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11:15 AM ET, February 20, 2023

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New York Times:
Biden Visits Kyiv, Ukraine's Embattled Capital, as Air-Raid Siren Sounds  —  President Biden took a nearly 10-hour train ride from the border of Poland to show his administration's “unwavering support” a year into Russia's invasion of Ukraine.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — President Biden …
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Washington Post:
On surprise trip to Kyiv, Biden vows enduring support for Ukraine  —  KYIV, Ukraine — President Biden made a dramatic, unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, in a display of robust American support for Ukraine just four days before the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.  —  Are you on Telegram?
Associated Press:
Biden declares ‘Kyiv stands’ in surprise visit to Ukraine  —  1 of 21  —  President Joe Biden paid an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” …
The Guardian:
US informed Russia of Joe Biden's Kyiv visit hours before departure  —  Details emerge of how White House planned ‘unprecedented’ visit and meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy  —  Peter Beaumont in Kyiv and Julian Borger  —  The White House notified the Kremlin of President Joe Biden's intention …
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine nearly one year after Russia's invasion  —  AMSTERDAM — President Joe Biden made a surprise and historic visit to war-torn Ukraine on Monday, a show of support and solidarity with a democratic nation battling for its survival after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded nearly a year ago.
Financial Times:
Poland calls for Nato security guarantees to postwar Ukraine  —  President Andrzej Duda speaks to FT ahead of Biden visit to Warsaw to mark anniversary of war  —  Poland's head of state has called on Nato powers to give postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, on the eve of a visit …
Discussion: Fox News and UnHerd
Financial Times:
Western pleas over Ukraine fail to sway African and South American leaders
Discussion: Bloomberg and Insider
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Travel to Kyiv, Ukraine
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis to Court Big-Money Donors at Dueling Palm Beach Events  —  The former president and the Florida governor this week intensify fight for campaign cash  —  Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis have battled in polls for months over who has a better shot at the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Michigan GOP selects 2020 election denier as party leader  —  The Michigan Republican Party on Saturday selected Kristina Karamo, who denied the 2020 election results and has not conceded her 14-point loss in the 2022 midterm election for Michigan secretary of state, to be its next state chair.
Rolling Stone:
Charges Against Trump Lawyer ‘Very Likely,’ Colleagues Warn Donald  —  As the feds continue to probe the ex-president's handling of confidential documents, his legal team is urging him to distance himself from one of his top attorneys … Some of the former president's lawyers …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Garrett M. Graff / New York Times:
What Ford's Pardon of Nixon Means (and Doesn't Mean) for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Laurence Norman / Wall Street Journal:
U.N. Inspectors Detect Near-Weapons-Grade Enriched Uranium in Iran  —  Diplomats say they have been informed that Tehran doesn't appear to be accumulating a stockpile of the 84%-purity material  —  Iran's Nuclear Program: What We Know About Tehran's Key Sites  —  Created with sketchtool.
Discussion: Reuters, The Daily Caller and The Hill
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to trove of Jan. 6 riot tape  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me.  — Carlson TV producers …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Supreme Court hears a case that could transform the internet  —  Oral arguments begin in Gonzalez v. Google, a landmark case tackling whether tech companies should be liable for harmful content their algorithms surface  —  In November 2015, three rifle-wielding ISIS gunmen opened fire …
ABC News:
Ohio train derailment: Buttigieg pens sharply worded letter to Norfolk Southern Railway  —  Buttigieg accused the company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over safety.  —  U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has called out the rail operator at the center of a  —  hazardous train derailment in Ohio
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
From the Midwest, progressive J.B. Pritzker launches anti-Ron DeSantis flares  —  CHICAGO — He's a governor who talks tough about Covid, has pleaded with to the College Board about an AP African American studies course and is outspoken on the issue of abortion.
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Jeffrey S. Solochek / Tampa Bay Times:
4 things to know about Ron DeSantis' idea to slash AP courses in Florida
Amanda Chu / Financial Times:
Joe Biden's planned US building boom imperilled by labour shortage  —  Half a million more construction workers needed as public money floods into infrastructure and clean energy  —  A shortage of construction workers is putting at risk the Biden administration's ambitious plan to fuel …
New York Times:
Biden Drawing Up a 2024 Playbook That Looks a Lot Like 2020's  —  President Biden's strategy is to frame the race as a contest between a seasoned leader and a conspiracy-minded opposition, while batting away concerns about his age.  —  WASHINGTON — Forget the Wilmington basement.
Ankit Panda / NK PRO:
North Korea's latest ICBM launch signals new phase of long-range missile drills  —  Military reportedly launched Hwasong-15 on short notice, as DPRK shifts focus from development to operational exercises  —  North Korea's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch of 2023 wasn't a test; it was an exercise.
Bharatha Mallawarachi / Associated Press:
Sri Lankan police disperse protesters demanding election  —  1 of 5  —  Sri Lankan police fired tear gas and a water cannon at opposition supporters who marched in the capital on Monday demanding that the government hold next month's local council elections as planned.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Lydia Moynihan / New York Post:
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Discussion: HuffPost
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Fox News
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
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Chris Koseluk / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
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Discussion: Sputnik News