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Washington Post:
Amid Ukraine's startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing  —  ZALIZNYCHNE, Ukraine — In the end, the Russians fled any way they could on Friday, on stolen bicycles, disguised as locals.  Hours after Ukrainian soldiers poured into the area …
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russia's Retreat in Ukraine Pokes Holes in Putin's Projection of Force  —  Russia's military setbacks may be weakening President Vladimir V. Putin's reputation at home as a savvy geopolitical strategist.  —  Ukraine's rout of Russian forces this weekend is creating a new kind of political challenge …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
It's Time to Prepare for a Ukrainian Victory  —  Over the past six days, Ukraine's armed forces have broken through the Russian lines in the northeastern corner of the country, swept eastward, and liberated town after town in what had been occupied territory.
Reuters:
Ukraine offensive ‘snowballs’ with fall of Russian stronghold
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Fetterman doubles down on abortion at rally: 'Don't piss women off'  —  Pennsylvania Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman doubled down on his pro-choice position at a rally Sunday as he vies against Republican nominee Mehmet Oz in the state's U.S. Senate race.  —  “Women are the reason we can win.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Yes, the Polling Warning Signs Are Flashing Again  —  Democrats are polling well in exactly the places where surveys missed most in 2020.  —  Ahead of the last presidential election, we created a website tracking the latest polls — internally, we called it a “polling diary.”
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Exclusive: 'I'm just not going to leave': New book reveals Trump vowed to stay in White House  —  Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told aides in the days following his 2020 election loss that he would remain in the White House rather than let incoming President Joe Biden take over …
Politico:
16 weeks left for a heap of questions: Jan. 6 panel weighs its endgame  —  Should they seek Donald Trump's testimony?  What should they do with Republican lawmakers who defied subpoenas?  Will they be able to negotiate an interview with Mike Pence?  —  Members of the Jan. 6 select committee …
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and The Hill
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP eyes its own Trump-free Jan. 6 inquiry
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Biden heading to Boston to deliver ‘Cancer Moonshot’ speech … Today, President Biden is heading to Boston to deliver an address on his goal of cutting the U.S. death rate from cancer in half over the next quarter century.  The speech falls on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's …
Discussion: NBC News
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Alexander Thompson / The Boston Globe:
In nod to JFK, Biden returns to Boston to relaunch cancer moonshot initiative
Discussion: CBS News
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House alarm rises over Europe as Putin threatens energy supply  —  Biden aides have redoubled efforts to increase natural gas exports across the Atlantic but see few obvious solutions  —  White House officials are growing increasingly alarmed about Europe's energy crisis …
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Kara Berg / Detroit News:
Police fatally shoot Walled Lake man who allegedly killed wife, shot daughter  —  Walled Lake — A Walled Lake man was fatally shot by police after he allegedly shot and killed his wife and injured their daughter, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and New York Post
Axios:
Two Americas Index: Democracy deniers … - They're also a reality check against President Biden's speech that portrayed threats to democracy as solely driven by Republican supporters of former President Trump who refuse to accept that he lost the 2020 election.
Washington Post:
Trump backers flood election offices with requests as 2022 vote nears  —  The requests for records related to the 2020 election have complicated preparations for November, which some officials say may be the point  —  Supporters of former president Donald Trump have swamped local election offices across …
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
McCarthy mows down GOP detractors ahead of speaker bid — but the job isn't done  —  HENNIKER, N.H. — Kevin McCarthy's allies and like-minded groups have neutralized his potential detractors in GOP primaries across the country, wiping out dissenters who might derail his speakership bid next year …
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Sneak peek: How Trump fired his man in Manhattan  — “Our chief of security apologized for doing it so abruptly, explaining, ‘I was told to get you out of the office immediately.’”  —  Berman, who was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, writes that he …
New York Magazine:
The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden's Laptop  —  The most invasive data breach imaginable is a political scandal Democrats can't just wish away.  —  Imagine the entirety of your digital existence plotted out before you: your accounts and passwords; your avatars; your contacts …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden to hit China with broader curbs on U.S. chip and tool exports  —  The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence and chipmaking tools, several people familiar with the matter said.
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, 93, Dies; Created Database of Enslaved People  —  A historian of colonial-era Louisiana, she dug deep into the archives to transform our understanding of the roots of American culture.  —  Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, who after years of digging through obscure libraries in Louisiana …
 
 
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
VP Harris blames GOP ‘election deniers’ for making US democracy ‘weaker’ through ‘threats from within’
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
All Biden Has to Do Now Is Change the Way We Live
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK
 
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