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U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say — Targeting assistance is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Washington Post:
Kremlin is targeting Ukraine resupply infrastructure, officials say — The Kremlin is carrying out strikes on infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine's efforts to resupply its forces in their defense against Russia's invasion, Ukrainian officials and the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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Wall Street Journal and The Guardian
Slate:
Why the Supreme Court's Leak Investigation Is a Sham — The unprecedented leak of Justice Samuel Alito's initial draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade has prompted a widespread outcry among Republicans and their media allies. Many appear desperate to focus on the fact of leak …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
With Roe Under Threat, Biden Is an Unlikely Abortion Rights Champion
With Roe Under Threat, Biden Is an Unlikely Abortion Rights Champion
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Philippe J. Fournier / Politico:
338Canada: Why Canada's conservatives are keeping quiet on abortion
338Canada: Why Canada's conservatives are keeping quiet on abortion
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Washington Post, New York Times and Jacobin
Molly Crabapple / Forever Wars:
Despair Is Premature And Rage Is Insufficient
Despair Is Premature And Rage Is Insufficient
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The Trauma-Informed …, Jacobin and NPR
Greg Hilburn / The Daily Advertiser:
'We can't wait on the Supreme Court': In Louisiana, abortion could become a crime of murder
'We can't wait on the Supreme Court': In Louisiana, abortion could become a crime of murder
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court's Alito cancels conference appearance after abortion ruling leak — (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has canceled an appearance at a judicial conference set to begin on Thursday after a draft decision he wrote indicating the high court would overturn …
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Blackburn Warns Dems Could Try To Pack Court With Ketanji Brown Jackson Before Breyer Retires To Try To Save Roe v. Wade
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Blackburn Warns Dems Could Try To Pack Court With Ketanji Brown Jackson Before Breyer Retires To Try To Save Roe v. Wade
David French / The Atlantic:
What Alito Got Right
What Alito Got Right
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The Fight Over Abortion History
The Fight Over Abortion History
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Consider, Ann Coulter and Shouting Into the Wind
Politico:
Trump reasserts his GOP dominance — Mitt Romney and Josh Hawley, polar opposites in today's GOP, agree on one thing: Donald Trump's status as Republican kingmaker. — After the former president's endorsement of a former critic rocketed J.D. Vance to the GOP Senate nomination in Ohio …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The book J.D. Vance doesn't want you to read — DRIVING THE DAY — TWO TOP POLITICS READS: — “A Biden-Trump rematch is increasingly likely. But neither side wants to move first,” by Jonathan Lemire and Meridith McGraw: “President JOE BIDEN and former President DONALD TRUMP …
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Political Wire, Bloomberg, New Republic and Insider
New York Times:
Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio
Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio
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Bloomberg, Election Law Blog, Media Matters for America, FOX News Radio, Vanity Fair, CBS News, NewsHounds blog, USA Today and OpenSecrets.org
Niki Griswold / Austin American-Statesman:
Abbott says Texas could ‘resurrect’ SCOTUS case requiring states to educate all kids — Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that Texas would consider challenging a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring states to offer free public education to all children, including those of undocumented immigrants.
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Oath Keeper details pre-Jan. 6 planning, pleads to seditious conspiracy — William Todd Wilson of North Carolina is the third member of far-right group to cooperate with prosecutors in Capitol riot cases — For two months after the 2020 presidential election, William Todd Wilson …
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Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel
Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel
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NBC New York:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says He Was With Dave Chappelle After ‘Horrific’ Onstage Attack — Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled onstage during a performance at LA's Hollywood Bowl — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he was with Dave Chappelle later in the night after the comedian was tackled onstage …
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Hannah Sparks / New York Post:
Sunny Hostin blames Donald Trump for Dave Chappelle attack on ‘The View’
Sunny Hostin blames Donald Trump for Dave Chappelle attack on ‘The View’
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The Hill, NewsOne, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Politico:
A Biden-Trump rematch is increasingly likely. But neither side wants to move first. — The 2024 election begins as a high-stakes staring contest. — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both told aides and confidants that they're more likely to run for the White House next cycle …
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Insider, The Hill, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Agence France-Presse
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
‘Not Good for Learning’ — New research is showing the high costs of long school closures in some communities. — Give this article- - - Read in app — When Covid-19 began to sweep across the country in March 2020, schools in every state closed their doors.
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Mark Maxwell / KSDK-TV:
Miller campaign volunteer was convicted for luring young boy for sex — The conservative firebrand quickly made a name for herself in Congress purporting to protect children from ideas she considers offensive — ST. LOUIS — If you signed a petition to help put U.S. Rep. Mary Miller …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media fell for ‘pro-life’ rhetoric — and helped create this mess — A conversation with the journalist son of the doctor who endured Buffalo's abortion wars (and delivered my firstborn). — About three decades ago, an obstetrician and gynecologist named Shalom Press delivered my first child at Children's Hospital in Buffalo.
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The Independent:
Elon Musk - latest: Tesla boss backed by Binance, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to buy Twitter — The billionaire has received $7.1 billion from supporters — Elon Musk has received $7.1 billion from nearly two dozen investors including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and others to fund his purchase of Twitter.
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Matt Ott / Associated Press:
More Americans apply for jobless aid last week — WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week but the total number of people collecting jobless aid is at its lowest level in more than 50 years. — Jobless claims in the U.S. rose by 19,000 to 200,000 …
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
‘Pissed’ in Pennsylvania — Presented by Connected Commerce Council — With help from Nicholas Wu and Marianne LeVine here at the Capitol and Sarah Ferris in Allentown, Pa. — ON THE WILD SIDE — “People are pissed.” — That's the message from Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) …
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
In Arizona, a Swing State Swings to the Far Right — In the run-up to an August primary, a number of Republicans on the ballot in Arizona — like those in Ohio — have rushed to embrace Donald J. Trump and his stolen-election falsehoods. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden eyes Anthony Foxx for top White House role — President Biden is considering former Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to replace Cedric Richmond as the head of the White House Office of Public Engagement, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.