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Washington Post:
How Biden sparked a global uproar with nine ad-libbed words about Putin … WARSAW — During his presidential campaign, President Biden often reminded his audience about the heavy weight that the words of a president can carry.  —  “The words of a president matter,” he said more than once.
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Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
White House Rushes to Clarify Joe Biden Call to Remove Vladimir Putin from Power  —  The White House on Saturday moved quickly to clarify President Joe Biden's comment about removing Russian President Vladimir Putin from power in a dramatic speech in Warsaw, Poland.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Biden's Comments About Putin Were an Unforced Error  —  The words of every world leader matter right now, and none more than those of the president of the United States.  —  About the author: Tom Nichols is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Peacefield.
New York Times:
Biden Condemns Putin, Saying He ‘Cannot Remain In Power’
Associated Press:
Biden lashes at Putin, calls for Western resolve for freedom
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
President Biden to unveil new minimum tax on billionaires in budget … The White House will unveil a new minimum tax targeting billionaires as part of its 2023 budget Monday, proposing a direct tax on the richest 700 Americans for the first time, according to five people with knowledge …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden to Include Minimum Tax on Billionaires in Budget Proposal  —  The tax would require that American households worth more than $100 million pay at least 20 percent on their full income, as well as unrealized gains in the value of liquid assets like stocks.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Biden budget to trim $1T from deficits over next decade
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:   Biden to Sidestep ‘Build Back Better’ Proposals in His Budget
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Biden's job approval falls to lowest level of his presidency amid war and inflation fears  —  NBC News poll: Biden hits lowest disapproval number yet  —  Amid Europe's largest land war since World War II, 7 in 10 Americans express low confidence in President Joe Biden's ability to deal …
Discussion: The Hill
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CNN:
The 2022 campaign story was set.  Then Russia invaded Ukraine.  —  (CNN)Russia's invasion of Ukraine opened up a new front in the 2022 US midterm cycle, with America's role in the conflict taking a place alongside the culture war clashes, economic worries and fights over pandemic policy that had driven the early stages of the election.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry resigns after being found guilty of lying to FBI … Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) said Saturday he will resign from Congress after he was convicted Thursday on three felony counts for lying to federal investigators about illegal campaign contributions from a foreign billionaire.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Fortenberry resigns from Congress after felony convictions
Discussion: Roll Call, Washington Times and UPI
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Chris Wallace Says Life at Fox News Became ‘Unsustainable’  —  As he starts a new streaming show at CNN, the longtime TV anchor reflects on his decision to leave Fox News after 18 years.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  “I just no longer felt comfortable with the programming at Fox.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Making of Vladimir Putin  —  Tracing Putin's 22-year slide from statesman to tyrant.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  PARIS — Speaking in what he called “the language of Goethe, Schiller and Kant,” picked up during his time as a K.G.B. officer in Dresden …
Washington Post:
Russian generals are getting killed at an extraordinary rate  —  The war in Ukraine is proving extraordinarily lethal for Russian generals, the gray men bedecked in service medals, who are being aggressively targeted by Ukrainian forces and killed at a rate not seen since World War II.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Ginni Thomas' West Wing contacts raise new questions for another Trump ally: John Eastman  —  Ginni Thomas' unfettered access to Donald Trump's chief of staff — and potentially others in his West Wing — raises new questions about another figure at the center of Trump's gambit to subvert the 2020 election: attorney John Eastman.
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Maya King / New York Times:
In Georgia, Trump Tries to Revive a Sputtering Campaign  —  The former president held a rally in rural Georgia on Saturday in an attempt to jump-start David Perdue's campaign to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  COMMERCE, Ga., — When Donald Trump recruited David Perdue …
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John L. Dorman / Insider:
Trump's mood ‘soured’ after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp revealed he had already decided to appoint Kelly Loeffler to the Senate before consulting with the president: book
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
Full transcript of President Biden's speech in Warsaw on Russia's invasion of Ukraine  —  “It's from the darkness moments that the greatest progress follows.”  —  President Joe Biden delivered forceful remarks Saturday from Poland that reiterated the United States' and its allies' support …
 
 
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