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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:
All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Mariupol's steel plant, Ukraine and Russia say. — 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 …
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.
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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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Midterms' Biggest Abortion Battleground: Pennsylvania — The leading Republicans running for governor in the state want to outlaw abortion. The presumptive Democratic nominee promises to veto any ban. — Give this article- - - Read in app — HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Jan Downey …
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Audrey Conklin / Fox News:
Activists lay out plans for Roe v. Wade protests outside Catholic churches on Mother's Day
Activists lay out plans for Roe v. Wade protests outside Catholic churches on Mother's Day
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
CIA: Putin believes he “can't afford to lose” in Ukraine — We still don't have any confirmation as to whether or not Vladimir Putin plans to “officially” declare war on Ukraine tomorrow as Russians celebrate the anniversary of their victory over Hitler's forces in World War 2 on Victory Day.
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James Politi / Financial Times:
CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war
CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Airstrike Kills Villagers Taking Shelter at School, Ukraine Says — Attack in Luhansk comes as Mariupol defenders remain holed up in Azovstal plant and Ukraine warns of heavy bombing on Russia's Victory Day — KHARKIV, Ukraine—A Russian airstrike is believed to have killed …
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Sky News:
Only disabled actors should play Richard III, says outgoing Royal Shakespeare Company boss Gregory Doran — Gregory Doran's late husband Sir Antony Sher played the notorious English king in a 1984 production of Richard III but the outgoing artistic director said that would “probably not be acceptable” now.
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.
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:
There Is a TikTok Challenge We All Need to Face Up To — 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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The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A South Philly GOP ward leader has been ousted over ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns — GOP ward leaders voted to oust one of their own Saturday, hours after an Inquirer story highlighted his role in diverting dozens of mail ballots for Republican voters in South Philadelphia to a P.O. box under his control …
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Dean Kirby / The i Paper:
Putin sends Mariupol survivors to remote corners of Russia as investigation reveals network of 66 camps — Thousands of Ukrainians have been sent to remote camps up to 5,500 miles from their homes as Vladimir Putin's officials follow Kremlin orders to disperse them across Russia, i can reveal.
Politico:
Judge spares Clinton camp in Sussmann ruling — A federal judge has turned down a request from Special Counsel John Durham for a ruling that a lawyer facing trial on a false statement charge was part of a wide-ranging “joint venture” involving Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign …
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Todd Farley / New York Post:
Jewish gangsters once took on Nazis in the streets of NYC — In 1938, New York City had a Nazi problem. — At the time, there were about 12 million German immigrants in the US, and most were happily assimilating. But about 1 in 500 were members of the German-American Bund …
Associated Press:
Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ as it wins Northern Ireland vote — BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, which seeks unification with Ireland, hailed a “new era” Saturday for Northern Ireland as it captured the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time in a historic win.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Irish reunification? Sinn Féin win in Northern Ireland shakes up UK
Irish reunification? Sinn Féin win in Northern Ireland shakes up UK
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