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Michael H. Brown / Washington Post:
Orrin G. Hatch, longest-serving Republican in Senate history, dies at 88  —  Orrin G. Hatch, a conservative Utah Republican who came out of political nowhere to win a U.S. Senate seat in 1976 and ended his career 42 years later as the longest-serving Republican in the chamber's history …
Discussion: Associated Press, Bloomberg and UPI
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Kim Bojórquez / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah Democrats back independent Evan McMullin for U.S. Senate in a historic vote  —  The party delegates hoped that by supporting an independent, they would have a better chance of unseating Sen. Mike Lee.  —  Murray  • In an extraordinary move on Saturday, Utah Democrats voted …
Discussion: Associated Press and Raw Story
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Orrin Hatch, Longtime Senator Who Championed Right-Wing Causes, Dies at 88  —  A Utah Republican, he overcame poverty to become a powerful force in Washington, helping to build a conservative majority on the Supreme Court.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Orrin Hatch, longtime Utah Republican senator, dead at 88  —  Hatch was the longest serving senator in Utah history  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for April 23  —  Former Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch has died at the age of 88, according to a release from his foundation.
Miles Parks / NPR:
Michigan GOP moves forward with 2020 election-denying secretary of state and AG  —  Michigan Republicans picked two candidates — who deny the 2020 election results and have been endorsed by former President Trump — to serve as the state's next top elections officer and top law enforcement official.
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Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Zelensky says Blinken, Austin will visit Sunday; strikes in Odessa kill at least 8  —  An adviser to Ukraine's president accused Russia of a surge in airstrikes on Mariupol's Azovstal Iron and Steel Works and alleged that invasion forces are preparing to storm the site …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Zelensky Says U.S. Secretary of State Will Visit Kyiv; Missiles Hit Odesa  —  The American secretaries of state and defense will make a trip to the embattled Ukrainian capital, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.  Russian missiles killed at least six people in a residential area of Odesa.
Discussion: Fortune
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   Rick Wilson speculates Elise Stefanik leaked McCarthy recording — and warns GOP leader to ‘get a food taster’
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
McCarthy to lead GOP lawmakers, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, to southern border
Discussion: The Hill
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
WATCH: Judge declares Marjorie Taylor Green a hostile witness
Discussion: Washington Post and VICE
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
Exclusive: Local election chief threatened by Republican leader seeking illegal access to voting equipment  —  A local Republican Party leader in North Carolina threatened to get a county elections director fired or have her pay cut unless she helped him gain illegal access to voting equipment, the state elections board told Reuters.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
The Former Chancellor Who Became Putin's Man in Germany  —  Gerhard Schröder, who is paid almost $1 million a year by Russian-controlled energy companies, has become a pariah.  But he is also a symbol of Germany's Russia policy.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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New York Times:
Filing Provides New Details on Trump White House Planning for Jan. 6  —  Testimony disclosed by the House committee investigating the riot showed that Mark Meadows and Freedom Caucus members discussed directing marchers to the Capitol as Congress certified the election results.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Jan. 6 panel gets inconsistent testimony on key Trump family conversation
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
The Belarusian railway saboteurs who helped thwart Russia's attack on Kyiv  —  When Russian troops first streamed across the Belarusian border into Ukraine for what they had assumed would be a lightning assault on Kyiv, they were intending to rely on the region's extensive rail network for supplies and reinforcements.
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Wikipedia deletes entry for Hunter Biden investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners
Discussion: Rixstep NSA, RedState and Townhall
Washington Post:
Lloyd Austin presses hard on Ukraine — but quietly  —  The U.S. defense secretary has taken on a major, behind-the-scenes role in countering the Russian invasion, officials say  —  Six days before the invasion of Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a final crack at getting …
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Axios:
New book: V.P. political decline called “slow-rolling Greek tragedy”  —  A senator close to Vice President Harris lamented her political decline as a “slow-rolling Greek tragedy,” New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns write in “This Will Not Pass,” their book out May 3.
Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
President Joe Biden Endorses U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader in Reelection Battle  —  “Now we have a lot more to do and to get it done we need to keep a Democratic Congress.”  —  Expand  —  President Joe Biden on Saturday endorsed U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Oregon) in his bid for an eighth term in Congress.
Eric Rogers / Florida Today:
Florida Rep. Randy Fine threatened Special Olympics funding over school board member feud, texts show  —  Florida Rep. Randy Fine threatened to interfere with state funding for the Special Olympics and the city of West Melbourne last week over a personal feud with Brevard County School Board …
Washington Post:
Commander hints at Russian ambitions beyond Ukraine  —  RIGA, Latvia — A Russian commander said Friday that Moscow wants to take “full control” of eastern and southern Ukraine, in part so it could have a path to neighboring Moldova — raising fears that the nearly two-month war could spill outside of Ukrainian borders.
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Every Russian Oligarch Who Has Died Since Putin Invaded Ukraine—Full List
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