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3:15 PM ET, April 24, 2022

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Washington Post:
France's Macron projected to win presidency, holding off Le Pen's far-right threat to upend Europe and relations with Russia  —  PARIS — Emmanuel Macron is projected to become the first French president in two decades to win a second term, holding off a far-right challenge by Marine Le Pen that could have upended Europe.
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Wall Street Journal:
France's Emmanuel Macron Wins Second Term in Presidential Election  —  The first French president to be re-elected in 20 years faces challenge in uniting nation deeply divided along economic, generational lines  —  PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected Sunday …
Discussion: Reuters and CBS San Francisco
Silvia Amaro / CNBC:
Macron beats far-right rival Le Pen in French presidential election, early projections show  — If Macron's win is confirmed then it would make him the first French president in two decades to win a second term.  — The 2022 campaign was set against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine …
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Emmanuel Macron is re-elected French president, defeating Marine Le Pen.  —  PARIS — Emmanuel Macron won a second term as president of France, triumphing on Sunday over Marine Le Pen, his far-right challenger, after a campaign where his promise of stability prevailed over the strong temptation of an extremist lurch.
Discussion: The Local and Fortune
BBC:
Macron beats Le Pen in French election - projections
Discussion: The Guardian and The Local
Le Monde / Le Monde.fr:
Macron wins French presidential election
Discussion: NBC News, The Guardian and Fox 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.
Discussion: nationalinterest.org
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Bonfires of Vengeance  —  Ron DeSantis' attack on Disney isn't “populism”  —  Happy Sunday.  —  My good friend Matt K. Lewis describes Ron DeSantis's retaliation against Disney as “the clearest sign yet that the Republican Party has reordered itself as a populist, working-class party—instead of a pro-business party.”
Discussion: Fortune and Florida Politics
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Kevin McCarthy As A ‘Liar And Traitor’  —  “That is really the illness that pervades the Republican leadership right now.  That they say one thing to the American public and something else in private,” she said.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) …
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
New reporting reveals that McCarthy knows what's right. He just doesn't care.
Stephen Kalin / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Royals Are Selling Homes, Yachts and Art as Crown Prince Cuts Income  —  Kingdom's senior princes are trying to raise cash and avoid scrutiny from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi princes have sold more than $600 million worth of real estate …
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Financial Times:
Putin abandons hopes of Ukraine deal and shifts to land-grab strategy  —  Russian president was considering settlement with Kyiv last month but now sees no prospect of that  —  Vladimir Putin has lost interest in diplomatic efforts to end his war with Ukraine and instead appears set on seizing …
Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Re-Examines Elon Musk's Bid, May Be More Receptive to a Deal  —  Two sides are meeting Sunday to discuss takeover bid, people familiar with the matter say  —  Twitter Inc. is re-examining Elon Musk's $43 billion takeover offer after the billionaire lined up financing for the bid …
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 …
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Utah Democrats back independent as US Senate candidate
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
Bevan Hurley / Yahoo News:
Climate activist dies after setting himself on fire outside of US Supreme Court  —  A climate activist has died 24 hours after setting himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court on Earth Day.  —  Colorado photojournalist Wynn Alan Bruce, 50, suffered critical injuries in the incident …
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Thomas Kika / Newsweek:
Pence Refusing to Get in Secret Service Car on Jan. 6 ‘Chilling’: Raskin  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence's refusal to get into a Secret Service vehicle during the January 6 Capitol riot is being called “chilling” as the House select committee prepares to reveal its findings sometime before the end of the year.
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 …
emptywheel:
Confirmed: John Durham Has Withheld Discovery That DOJ Already Disproved His Claims of Political Malice  —  In his reply filing in the fight over what evidence will be submitted at his trial, Michael Sussmann confirmed something I've long suspected: John Durham has not provided Sussmann …
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
He Fuels the Right's Cultural Fires (and Spreads Them to Florida)  —  Christopher Rufo helped make critical race theory a conservative rallying cry.  Now he sees L.G.B.T.Q. issues as an even more potent line of attack.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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 …
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Andrew Miller / Fox News:
Orrin Hatch, longtime Utah Republican senator, dead at 88
 
 
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Stephen Sorace / Fox News:
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