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New York Times:
Here is a snapshot of the damage across Ukraine. — Here is the latest on the explosions across Ukraine. — KYIV, Ukraine — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered a far-reaching series of missile strikes against cities across Ukraine on Monday, hitting the heart of Kyiv, the capital …
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NBC News:
Russia unleashes deadly strikes on cities across Ukraine after Crimea bridge attack — Russia unleashes missile strikes across Ukraine after Crimea bridge attack — Russia unleashed a barrage of deadly attacks on cities across Ukraine on Monday, hitting the heart of the country's capital …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Putin's Regime Faces the Fate of His Kerch Strait Bridge
Putin's Regime Faces the Fate of His Kerch Strait Bridge
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
McCarthy told 2 officers in private meeting that Trump had no idea his supporters were attacking Capitol on January 6, newly obtained audio shows — During a private meeting last summer, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told two police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6 …
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Kanye West's Twitter, Instagram accounts restricted after alleged anti-Semitic posts — Kanye West's Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over the weekend, with the social media platforms saying they removed the rapper's posts after online users condemned them as anti-Semitic.
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Mike Gonzalez / Washington Examiner:
Kanye West dares to defy Black Lives Matter — The Black Lives Matter organizations have gone full bore after Kanye West . His grievous offense? — Daring to wear a “White Lives Matter” shirt. Why the fury? Because BLM fully understands West's deep purchase in the culture …
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The Blue State Conservative, The Cobb Way Sentinel, New York Times and The Daily Wire
Haaretz:
Kanye West Threatens to Go ‘Death Con 3 on Jewish People’
Kanye West Threatens to Go ‘Death Con 3 on Jewish People’
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Fox News, IJR, Liberty Nation, Digby's Hullabaloo, RedState, Twitchy and Jerusalem Post
Hanna Panreck / Fox News:
Ye locked out of Twitter due to ‘violation’ of policies
Ye locked out of Twitter due to ‘violation’ of policies
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The Root, New York Times, Deadline, The Daily Wire and Billboard
Elizabeth Dias / New York Times:
‘Saved by Grace’: Evangelicals Find a Way Forward With Herschel Walker — The embattled G.O.P. candidate reportedly paid for an ex-girlfriend's abortion, but conservatives have learned to tolerate the behavior of those who advance their cause. — The time had come for the Christian supporters …
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New York Times:
After Racist Comments, Los Angeles City Council President Faces Calls to Resign — In a leaked recording of a meeting last year, she mocked Indigenous immigrants and the Black child of a fellow council member. — LOS ANGELES — The president of the Los Angeles City Council faced widespread calls …
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Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Majority (doesn't always) rule — FIRST IN SCORE — There's only one goal in a primary: win. Vote share is just for bragging rights in a first-past-the-post system. And this cycle, a number of candidates in battleground races advanced to the general with less than half of support in their primaries.
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Axios:
Two Americas Index: Must be fraud — Nearly four out of 10 Republicans and one in four Democrats say they'll blame election fraud if their party doesn't win control of Congress in November, in the latest wave of the Axios-Ipsos Two Americas Index. … - One in five Republicans said it would be …
Washington Post:
Steele dossier source heads to trial, in possible last stand for Durham — Former president Donald Trump said that special counsel John Durham's investigation into the origins of the FBI's 2016 Russia probe should “reveal corruption at a level never seen before in our country.”
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, The Western Journal, Law & Crime and New York Times
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
West Virginians Sour on Joe Manchin After He Delivers a Big Win for Democrats — Over the last quarter, Manchin saw a greater decline in his home-state approval rating than any other senator — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's job approval rating has fallen by double digits among West Virginia voters …
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HotAir and The NM Political Report
New York Times:
Skepticism, Confusion, Frustration: Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse Struggles — Meta's push to develop virtual and augmented reality technology has had a bumpy year. — Last October, when Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, announced that the company would change its name …
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
From fringe to front row: Congresswoman Greene rises in GOP — Marjorie Taylor Greene took her seat directly behind Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, a proximity to power for the firebrand congresswoman that did not go unnoticed, as he unveiled the House GOP's midterm election agenda in Pennsylvania.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Democrats won't get as much Obama as they want in the midterms. But he has some other plans. — Requests for Barack Obama are pouring in from Democrats around the country - candidates are desperate for his help in what they feel is an existential midterms battle, one in which each race …
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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and Al Jazeera
Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
The Vulnerability of John Fetterman — Inside this year's highest-stakes Senate race. — Even before John Fetterman became the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat — one of the pivotal few that could flip from Republican control — he had attained folkloric stature.
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Fox News, Pennsylvania Capital-Star and The Hill
New York Post:
Two shot outside NY gov. hopeful Rep. Lee Zeldin's Long Island home while twin daughters inside — Two people were shot outside the Long Island home of GOP gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin on Sunday while his teenage twin daughters were at home, he confirmed to The Post.
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Spectrum News 1 Central NY, National Review, Townhall, The Post Millennial, IJR, Fox News, Just The News, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, RedState, CNN, The Daily Beast and Power Line
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Julian Lee / Bloomberg:
Russia Loses 60% of Its Seaborne Crude Market in Europe — Russia has lost three-fifths of its seaborne crude sales in Europe since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February. That market is going to vanish almost completely eight weeks from now and the latest sanctions will make it very difficult to divert flows elsewhere.