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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Russia warns U.S. to stop arming Ukraine … Russia this week sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States warning that U.S. and NATO shipments of the “most sensitive” weapons systems to Ukraine were “adding fuel” to the conflict there and could bring “unpredictable consequences.”
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U.S. to train Ukrainian troops, confirms attack sank Russian warship … Russia's premier warship in the Black Sea sustained severe damage and sank on its way back to port early Thursday, a major symbolic blow to Moscow as the invasion of Ukraine entered its eighth week and both sides prepare …
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Cora Engelbrecht / New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: Russian Warship ‘Seriously Damaged,’ in Setback to Moscow's Forces — Ukraine said it had struck the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet with missiles, while Russia claimed that the damage was caused by a fire. As Moscow moves to escalate its offensive in the east and south …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
As two U.S. lawmakers visit Kyiv, the trip's organizer says he hopes more officials, and weapons, will follow.
Dustin Jones / NPR:
Meet the activists who projected a giant Ukrainian flag on Russia's Embassy in D.C.
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Director Airs Concern That Putin Might Turn to Nuclear Weapons
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
Russian warship told to ‘go fuck yourself’ was either fucked by Ukraine or by itself
Washington Post:
Ukraine seizes 55 homes, 26 cars and yacht from Putin ally Medvedchuk
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David Averre / Daily Mail:
Putin's defence minister Sergei Shoigu has had a ‘massive heart attack not from natural causes’ and TWENTY generals ‘have been arrested’ over bungled invasion
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Brad Lendon / CNN:
Russian warship sinks in the Black Sea after Ukraine claims it was hit by a missile
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Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter Weighs Poison Pill to Prevent Musk From Increasing Stake Significantly — Tesla CEO's $43 billion offer contains as many questions as answers — Twitter is weighing a poison pill that would prevent Elon Musk from increasing his stake in the company significantly, a person familiar with the situation said.
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Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Is No Longer Twitter's Largest Shareholder — While Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter Inc., he's no longer the company's largest shareholder. — Funds held by Vanguard Group recently upped their stake in the social-media platform, making the asset manager Twitter's largest shareholder …
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Twitter CEO tells employees the board is still evaluating an Elon Musk takeover — 'Tell me why / Ain't nothin' but a heartache' — Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal told employees Thursday that the company was still evaluating a $43 billion offer by Elon Musk to buy the company and take it private …
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Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Trump plans J.D. Vance endorsement in crowded Ohio senate race, sources say — Former President Trump is planning to endorse J.D. Vance in Ohio's crowded senate GOP primary, according to three sources with knowledge of his decision. — In recent days, Trump began calling donors and advisers …
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Politico:
Ohio Republicans gang up to stop Vance endorsement — Republican rivals to J.D. Vance have embarked on a last-ditch effort to stave off an endorsement from Donald Trump in Ohio's Senate primary, a response prompted by swirling speculation that the former president is close to backing Vance in the contentious race.
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Adam Murphy / WGCL-TV:
GOP Primary poll reveals front runners in Georgia — ATLANTA (CBS46) — The race for Georgia's Governorship begins with the GOP primary in just six weeks. — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed David Perdue, but his attempt to unseat Brian Kemp isn't showing up in the polls.
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James Salzer / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Federal judge rejects Abrams bid to use fundraising law that helps Kemp
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Does Trump's endorsement matter in Georgia? It depends, says UGA poll
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Matthew Ormseth / Los Angeles Times:
Ed Buck to face judgment for injecting two men with fatal doses of drugs in sexually deviant pattern — Ed Buck, once a fixture of West Hollywood's political scene, was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison for drug and sex crimes that included providing lethal doses of methamphetamine to two men.
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Colleagues worry Dianne Feinstein is now mentally unfit to serve, citing recent interactions — WASHINGTON — When a California Democrat in Congress recently engaged in an extended conversation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, they prepared for a rigorous policy discussion like those they'd had with her many times over the last 15 years.
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Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Sen. Dianne Feinstein defends her job performance, says she won't step down after colleagues raise concerns — WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein defended her service representing California in the Senate in the wake of reporting by The Chronicle that colleagues of hers are concerned about her ability to continue serving.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jury convicts Jan. 6 defendant who blamed Trump for Capitol breach — A jury on Thursday convicted the Jan. 6 defendant Dustin Thompson on all six charges he faced — including felony obstruction of Congress — rejecting his effort to blame Donald Trump's campaign of disinformation about the election results for his conduct.
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Presses Stephen Miller on Whether Trump Sought to Incite Crowd — In about eight hours of questioning, investigators pressed the former White House aide on former President Donald J. Trump's use of “we” in his speech to supporters before the riot. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
RNC votes to withdraw from presidential debates commission — The Republican National Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, following through on threats to bar GOP presidential nominees from participating in debates sponsored by the nonprofit organization.
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Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner:
GOP state senator, seven other women say Charles Herbster groped them; he denies allegations — Charles Herbster, a Nebraska Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to a crowd Wednesday at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in North Platte. Donald Trump Jr. was his guest at the event.
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Kara Scannell / CNN:
US says three Russians offered congressman a free trip as part of a propaganda and disinformation campaign — (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging a member of Russia's legislature and two of his staffers with orchestrating a propaganda and disinformation campaign targeting US lawmakers.
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Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Top State AFL-CIO Officer Accused of Misconduct — In the two years that Roxanne Rife worked at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, she says she watched her boss Frank Snyder push every one of her female co-workers to tears. — While doing clerical work for Snyder, the organization's secretary-treasurer …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Does the mainstream media want Trump to run again and win? — The obvious answer to the question in the headline is no. Reporters and editors at establishment news organizations are mostly reality-based, generally anti-totalitarian, quite fond of the First Amendment, reasonably tolerant …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If Trump Was Still President, Ukraine Would Be So Screwed Right Now … Counterfactuals always involve guessing. But one counterfactual proposition that seems increasingly obvious is that if Donald Trump had secured a second term in office, Ukraine would be losing the war right now.
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Tim McMillan / The Debrief:
Sex, Lies, and UFOs: Pentagon's Head of Counterintelligence and Security Ousted — As the Pentagon's Director for Defense Intelligence and a senior executive in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security OUSD(I&S), Garry Reid was in charge of all counterintelligence …
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy planning to step down -sources — White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy is planning to step down, according to two sources familiar with the deliberations, likely ending a tenure marked by ambitious emissions targets but failure in securing major U.S. carbon-cutting legislation.
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