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11:45 AM ET, March 28, 2022

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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Inside Ted Cruz's last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power … Sen. Ted Cruz was dining near the Capitol on the evening of Dec. 8, 2020, when he received an urgent call from President Donald Trump.  A lawsuit had just been filed at the Supreme Court designed to overturn the election Trump had lost …
Wall Street Journal:
Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Suffer Symptoms of Suspected Poisoning  —  The Russian oligarch and others developed symptoms they blamed on hard-liners in Moscow who they say want to sabotage talks to end the war  —  Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace …
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Poll: Americans want tougher sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion  —  A majority of Americans believe President Biden has not been “tough enough” on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine but are concerned about the U.S. being drawn into an all-out war with Russia, according to a poll published …
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
GOP pushes Biden to do more to pressure China over Russia
Associated Press:
Nuclear fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war: AP-NORC poll
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Biden finds no respite at home after returning from Europe
Hans Nichols / Axios:
First look: Biden to ask Congress to fund the police  —  President Biden will propose more than $32 billion in new spending to fight crime, two White House officials familiar with his 2023 budget plans tells Axios, putting a price tag on his State of the Union call to fund — not defund — the police.
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Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Biden's budget will reduce deficit by $1.3 trillion in 2023, White House claims
Discussion: Politico
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Is Ginni Thomas's Story Believable?  —  Virginia Thomas wants people to believe that her husband, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, had no idea about her activities challenging the results of the 2020 election.  —  “Clarence doesn't discuss his work with me, and I don't involve him in my work …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack panel expects to hear how militia groups coordinated plans before insurrection
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI and Joe.My.God.
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
Why Trump Says He ‘Just Might Have to’ Run Again  —  He doesn't want to be remembered as a loser, sure—but he also fears prosecution.  —  At a rally on Saturday in Commerce, Georgia, Donald Trump all but announced his 2024 run for president as he lobbed more verbal missiles …
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New York Times:
Zelensky Gives Interview to Russian Journalists.  Moscow Orders It Quashed.  —  It was a remarkable moment in the war in Europe: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine gave a 90-minute-long Zoom interview on Sunday to four prominent journalists from Russia, the country invading his.
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Siena College Research Institute:
Hochul Has Commanding Lead Over Williams & Suozzi with Dems; With Cuomo in Race, Hochul Leads 38-30%, Other Two Way Behind  — 56% of Voters Say Bail Reform Law Has Been Bad for NY; 64% Say it Has Resulted in Crime Increase; 82% Say Give Judges More Discretion; 56% Concerned Discretion Will Result in Poor Being Unjustly Incarcerated
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Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Will Kathy Hochul Earn Black Voters' Support?
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Biden's Ad-Libbing Becomes More Dangerous
Discussion: RedState, Euractiv, Breitbart and The US Sun
Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
The Revenge of the Normal Republicans  —  HELOTES, Texas—Last spring, having just retired from Congress, Will Hurd was feeling adrift.  He had agreed to write a book, telling his remarkable life story and diagnosing a malfunctioning political system, all while teasing out a run for the presidency in 2024 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Advance Tax Probe of Hunter Biden  —  Grand jury heard witness in February about past drug use, spending habits of president's son  —  A federal tax investigation into Hunter Biden is gaining momentum as prosecutors gather information from several of his associates about the sources …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Biden's silent as son's former friend and business partner faces jail, financial ruin
Discussion: Power Line
Arielle Mitropoulos / ABC News:
For red and blue America, a glaring divide in COVID-19 death rates persists 2 years later  —  Post-vaccine, death rates in red states were 38% higher than in blue states.  —  Political polarization in the U.S. was evident and intensifying long before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, two years ago.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
bellingcat:
Boris Nemtsov Tailed by FSB Squad Prior to 2015 Murder  — Previously, Bellingcat and partners discovered that a secret FSB squad had followed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny during his presidential campaign in 2017, and in the days and months before he was poisoned in 2020.
New York Times:
When Nokia Pulled Out of Russia, a Vast Surveillance System Remained  —  The Finnish company played a key role in enabling Russia's cyberspying, documents show, raising questions of corporate responsibility.  —  Nokia said this month that it would stop its sales in Russia and denounced the invasion of Ukraine.
New York Times:
How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions  —  At every step of his political career, Joe Manchin helped a West Virginia power plant that is the sole customer of his private coal business.  Along the way, he blocked ambitious climate action.  —  GRANT TOWN, W. Va. …
Margaret Renkl / New York Times:
The Boring Bill in Tennessee That Everyone Should Be Watching  —  ASHVILLE — When a new energy infrastructure bill was introduced in the Tennessee General Assembly earlier this month, people could be forgiven for paying little attention.  Compared to the legislature's recent follies …
New York Times:
Biden Renews Pushback Against Stock Buybacks  —  Proposed new limits come as corporations may spend $1 trillion on stock repurchases this year.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Raising the bar on buybacks  —  When the Biden administration unveils its annual budget today …
Discussion: Financial Times
Wall Street Journal:
A Middle East Geopolitical Realignment Accelerates to Confront and Contain Iran  —  A first-ever diplomatic summit in Israel illustrates the new relationships being built across the region as the U.S. rethinks its security role in the Mideast  —  New diplomatic and security ties are reshaping …
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Blinken attends ‘historic’ Israeli, Arab summit amid Iran deal tensions, Palestinian opposition
 
 
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Richard Milne / Financial Times:
War with Russia? Finland has a plan for that
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Rob Stein / NPR:
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
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Molly Fischer / New York Magazine:
Galaxy Brain … Henry Williams was 7 in 2008, and what he remembers about 2008 is that his dad lost his job.
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Tyler Bridges / The Advocate:
Bill Cassidy for governor? Here's why his vote on Judge Jackson might provide a clue
Discussion: NBC News and Joe.My.God.
Alex Thompson / Politico:
How a Google billionaire helped pay for Biden's science office
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Progressives build massive, cloaked online powerhouse
Discussion: American Greatness
Steve Milloy / Washington Examiner:
A Securities and Environment Commission invents itself
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Erin Banco / Politico:
U.S. global Covid work will ‘grind to a halt’ without more cash
Politico:
Why redistricting has stalled in 4 unfinished states