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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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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.
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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Politico:
The possible post-Roe roadmap — HURDLES, RISKS, DECISIONS — If the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade entirely, as the draft opinion published on Monday by POLITICO suggests, patients who want to terminate a pregnancy but live in a state that outlaws doing so will have three choices …
Molly Crabapple / Forever Wars:
Despair Is Premature And Rage Is Insufficient — When the country that considers itself the definition of freedom takes away the most basic freedom of more than half its people, the only response is to resist until the end. — THE BASTARDS DID IT, like they always said they would. — I was naïve.
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David French / The Atlantic:
What Alito Got Right — Sign up for David's newsletter, The Third Rail, here. — We do not know if Justice Samuel Alito's leaked draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health represents the current consensus of a majority of the Supreme Court. We certainly don't know yet if it's a preview of the Court's actual ruling.
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New York Times, The Nation, Punchbowl News and CBS News
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
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The Fight Over Abortion History
The Fight Over Abortion History
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The Bulwark, Ann Coulter and Shouting Into the Wind
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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Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel
Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel
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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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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart, Salon, Politico and The Cut
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New York Times:
As Leak Theories Circulate, Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Investigation
As Leak Theories Circulate, Supreme Court Marshal Takes Up Investigation
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In The Long Run, Washington Examiner, USA Today and Washington Post
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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Louisiana Illuminator, The Vajenda, Jezebel, Hartford Courant, Fox News and Washington Examiner
Irin Carmon / New York Magazine:
Can Republicans Stop Patients From Leaving the State for an Abortion? Some Are Willing to Try.
Can Republicans Stop Patients From Leaving the State for an Abortion? Some Are Willing to Try.
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Indiana Lawmakers Who Introduced Full Abortion Ban Lose GOP Primaries
Indiana Lawmakers Who Introduced Full Abortion Ban Lose GOP Primaries
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Washington Post, Politico and The Healthiest Goldfish
NBC News:
Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths — The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country with the world's highest recorded toll from the virus.
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Jennifer Millman / NBC New York:
5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a Month
5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a Month
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Governor Kathy Hochul and The Hill
CNN:
New audio: McCarthy said 25th Amendment ‘takes too long’ and wanted to reach out to Biden after January 6 attack — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy discussed the 25th Amendment on a call with GOP leadership days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and said the process …
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Washington Post:
Oligarch's effort to broker peace falters even as it shields him from sanctions — Billionaire Roman Abramovich has sought to wield influence beyond Russia's borders to protect his empire — As hundreds of Ukrainians faced annihilation in an encircled steel plant, Russian oligarch Roman …
New York Times:
Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio — A big endorsement was decisive, but a cable news megaphone and a huge infusion of spending helped pave the way to victory. — Give this article- - - Read in app — CINCINNATI — It was only hours after J.D. Vance had announced …
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Cliff Schecter / New Republic:
Ohio Republicans Send Marin County Wine-Sipper Into November Battle
Ohio Republicans Send Marin County Wine-Sipper Into November Battle
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Puck, Washington Post and Vanity Fair
Bloomberg:
U.S. Considers Unprecedented Sanctions on China Tech Giant Hikvision — Shares of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. tumbled 10% as the U.S. considers imposing new sanctions on surveillance-technology giant, potentially the harshest measures so far against a major Chinese company.
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Al Jazeera and TechCrunch
Politico:
The Harris-Biden student debt divide — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — Early in April, Vice President KAMALA HARRIS' office began collaborating with the White House …
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Mass Student Debt Cancellation Legally Risky, Says Top Obama Education Lawyer
Mass Student Debt Cancellation Legally Risky, Says Top Obama Education Lawyer
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Washington Examiner
New York Times:
J.R. Majewski, a G.O.P. House nominee, has expressed fringe views on QAnon and Jan. 6. — Mr. Majewski, a surprise victor this week in Ohio, has voiced sympathy for QAnon believers and suggested that the F.B.I. drove much of the violence at the Capitol riot.
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Election Law Blog, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Washington Post and The American Independent
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion An upset win over the ‘enjoy rape’ MAGA candidate speaks volumes — “Hate Won't Win.” — That hashtag went viral last month after Mallory McMorrow, an obscure Democratic state senator from Michigan, delivered a blistering takedown of a GOP colleague who'd falsely labeled her a “groomer.”
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NBA Star Snaps at ESPN Pundit for Sounding Like Fox News — “The people on Fox News talk about athletes that way,” Redick scolded Russo on Wednesday for telling Warriors star Draymond Green to “shut up and play.” — Former NBA player JJ Redick laid into shock jock Chris “Mad Dog” …
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Raw Story and The Daily Wire
Hannah Sparks / New York Post:
Sunny Hostin blames Donald Trump for Dave Chappelle attack on ‘The View’ — Donald Trump's presidency sparked a shock wave of violence, according to the women of “The View.” — Following the shocking assault of comedian Dave Chappelle on Tuesday, host Sunny Hostin blamed Trump …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation — The Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, in line with market expectations. — In addition, the central bank outlined a program …
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