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Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes — WASHINGTON (AP) — Rioters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, succeeded — at least temporarily — in delaying the certification of Joe Biden's election to the White House.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi, Congressional Delegation Statement on Visit to Kyiv, Ukraine — Rzeszow, Poland - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Members of a Congressional delegation issued this statement following their visit to Kyiv, Ukraine. This visit is the first official Congressional delegation to have visited Ukraine following Russia's invasion.
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New York Times:
Russia's top officer visited the front line to change the offensive's course, U.S. and Ukraine officials say. — ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The chief of the general staff of the Russian military, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the country's highest ranking uniformed officer, made a visit …
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Matthew Luxmoore / Wall Street Journal:
Nancy Pelosi Visits Ukraine's President Zelensky in Kyiv — Congressional trip comes as Russia's attempted military push into Ukraine's east is stalling — KYIV, Ukraine—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a delegation of U.S. lawmakers met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv …
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Reuters:
Lavrov Compares Ukraine's Zelenskyy to Hitler, Who Also ‘Had Jewish Blood’ — Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Italian television on Sunday that the fact Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish does not negate the Nazi elements in his country.
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The Times of Israel:
Russian foreign minister: So what if Zelensky's Jewish, so was Hitler — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Ukraine can have Nazis, even though its president is Jewish, since, he claims, Adolf Hitler had Jewish ancestry. — “The fact that Zelensky is Jewish does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine.
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘A horrible plague, then Covid’: Biden and correspondents joke in post-Trump return to normality — White House Correspondents' Association dinner is first attended by a sitting president in six years after Donald Trump's snubs, then pandemic — Joe Biden celebrated the return …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House correspondents' dinner: Biden jokes about return to near-normal
White House correspondents' dinner: Biden jokes about return to near-normal
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Trevor Noah roasts lawmakers on both sides of aisle in correspondents' dinner remarks
Trevor Noah roasts lawmakers on both sides of aisle in correspondents' dinner remarks
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden digs at Trump in White House Correspondents' dinner speech
Biden digs at Trump in White House Correspondents' dinner speech
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Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
ADL Chief Compares ‘Radical Left’ Critics of Israel to Right-wing Extremists — ‘These radical actors indisputably and unapologetically denigrate and dehumanize Jews,’ says ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt, singling out groups such as Jewish Voice for Peace and Students for Justice in Palestine
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Anti-Defamation League:
Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt to the ADL Virtual National Leadership Summit — Thank you for that kind introduction. I am so glad to welcome you - leaders from coast to coast committed to the fight against antisemitism and hate. — I don't need to tell you how important and pressing this work is.
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
Europe to Make Fresh Push to Revive Iran Nuclear Deal — Talks have hit a deadlock over Iran's demand that Washington lift terror designation on Iran's Revolutionary Guards — European officials are preparing to make a fresh push to salvage a nuclear deal with Iran, offering to send …
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all. — Experts anticipated a Moscow-led cyber-assault; instead, unprecedented attacks by hacktivists and criminals have wreaked havoc in Russia — For more than a decade, U.S. cybersecurity experts have warned …
Stephanie Slade / New York Times:
Ron DeSantis and Other Republicans Desecrate What Their Party Long Championed — In 2010, the Supreme Court held that “political speech does not lose First Amendment protection ‘simply because its source is a corporation.’” The case was Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission …
Lloyd Green / The Guardian:
This Will Not Pass: Trump-Biden blockbuster is dire reading for Democrats — Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns have made waves with tapes of Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans - but the president's party has more to fear from what they reveal — his Will Not Pass is a blockbuster.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
A Role Model for the Midterms — Democrats need to fight back against the Republicans' phony culture war. Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow showed how. — “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” The famous line is from Brecht's “Life of Galileo,” and it's often trotted …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Three steps for Elon Musk if he's serious about free speech at Twitter — But first, a primer for a somewhat confused billionaire on what the First Amendment actually entails — As the would-be new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk has been touting his passion for free speech over the past week.
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Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
In 2020, Biden was a political juggernaut in Massachusetts. A new poll shows voters have soured on him. A lot. — In March 2020, President Biden swept through Massachusetts' Democratic primary with a come-from-behind Super Tuesday victory. He later topped Donald Trump …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Opinion The Jan. 6 hearings should follow 5 basic rules — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a prominent member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, has promised blockbuster hearings that will “blow the roof off” Congress. (Perhaps better not to raise expectations so high?)
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russia's Occupation of Southern Ukraine Hardens, With Rubles, Russian Schools and Lenin Statues — Fearing conscription by Russia, Ukrainian men escape occupied areas with their families. ‘We are like aliens in the cities where we were born.’ — ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—Every day …
Catharine Tunney / CBC News:
CSIS flags issues with U.S. intelligence prior to Jan. 6 riot, says it faces the same problems — CSIS briefing note has one expert questioning preparation ahead of protest convoy in Ottawa — American intelligence agencies struggled with “inconsistencies” in their analysis and …