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6:45 PM ET, May 8, 2022

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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 …
Discussion: Politico, Townhall, The Hill and Fox News
Laura Crimaldi / The Boston Globe:   Abortion rights protesters, led by women dressed as handmaids, gather at State House
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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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.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Western allies unveil new Russia sanctions on V-E Day  —  The U.S., G7 and European Union agreed to impose sweeping new sanctions on Russia ahead of its symbolic Victory Day holiday on May 9, including additional export controls and a commitment to phase out Russian oil.
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Ukraine “preparing for everything” as Putin plots next move, ambassador says
Discussion: Politico and nationalinterest.org
Alexander Shur / madison.com:
Watch now: Madison anti-abortion headquarters hit by apparent Molotov cocktail, vandalism, graffiti  —  Vandals set a fire inside the Madison headquarters of the anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action late Saturday or early Sunday, police and an official with the group said Sunday.
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Spiegel Online:
Putin's Disaster and What Could Happen Next  —  The world has overestimated Putin's power.  His army is much weaker than thought, his intelligence services have failed and sanctions are starting have an impact.  Will all this weaken the Russian president or make him more dangerous?
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Washington Post:   Russia's ultimate political survivor faces a wartime reckoning
Financial Times:
Transcript: Vladimir Putin 'doesn't believe he can afford to lose' — William Burns, CIA director  —  Intelligence chief discusses Russian president and war in Ukraine at FT Weekend Festival in Washington  —  This is the edited transcript of a discussion between William Burns, CIA director …
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NBC News:
Manchin says he'd pass parts of Biden's agenda.  But Democrats may have to write the bill for him.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin says he's still interested in passing major pieces of President Joe Biden's agenda — but sources close to the West Virginia senator say Democrats may be making …
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Insider
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.
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
When does life begin?  Religions don't agree  —  In a bill introduced this past week, a Louisiana lawmaker describes human life as “created in the image of God” and seeks to make abortion a homicide from the moment of fertilization - sparking concerns from reproductive rights advocates …
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.
Discussion: Althouse
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and Power Line
 
 
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Isobel Koshiw / The Guardian:
‘Surrender is not an option’: Azov battalion commander in plea for help to escape Mariupol
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Why Selling Off Russian Oligarchs' Assets Will Take Years
Discussion: Insider and Los Angeles Times
consilium.europa.eu:
Hong Kong: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the Chief Executive election held on 8 May
Discussion: The Guardian and Bloomberg
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Can Motherhood Be a Mode of Rebellion?
NBC News:
Biden wants to sell infrastructure. His problem: Few buyers.
Discussion: CNN
Nick Cohen / The Guardian:
Fox News deals in Kremlin propaganda. So why not freeze Rupert Murdoch's assets?
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At Harvard, Facts Are For Losers
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
TikTok May Be More Dangerous Than It Looks
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Todd Farley / New York Post:
Jewish gangsters once took on Nazis in the streets of NYC
Sky News:
Only disabled actors should play Richard III, says outgoing Royal Shakespeare Company boss Gregory Doran
Susannah George / Washington Post:
Taliban orders head-to-toe coverings for Afghan women in public
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
Liberty No More  —  How strange it is, the condition of having a body, of being a body.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Airstrike Kills Villagers Taking Shelter at School, Ukraine Says
 

 
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Jon Phillips / PCWorld:
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