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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady — UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother's Day meeting with the nation's first lady, Olena Zelenska, as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
First lady Jill Biden visits Ukraine in rare trip to war zone — The U.S. president's wife celebrated Mother's Day with the Ukrainian first lady as Russia continued to wage war in the country — UZHHOROD, Ukraine — First lady Jill Biden crossed the border into Ukraine on Sunday …
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New York Times:
U.S. diplomats return to Kyiv for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine. — The first lady met with the wife of President Volodymyr Zelensky, as Russia's offensive in eastern Ukraine continued. Officials said they feared dozens of people sheltering in a school building had been killed in a Russian airstrike.
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Kate Bennett / CNN:
First lady Jill Biden makes unannounced trip to Ukraine — Uzhhorod, Ukraine (CNN)First lady Jill Biden made an unannounced trip on Sunday to Uzhhorod, Ukraine, a small city in the far southwestern corner of the country. — At a converted school that now serves as temporary housing for displaced citizens …
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Julia Cherner / ABC News:
‘Fall will be swift’ if Roe v. Wade is overturned: Sen. Amy Klobuchar — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., appeared on ABC's “This Week” Sunday. — “The fall will be swift” if the Supreme Court rules to overturn Roe v. Wade, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday, adding that the Senate will do everything …
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CBS News poll: What's next after Roe v. Wade? — The nearly two-thirds of Americans who want Roe v. Wade kept in place say they feel angry and discouraged about the prospect that it may be overturned, describing that as “a danger to women” and as a threat to rights more generally.
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Laura Crimaldi / The Boston Globe:
Abortion rights protesters, led by women dressed as handmaids, gather at State House — The demonstration opened with five minutes of silence before Carol Deanow, 79, spoke and described the illegal abortion she had in 1965. — Four years ago, a group of women upset over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination …
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Roe v. Wade Cold Open - SNL
Roe v. Wade Cold Open - SNL
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Midterms' Biggest Abortion Battleground: Pennsylvania
Midterms' Biggest Abortion Battleground: Pennsylvania
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New York Times:
A U.N. Agency Gave $61 Million to One Family. It Didn't Go Well. — A little-known United Nations agency decided to make an impact by doling out loans and grant money — all to a single family. It did not go well. — Give this article- - - Read in app — At the United Nations, two officials had a problem.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘The New York Times’ can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize — The New York Times is looking to add to its list of 132 Pulitzer Prizes — by far the most of any news organization — when the 2022 recipients for journalism are announced on Monday.
Dara Horn / Common Sense:
At Harvard, Facts Are For Losers — It turns out that nobody's SAT scores can provide immunity to propaganda. … Twenty-five years later, I still remember the theatrics involved with becoming an editor at the Harvard Crimson, the newspaper produced by Harvard undergraduates every day for the past century and a half.
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The White House:
G7 Leaders' Statement — Today, on 8 May, we, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), alongside Ukraine and the wider global community, commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe and the liberation from fascism and the National Socialist reign of terror, which caused immeasurable destruction …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Ukraine “preparing for everything” as Putin plots next move, ambassador says — Washington — Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova said Sunday that the country is “preparing for everything” as Ukraine's military goes on heightened alert ahead of Russia's “Victory Day,” …
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
CIA: Putin believes he “can't afford to lose” in Ukraine
CIA: Putin believes he “can't afford to lose” in Ukraine
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CBS News:
Transcript: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on “Face the Nation,” May 8, 2022 — The following is a transcript of an interview with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that aired Sunday, May 8, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” — MARGARET BRENNAN: And we go to the top Democrat in Congress …
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Maria Bartiromo: Supreme Court leaker's identity will be revealed in ‘short order’ — The identity of the Supreme Court leaker will be revealed in “short order,” according to Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo. — The host of Sunday Morning Futures made the prediction, previewing her show …
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NBC News:
Biden wants to sell infrastructure. His problem: Few buyers. — WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden ramps up his efforts to help Democrats in the midterm elections, he's focused on a selling point that, so far, voters aren't: his plan to rebuild the county's infrastructure.
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
TikTok May Be More Dangerous Than It Looks — Give this article- - - Read in app — At the core of the frenzied interest in Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter is an intuition that I think is right: The major social media platforms are, in some hard-to-define way, essential to modern life.
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