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New York Post:
Multiple people shot in Brooklyn subway stop during rush hour  —  Multiple people were shot Tuesday morning in a gruesome shooting in a Brooklyn subway station during rush hour, officials said.  —  The bloody incident broke out around 8:30 a.m. at the 36th Street station for the D, N, R lines in Sunset Park.
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Several People Are Shot at Brooklyn Subway Station  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Shooting in subway comes amid rise in gun violence across the city.  —  Multiple people were shot in the subway system in Brooklyn during the Tuesday morning rush, officials said …
Washington Post:
Hubris and isolation led Vladimir Putin to misjudge Ukraine  —  More than six weeks into his war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is feeling the sting of failure.  —  Thousands of Russian battlefield deaths.  Three front-line retreats by the Russian military.
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BBC:
Ukraine War: US ‘deeply concerned’ at report of Mariupol chemical attack  —  The US and Britain say they are looking into reports that chemical weapons have been used by Russian forces attacking the Ukrainian port of Mariupol.  —  Ukraine's Azov regiment said three soldiers were injured by …
Tom Ball / The Times:
Putin ‘purges’ 150 FSB agents in response to Russia's botched war with Ukraine  —  A “Stalinist” mass purge of Russian secret intelligence is under way after more than 100 agents were removed from their jobs and the head of the department responsible for Ukraine was sent to prison.
Lewis Beale / The Daily Beast:
Why Putin Is Itching to Get His Hands on This Ex-American Banker  —  ON THE RUN  —  Moscow's most wanted man, Bill Browder, reveals what makes the Russian president tick in his new book, “Freezing Order.”  —  B ill Browder was headed for breakfast at his Madrid hotel when two men with shirts reading …
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Bethan McKernan / The Guardian:
Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’
Discussion: Гра …
New York Times:
Lt. Gov. Benjamin Arrested in Campaign Finance Scheme  —  Brian A. Benjamin, New York's No. 2 official to Gov. Kathy Hochul, will face a federal charge that he conspired to commit bribery while a state senator.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Lt. Gov. Brian A. Benjamin of New York …
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Associated Press:
NY Lt Gov Benjamin arrested in campaign donation scheme  —  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, whose seven months in that role has been overshadowed by probes into a previous campaign, was arrested Tuesday in a federal corruption investigation.
Discussion: CNN, abc7NY, Fox News, Brooklyn Eagle and WHTM-TV
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Inflation Continued to Worsen in March, as Gas and Rent Costs Rose: Live Updates  —  Here's what you need to know:  —  Prices were 8.5% higher in March than a year earlier.  —  Inflation  —  +8.5% in  —  March  —  +6.5%  —  without  —  food and energy  —  Year-over-year percent change in the Consumer Price Index
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Washington Post:
Biden to announce plan to ease gas prices as inflationary pressures persist
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start  —  Investment and projections for CNN+ are expected to be cut dramatically in response to a low adoption rate, two sources tell Axios. … - Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to be cut from that original investment total.
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Pennsylvania Republicans Are Going to Nominate an Election Conspiracist for Governor  —  TFW when Dr. Oz is the most normal Republican in a state.  —  LOL, if you thought Donald Trump's endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Senate was the worst development in Pennsylvania's 2022 GOP primaries …
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
‘Dr. Oz’ bets Trump endorsement can catapult him in Pa. Senate race
TODAY.com:
Exclusive: Obama weighs in on war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin  —  Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the war in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Al Roker.  “What we have seen, with the invasion of Ukraine, is him being reckless …
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J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Angry Drivers, Lots of Guns: An Explosion in Road Rage Shootings  —  Dozens have been reported in Texas alone amid a pandemic surge in gun purchases and a country increasingly on edge.  —  HOUSTON — The trouble started with an argument between two drivers merging in slow traffic after an Astros baseball game last summer.
Sergiu Klainerman / Tablet Magazine:
Princeton's Mixed-Up President Discards Free Speech and Demonizes Its Defenders … Say what you want about Christopher Eisgruber, the president of Princeton University—he is a principled man.  The problem is that he holds principles that are in serious conflict with one another.
The Daily Beast:
The Obscure Law NY Prosecutors Could Use to Charge Trump Years From Now  —  Trump may be hoping to run out the clock, but New York prosecutors believe they have a lot more time than the former president thinks. … The Manhattan District Attorney's investigation into former President Donald …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Covid-19 may be hastening democracy's demise  —  Trust in U.S. institutions has been declining for years, thanks to government scandals, economic dislocation, increased inequality and social media.  Now, evidence is growing that the coronavirus pandemic is making the phenomenon much worse.
Grid News:
QAnon candidates are on the ballot in 26 states  —  With millions in funding and the support of prominent Republicans, the conspiracy theory movement is one of the fastest-growing forces in American politics, a Grid investigation finds.  —  Part one of “The United States of QAnon,” …
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Most Americans say COVID is no longer a crisis  —  Less than one in 10 Americans now describe COVID-19 as a crisis — with about three in four calling it a manageable problem and one in six saying it's no problem at all — according to the latest installment of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
California pushing for 32-hour workweek at larger companies as part of pandemic-driven shift … California is trying to become the first state in the nation to make a four-day workweek a state law.  —  The state introduced a new bill that would make the official workweek 32 hours …
Discussion: CBS News and Reason
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Internal poll shows Brian Kemp close to outright primary win, despite Trump fight  —  The race for Georgia governor might as well have been a tossup when David Perdue entered the contest in December.  Now Gov. Brian Kemp's allies are increasingly confident they can avoid a runoff …
Discussion: Political Wire
ABC News:
Former Trump lawyer, amid clash with Jan. 6 committee, pushing to decertify 2020 election  —  Trump has been watching the decertification push closely  —  Just as he was emerging as a top target of the House committee investigating the Capitol attack, former Trump lawyer John Eastman took a trip to Wisconsin.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Romney, now a GOP maverick, undecided on future in politics  —  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) says he hasn't decided whether to run for re-election in 2024, when he could be on the same ballot as Donald Trump if the former president seeks another bid for the White House.
Discussion: Breitbart
Politico:
How a Trump ally got his unfounded voting-machine audit push in front of federal cyber agency  —  Donald Trump's top pick to administer Arizona elections in 2024 is more than a garden-variety backer — he played a little-known but notable role in bolstering the former president's push to subvert the 2020 ballot.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
DeJoy says USPS will expedite midterm ballots, holds firm on electric trucks … Had the U.S. Postal Service incrementally made improvements over the years, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says, Americans wouldn't know who runs their mail agency.  And DeJoy, the controversial leader of the mail service …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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