memeorandum: Republicans Have Picked An Election Denier To Run Michigan's Elections (Sarah Mimms/BuzzFeed News)

10:05 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 and Townhall

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 …

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 …

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

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

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.