United States is experiencing an extreme teenage mental-health crisis. From 2009 to 2021, the share of American high-school students who say they feel “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness” …
Nick Grube / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Has US Rep. Kai Kahele Given Up On Washington? — WASHINGTON — When Kai Kahele announced he was running for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District in 2019, he vowed one thing to his future constituents — that he'd show up and do the job. — It was a stark contrast to the person who was sitting in the seat at the time.
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Washington Free Beacon
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Abby Finkenauer can't appear on Democratic primary ballot, Iowa judge rules … U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on Iowa's June 7 Democratic primary ballot, a judge ruled Sunday. — The late night ruling, which reverses a state panel's decision, is a major setback for Finkenauer …
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Benjamin Oreskes / Los Angeles Times:
Karen Bass and Rick Caruso in dead heat, L.A. mayoral poll finds — Voters upset over crime and a seemingly limitless geyser of cash have propelled Rick Caruso to the front of the race for mayor, reshaping the contest and offering Los Angeles a stark contrast between the billionaire developer and his chief rival, Rep. Karen Bass.
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Thomas Franck / CNBC:
White House says it expects inflation to be ‘extraordinarily elevated’ in new report — The Biden administration is bracing for the Labor Department's consumer price index report to show that inflation is “extraordinarily elevated.” — The consumer price index, or CPI, is one of Wall Street's favorite ways to measure inflation.
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W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
White House says Kamala Harris maskless because of ‘emotional,’ ‘historic’ day
White House says Kamala Harris maskless because of ‘emotional,’ ‘historic’ day
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Neil Irwin / Axios:
Get ready for a nasty inflation report
Get ready for a nasty inflation report
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
What happens when a group of Fox News viewers watch CNN for a month? — A study that paid viewers of the rightwing cable network to switch shed light on the media's influence on people's views — atching Fox News can be like entering an alternative universe.
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
The city of Philadelphia will reinstate an indoor mask mandate, the first major U.S. city to do so this spring. — With new coronavirus cases low but rising sharply in recent days, the city of Philadelphia announced on Monday that it will reinstate an indoor mask mandate a little more than a month …
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
Trump and Ukraine: Former Advisers Revisit What Happened — Amid the current crisis, Fiona Hill and other former advisers are connecting President Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine to Jan. 6. And they're ready to talk. — To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
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Emma Colton / Fox News:
NRA slams Biden's ‘hollow’ ghost gun rule, not ‘sincere’ until criminals are put behind bars — The Biden administration plans to reclassify gun kits to qualify as firearms — Biden administration to crackdown on ‘ghost guns’ — The NRA slammed the Biden administration's expected …
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Merrick Garland / USA Today:
Ghost guns are real guns. And we'll regulate them to save lives.
Ghost guns are real guns. And we'll regulate them to save lives.
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The White House and The Hill
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
I Commanded U.S. Army Europe. Here's What I Saw in the Russian and Ukrainian Armies. — The two armies at war today couldn't be more different. — In March 2011, I began a new posting as the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, in command of all U.S. Army forces stationed in various countries throughout Europe.
Reuters:
Stung by redistricting rulings, Republicans target state court elections — Republicans are vowing to spend record amounts in key state supreme court races this fall, seeking to take advantage of a favorable national political environment to elect conservative judges at the state level amid deep political divisions.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Where will abortion still be legal after Roe v. Wade is overruled?
Where will abortion still be legal after Roe v. Wade is overruled?
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BreakPoint
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russia Airs Its Ultimate ‘Revenge Plan’ for America — Battered and infuriated by sanctions over the war in Ukraine, Putin's henchmen are plotting their master plan for revenge on live television. — As Russia's war of aggression continues to ravage its neighbor, the Kremlin's propaganda apparatus …
Politico:
The new White House rule: Do not talk about Joe Manchin — The fate of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda may hinge on his administration's ability to do one simple thing: Shut up. — Four months after Biden's Build Back Better plan collapsed amid a bitter back-and-forth with Sen. Joe Manchin …
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Barry Svrluga / Washington Post:
The Lerner family will explore selling the Washington Nationals — The family of real estate magnate Ted Lerner, which 16 years ago purchased the Washington Nationals from Major League Baseball and oversaw a rebuilding process that eventually resulted in a World Series championship …
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Corinna Cohn / Washington Post:
What I wish I'd known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery — Corinna Cohn, a software developer in Indianapolis, is an officer in the Gender Care Consumer Advocacy Network. — When I was 19, I had surgery for sex reassignment, or what is now called gender affirmation surgery.
New York Times:
Bucha's Month of Terror — ‘They shot my son. I was next to him. It would be better if it had been me.’ — As the Russian advance on Kyiv stalled, a campaign of terror and revenge against civilians nearby in Bucha began, survivors and investigators say. — Russian soldiers set up in this school.
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Simon Bazelon / Slow Boring:
Democrats are sleepwalking into a Senate disaster — Business as usual will produce a huge GOP majority … Traditionally, the President's party averages roughly 47.5% of the two-party vote 1 in midterms. Right now, in FiveThirtyEight's average of public polls, Democrats are polling at 48.7%.
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New York Times:
As Remote Work Becomes Permanent, Can Manhattan Adapt? — With more companies adopting hybrid work, New York City's economy, which relies on commuters and full office buildings, faces an uncertain future. — PwC, a global consulting firm with its American headquarters in New York City …
New York Times:
China's Echoes of Russia's Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World — China's officials and state media are increasingly parroting Russian propaganda organs on the war in Ukraine, undercutting U.S. and European diplomatic efforts, even after the killings in Bucha. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Distraught over orders to investigate trans kids' families, Texas child welfare workers are resigning — Other investigators don't want to follow an order they believe harms families but worry about the impact of a mass employee exodus on the state's most vulnerable children. — Copy link
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Stephen Caruso / Pennsylvania Capital-Star:
Pennsylvania labor federation requests investigation into workplace harassment allegations — The state AFL-CIO's newly elected president was accused on social media of verbally abusing female staff — An internal investigation into the Pennsylvania American Federation of Labor is set …
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Payday Report
Anna Cooban / CNN:
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P — London (CNN Business)Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said. — Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated bonds …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Malinowski has colossal $1 million first-quarter fundraising haul — Democratic congressman's cash-on-hand now at $3.5 million — Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) raised an astronomical $1.06 million during the first quarter of 2022 and has a massive $3.5 million warchest in his bid for re-election in New Jersey's 7th district.
Bailee Hill / Fox News:
Student hides from ‘woke mob’ in bathroom as angry protesters target Allen West: ‘I was afraid for my life’ — Therese Purcell tells ‘Fox & Friends First’ protests spiraled out of control at University of Buffalo — Woke mob swarms Lt. Col. Allen West's speech at University of Buffalo
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Bruce Japsen / Forbes:
New York Latest To Lift Hurdle To Nurse Practitioners During Pandemic — New York is the latest in a growing number of states giving direct access to nurse practitioners thanks to legislation eliminating hurdles for patients who need primary care, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Matt Katz / Gothamist:
Anti-Semitic incidents are surging in post-pandemic NYC — After a pandemic lull, anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City are at historic highs. — The NYPD says there were 86 anti-Jewish hate crimes in the city in the first three months of this year. At this rate, annual totals …