memeorandum: Orrin Hatch, Longtime Senator Who Championed Right-Wing Causes, Dies at 88 (Robert D. McFadden/New York Times)

10:20 AM ET, April 24, 2022

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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: Reuters, CBS News, Associated Press, UPI, Outside the Beltway, USA Today, The Western Journal, Bloomberg and Political Wire

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

Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune, NBC News, Deadline, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, KTVX-TV, Townhall and The Daily Wire

Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Orrin Hatch, longtime Utah Republican senator, dead at 88

Discussion: CNN, The Hill, New York Post, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, KRON4, The Wrap, Insider, RedState, HuffPost, TheBlaze, Washington Times and WTOP News

Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:

D.C. police officer says Sen. Mike Lee opposed Jan. 6 investigation to cover up his actions — Lee argued an independent investigation into the insurrection would be too partisan. — Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2020, accused Sen. Mike Lee of lying about his reasons …

Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:

Utah Democrats back independent as US Senate candidate — Utah Democrats pulling hard to defeat Republican Sen. Mike Lee took the unusual step Saturday of spurning a party hopeful to instead get behind an independent, former presidential candidate Evan McMullin

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

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: Zandar Versus The Stupid, Deseret News, Raw Story and Associated Press

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.

Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:

Joe Kahn can be a great New York Times editor — I know him. Here's why I think he might be the man for this perilous moment. — Unlike The Washington Post, whose last three top editors came from other news organizations — the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe and the Associated Press …

Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed News:

Republicans Have Picked An Election Denier To Run Michigan's Elections — WASHINGTON — Michigan Republicans endorsed Kristina Karamo, a first-time candidate who has spread lies about the 2020 election, to run all the state's elections as the party's candidate for secretary of state.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Bridge Michigan and Associated Press

Miles Parks / NPR:
Michigan GOP moves forward with 2020 election-denying secretary of state and AG

Discussion: Detroit Free Press, CBS News, Michigan Advance, Bridge Michigan and NBC News

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.

Discussion: The Full Belmonte, USA Today, POLITICUSUSA and Washington Post

Jason Lee Steorts / National Review:

Fight Club Conservatives, Gangster Government, and the Rule of Law — In his excellent discussion of Fight Club Conservatives, my NR colleague Phil Klein quotes Newsweek opinion editor Josh Hammer, who tweets of the State of Florida's revocation of Disney's special district …

Roger Cohen / New York Times:

Live Updates: Voting Underway as France Chooses Between Macron and Le Pen — Here's what you need to know: — Macron and Le Pen spar in an increasingly divided France. — PARIS — In the course of a visit this past week to Saint-Denis, north of Paris, where the poverty rate is about twice …

Discussion: Reuters, Outside the Beltway, WTOP News, Metro.co.uk and The New Arab

Julian Borger / The Guardian:

Saudis' Biden snub suggests crown prince still banking on Trump's return — Refusal to help US punish Russia and $2bn investment in Kushner fund signal crown prince's displeasure with Trump's successor — Saudi Arabia appears to be banking on Donald Trump's return to office by refusing …

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

Felicia Schwartz / Financial Times:

‘A profound shift’: US boosts supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine — Zelensky says he will meet top US officials as Biden administration increases arms shipments to Kyiv — Before Russian forces began withdrawing from territory around Kyiv at the start of the month, US war policy appeared aimed …

Discussion: The Daily Beast and CBS News

New York Times:
Live Updates: Zelensky Says U.S. Secretary of State Will Visit Kyiv; Missiles Hit Odesa

Discussion: Politico and Fortune

Bloomberg:
Top U.S. Envoy Blinken to Visit Ukraine Sunday, Zelenskiy Says

Discussion: The Guardian and Insider

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 …

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

Discussion: Изв … and Al Jazeera

Politico:

Trump heads to Ohio amid backlash against Vance — DRIVING THE DAY — TRUMP TO THE BUCKEYE STATE — Former President DONALD TRUMP will appear at a rally tonight with J.D. VANCE, his endorsee in the Ohio GOP Senate primary making a Hail Mary push to win the nomination.