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Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Marks Successes, Mourns Losses as War Enters Second Year  —  Zelensky pledges to pursue victory against Russia this year as Western weapons flow to Ukraine  —  KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine on Friday marked the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, celebrating the nation's resilience …
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Associated Press:
China calls for Russia-Ukraine cease-fire, peace talks  —  1 of 2  —  China has called for a cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia and the opening of peace talks as part of a 12-point proposal to end the conflict.  The plan issued Friday morning by the Foreign Ministry also urges the end …
Politico:
Playbook: The second year of the Ukraine war begins  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  LOOKING BACK — One year ago today, Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN launched an invasion of Ukraine that he thought would quickly topple the government in Kyiv …
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
How the U.S. Adopted a New Intelligence Playbook to Expose Russia's War Plans
Discussion: Financial Times
Associated Press:
US commits $2 billion in drones, ammunition, aid to Ukraine
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The Biden administration is wrong: Time is not on Ukraine's side
Bill Browder / Financial Times:
We must keep fighting Russia with banks as well as tanks
Discussion: Defense One
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Trump may be questioned in lawsuits by ex-FBI employees Strzok and Page  —  Two former senior FBI employees who allege they were targeted for retribution after FBI's Trump-Russia probe may question Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray, a judge ruled.  —  A federal judge on Thursday ordered …
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CNN:
Exclusive: How a box with classified documents ended up in Trump's office months after FBI searched Mar-a-Lago  —  The Justice Department wants to know how a box containing a handful of classified records scattered among copies of presidential schedules turned up at Mar-a-Lago late last year …
Discussion: Page Six
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:   Classified Trump schedules were moved to Mar-a-Lago after FBI search - sources
New York Times:
Republicans Will Hold Their First Presidential Debate in Milwaukee  —  The debate is set for August, in the same city that will host the party's 2024 convention.  —  The Republican National Committee will hold its first presidential primary debate in Milwaukee in August, its debates committee decided in a vote on Thursday.
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
All U.S. extremist mass killings in 2022 linked to far right, report says  —  Right-wing extremists committed every ideologically driven mass killing identified in the U.S. in 2022, with an “unusually high” proportion perpetrated by white supremacists, according to a new report published Thursday.
Tallahassee Democrat:
Convicted murderer Donald Dillbeck has been executed.  Here's the latest.  —  Convicted murderer Donald Dillbeck is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. ET tonight at Florida State Prison after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute petition by Dillbeck's attorneys on Wednesday.
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Brennan Leach / Medill on the Hill:
WILLIAMSON CONFIRMS PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, BECOMING FIRST PROMINENT DEMOCRAT IN 2024 RACE  —  WASHINGTON — Marianne Williamson confirmed in an interview with Medill News Service on Thursday that she is running for president as a Democrat, becoming the first announced candidate for the party.
Platformer:
New cracks emerge in Elon Musk's Twitter  —  Jira went down, Slack's gone, and site performance is degraded.  What's next?  —  Today, let's check in on Elon Musk's Twitter, where sudden software outages and another dubious transparency effort have left the company's remaining workers more beleaguered than usual.
Politico:
Trump-allied group wants J6 committee staffers blacklisted  —  A conservative non-profit group allied with former President Donald Trump urged “Hill staffers and their colleagues” to cut off meetings with any former Jan. 6 committee staffers who have since joined firms that lobby.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and Political Wire
Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News:
Backlash in Texas as diversity initiatives put on hold in vast university system  —  Latino and Black leaders in Texas pushed back on claims that diversity and inclusion hiring programs are illegal as the vast University of Texas System put a hold on such programs at its institutions and campuses.
NBC News:
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years in L.A. rape conviction  —  Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for a rape conviction in Los Angeles, adding to a more than two-decade long sentence already handed down in New York.
David Moye / HuffPost:
GOP Politician Uses Polish Slur In Speech Claiming Party Isn't Bigoted  —  “Doesn't matter what your race, your color, your creed, Norwegian, Polack, Somalian, you name it,” said Minnesota state Sen. Mark Johnson (R) Wednesday.  —  A Minnesota state senator is getting criticized after a speech …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Politico:
Judge won't unseal details of Trump's privilege fight over Jan. 6 grand jury  —  A federal judge has rejected a bid by two news outlets to obtain access to details of former President Donald Trump's efforts to block testimony by aides to a grand jury investigating his effort to derail the transfer of power after the 2020 election.
CNN:
House GOP looks for plan B after struggling to pass border security bill  —  House Republicans had hoped to pass a narrow border security bill within the first two weeks of their new majority, notching an easy win and delivering on a key campaign promise in the process.
David Smith / The Guardian:
'Biden's the most impressive president of my lifetime': Mehdi Hasan on Fox News, tough questions and post-Trump politics  —  The progressive journalist praises the bluntness of British colleagues and says the real ‘cancel culture brigade’ is on the right  —  ne evening this month on cable television …
Discussion: HuffPost and Commonwealth Club
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fully Unhinged ‘Dilbert’ Guy Tells White People to ‘Get the Fuck Away’ From Black People  —  “I don't think it makes any sense as a white citizen of America to try to help Black citizens anymore,” the pro-Trump cartoonist said, adding: “This can't be fixed.”
Discussion: Mercury News
Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Half say US should support Ukraine as long as it takes … Rep. Mike Gallagher: Ukraine should be a ‘massive wakeup call’  —  Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., says Xi Jinping is turning Vladimir Putin into his ‘junior partner.’  —  Friday marks the one-year anniversary since …
Discussion: Opinion Today and The Hill
New York Times:
Bike Path Attacker's Father Testifies to Save Son: ‘He Ruined Their Lives’  —  A federal jury considering the death penalty heard testimony from the father of Sayfullo Saipov, who said he expected that he would never see his son again.  —  Habibulloh Saipov saw his son for the first time in 13 years this week.
Discussion: Fox News, PIX11 and New York Daily News
Rebecca Mead / New Yorker:
The End of “Succession” Is Near  —  The show's creator, Jesse Armstrong, explains why he has chosen to conclude the drama of the Roy family in its fourth season.  —  A few minutes before Jesse Armstrong was scheduled to call for a chat earlier this month, he sent a polite text saying that he was …
Ofer Aderet / Haaretz:
Ex-president Lech Walesa Witnessed Poland's Democratic Backslide.  He Offers His Warning to Israel  —  The Nobel Prize laureate spearheaded the fight against the Polish communist authorities 40 years ago.  Now, he sounds the alarm for Israelis about mistakes that undermined democratic government in his country
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
‘It Was An International Conspiracy’: Lawsuit Follows A Half Century Of Pain And Questions For Malcolm X's Family  —  A planned lawsuit from the family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X follows decades of trauma and lingering questions for his daughters.
Discussion: Insider
Henry Grabar / Slate:
We Finally Know Why It Costs So Damn Much to Build New Subways in America  —  For the past decade, as the cost of building American mass transit has soared to world records, advocates have found themselves in a bind.  Should they draw attention to the problem, fighting for top-to-bottom reform …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
The Billionaire's Daughter Knows What You're Thinking  —  Elizabeth Koch, daughter of Charles Koch, the billionaire right-wing political force, has a new venture that is all about self-investigation.  Two words: Perception Box.  —  Even as a young girl, Elizabeth R. Koch was keenly aware of her family's extreme wealth.
Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos hires investment firm to consider bid on Commanders  —  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has hired an investment firm to evaluate a possible bid for the Washington Commanders, according to two people familiar with the situation.  —  Bezos is working with Allen & Company …
Aaron David Miller / Foreign Policy:
Netanyahu Faces His Own ‘Israeli Spring’  —  Protesters in Israel are rallying to oppose an extremist and fundamentalist government that is trying to change the status quo and reshape the country's character.  —  Twelve years ago this spring, protests shook the Arab world in what became known …
 
 
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's All Do the DeSantis Shimmy!
Piotr Skolimowski / Bloomberg:
Poland Delivers First Leopard Tanks to Kyiv at One-Year Mark
Zachary Roth / The States:
Election deniers who lost secretary of state races now run several state GOP operations
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Wind and Solar Energy Projects Risk Overwhelming America's Antiquated Electrical Grids
Washington Post:
'He's dead from shoplifting': Mother questions why police shot her son
Discussion: DCist
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Signal:
National Archives Fires Security Officer Who Ordered Students to Remove Pro-Life Apparel
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Senator Who Helped Save Private Equity's Favorite Loophole Goes to Work for Private Equity
Discussion: The Lever
Neirin Gray Desai / Daily Mail:
Black Panther communist Angela Davis - who teaches that U.S. was built by racist colonizers - faces calls to pay reparations after genealogy show reveals …
John Kruzel / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court's ‘major questions’ test may doom Biden student debt plan
Equality PAC:
Equality PAC Member Board Names Congressman Ritchie Torres to Serve as Equality PAC Co-Chair
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump 2020 Fraud Backer Sidney Powell's Texas Ethics Case Tossed
Discussion: Forbes and CNN
 

 
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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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