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Putin Is Turning Russia Into a Giant North Korea — With his annexation of parts of Ukraine on Friday, Vladimir Putin has set in motion forces that are turning Russia into a giant North Korea. It will be a paranoid, angry, isolated state, but unlike North Korea, the Russian version …
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Putin's Annexation and Lyman's Encirclement — Even by his own standards Vladimir Putin's speech on 30 September in the Kremlin's St George's Hall was unhinged. For those who can face reading it, it can be found here. As he ranted about the west, denouncing it in lurid terms for a range of evils …
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Putin's ‘annexation’ announcement changes little on the ground in Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine — Even by his own fire-and-brimstone standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed angry on Friday as he addressed hundreds of Russian parliamentarians and governors in St. George Hall in the Kremlin.
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Putin's Newest Annexation Is Dire for Russia Too — Vladimir Putin today announced his annexation of four provinces of Ukraine—four provinces that he does not fully control, that did not vote to join Russia, that have been the site of mass murder and mass deportation since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
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Ukraine has always been ready to negotiate. The question is how.
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Welcome to Cold War 2
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Feds seek to fast-track appeal in Trump Mar-a-Lago documents fight — The Justice Department moved to quickly dismantle the independent review of documents seized from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, contending that the review — ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon — is impeding its criminal investigation.
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U.S. Justice Dept seeks expedited ruling in Trump special master case — The U.S. Justice Department on Friday moved to expedite its appeal of an order appointing a special master to review records the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate.
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Trump's legal team divided over how to handle Mar-a-Lago case — New lawyer's advice to seek an ‘off-ramp’ with Justice Department is not being heeded, people familiar with discussions say — After attorney Christopher Kise accepted $3 million to represent Donald Trump in the FBI's investigation …
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Transition from hell — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from Allie Bice. — While DONALD TRUMP was attempting to prevent then President-elect JOE BIDEN from ascending to office in the months after the election …


Facing a Dire Storm Forecast in Florida, Officials Delayed Evacuation — FORT MYERS, Fla. — As Hurricane Ian charged toward the western coast of Florida this week, the warnings from forecasters were growing more urgent. Life-threatening storm surge threatened to deluge the region from Tampa all the way to Fort Myers.


Jared Kushner Allegedly Tried to ‘Inflate’ 2020 Poll Numbers to Avoid Trump's Tantrums, Book Says — The president would go “off the rails” at any suggestion that he was losing to Joe Biden, so Kushner advised pollsters to beef up Trump's standing in surveys
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Tucker Carlson Secretly Tried to Get Jared Kushner to Broker Pardon for Roger Stone, Book Reveals
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Trump deposition in Carroll defamation lawsuit set for October 19 as fate of case remains in limbo
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Darkened skin in anti-Abrams ad racially charged, ‘pernicious,’ political analyst says — Kemp and Abrams alter colors in negative ads - an expert explains the impacts of this. — ATLANTA — Viewers of negative political ads in Georgia may notice something: The bad guys in the ads always seem …


Facebook scrambles to escape stock's death spiral as users flee, sales drop — Meta is trading at its lowest since early 2019, and the stock is one of the worst performers this year in the S&P 500. — The company's problems are mounting, whether it's the ad hit from Apple's iOS changes or the growing threat posed by TikTok.
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A statue of legendary spy Harriet Tubman now stands at the CIA — “A woke military is a weak military,” former CIA director Mike Pompeo tweeted Tuesday. — A few weeks earlier at CIA headquarters, in Langley, Va., current CIA director William J. Burns had a different perspective …
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The Search for Accountability: A Guide to Lawfare's Jan. 6 Project — The story of Jan. 6's aftermath—and all of Lawfare's coverage of it—in one place. — The slate of hearings convened by the Jan. 6 committee was the television event of summer 2022: a dramatic series that vividly reminded viewers …
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Poll: Most U.S. voters now say Trump should not be allowed to serve as president again — President of the United States since 2021 — Given “what we know about the ongoing investigations into Donald Trump,” a narrow majority of registered voters (51%) now believe he should not …
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Cuba Makes Rare Request for U.S. Aid After Devastation From Hurricane Ian — Washington is assessing how much assistance Havana needs, according to communications — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration has received a rare request from Cuba's government to provide emergency assistance following …
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Fired Fox News Anchor Must Face ‘Revenge Porn’ Allegations, Judge Rules — After a former Fox News associate producer filed a lawsuit accusing Henry of sexual assault, his legal team included 15 explicit photos of her in the public docket. — Disgraced former Fox News anchor Ed Henry's motion …
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Liz Truss' Woes Multiply After Media Blitz — In a round of interviews, the prime minister showed little sympathy for the pain that high interest rates could inflict on mortgage holders, critics said. — LONDON — For Prime Minister Liz Truss, it was a chance to steady the waters after days …
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KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: September 2022 — Key Findings — The new, updated, bivalent COVID-19 boosters are now available for use, but the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor survey finds that awareness of the updated boosters is relatively modest, with about half of adults saying they've heard …
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Echeverría's Legacy of “Co-opt and Control” — For more information, contact: — 202-994-7000 or nsarchiv@gwu.edu — Regions — Project — Hide/Unhide Taxonomies … Hide/Unhide Section — Washington, D.C., September 30, 2022 - To mark this year's anniversary …


35 family members of Uvalde shooting victims throw their support behind Beto O'Rourke ahead of debate — In a news conference ahead of the only gubernatorial debate, 35 family members of Uvalde school shooting victims said they would support O'Rourke because of Gov. Greg Abbott's inaction on gun control measures.


Judge upholds Georgia election laws on all counts in voting rights case — Ruling ends lawsuit filed by Fair Fight Action after 2018 election — A federal judge delivered a decisive ruling Friday against allies of Democrat Stacey Abrams in their 4-year-old voting rights lawsuit …
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For Obama, One Trump Term Wasn't a Big Worry, but ‘Eight Years Would Be a Problem’ — Barack Obama told reporters in his last days as president that he wasn't worried about a single Donald Trump term, but was concerned about a “sustained period” of political norms being undermined if he served two terms …
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