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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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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.
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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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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Matthew Luxmoore / Wall Street Journal:
Nancy Pelosi Visits Ukraine's President Zelensky in Kyiv
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House correspondents' dinner: Biden jokes about return to near-normal — After a two-year pandemic delay, the dinner returned with a comedy routine from Trevor Noah and celebrity cameos by Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. — Washington's media and political elite partied like it was 2019 …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘A horrible plague, then Covid’: Biden and correspondents joke in post-Trump return to normality
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
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
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David Scannell / Media Nation:
William Loeb's stepdaughter says the toxic publisher was also a child molester — The stepdaughter of William Loeb has accused the infamously toxic right-wing Manchester Union Leader publisher of sexually molesting her when she was just 7 years old. Nackey Gallowhur Scagliotti, 76 …
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New York Times:
Biden Received Early Warnings That Immigration and Inflation Could Erode His Support — Confidential polling data obtained by The New York Times underscores the biggest challenges for President Biden and his party as they face the prospect of losing power to Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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.
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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James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal:
A Wild Turkey Is Attacking People in D.C. Multiple Agencies Are in Pursuit. — More than half a dozen agencies have assembled to cage the wily bird; ‘Turkey Interview Talking Points’ — WASHINGTON—On a recent sunny spring day, cardinals, meadowlarks and bobolinks flit through …
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 …
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