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Anna Fazackerley / The Guardian:
British scientist says US anti-abortion lawyers misused his work to attack Roe v Wade  —  Giandomenico Iannetti, a pain expert at UCL, angrily denies that his research suggests foetuses can feel pain before 24 weeks  —  A University College London scientist has accused lawyers in the US …
Discussion: Political Wire
Julia Cherner / ABC News:
‘Fall will be swift’ if Roe v. Wade is overturned: Sen. Amy Klobuchar  —  Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., appeared on ABC's “This Week” Sunday.  —  “The fall will be swift” if the Supreme Court rules to overturn Roe v. Wade, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday, adding that the Senate will do everything …
Discussion: Townhall, Politico, The Hill and Fox News
Washington Post:
Miss. governor doesn't rule out banning contraception if Roe falls
Discussion: Washington Times
New York Times:
Half of U.S. Women Risk Losing Abortion Access Without Roe
Discussion: Mediaite
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Mark Esper details his time in President Trump's Cabinet  —  Mark Esper is a Washington insider who spent his whole career flying below the radar - until he became President Donald Trump's second secretary of defense.  A West Point graduate and paratrooper, Esper spent 10 years as a by-the-book Army officer.
Discussion: Mediaite
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Western allies unveil new Russia sanctions on V-E Day  —  The U.S., G7 and European Union agreed to impose sweeping new sanctions on Russia ahead of its symbolic Victory Day holiday on May 9, including additional export controls and a commitment to phase out Russian oil.
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The White House:
G7 Leaders' Statement  — Today, on 8 May, we, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), alongside Ukraine and the wider global community, commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe and the liberation from fascism and the National Socialist reign of terror, which caused immeasurable destruction …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: United States and G7 Partners Impose Severe Costs for Putin's War Against Ukraine
Discussion: Bloomberg, rbc.ru and UPI
Rolling Stone:
Even Trump Is ‘Completely Weirded Out By’ Madison Cawthorn's Antics  —  You just can't pretend to be horny on cam  —  Donald Trump helped make Rep. Madison Cawthorn a star of the MAGA movement, but now the lawmaker risks falling out of The Donald's good graces.
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady  —  UZHHOROD, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother's Day meeting with the nation's first lady, Olena Zelenska, as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.
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Alexander Shur / madison.com:
Watch now: Madison anti-abortion headquarters hit by apparent Molotov cocktail, vandalism, graffiti  —  Vandals set a fire inside the Madison headquarters of the anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action late Saturday or early Sunday, police and an official with the group said Sunday.
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NBC News:
Manchin says he'd pass parts of Biden's agenda.  But Democrats may have to write the bill for him.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin says he's still interested in passing major pieces of President Joe Biden's agenda — but sources close to the West Virginia senator say Democrats may be making …
Discussion: Political Wire and Insider
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Eleanor Mueller / Politico:   Senate Democrats shop revamped child care reconciliation proposal
Financial Times:
Transcript: Vladimir Putin 'doesn't believe he can afford to lose' — William Burns, CIA director  —  Intelligence chief discusses Russian president and war in Ukraine at FT Weekend Festival in Washington  —  This is the edited transcript of a discussion between William Burns, CIA director …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Ukraine “preparing for everything” as Putin plots next move, ambassador says
Discussion: nationalinterest.org
Spiegel Online:
Putin's Disaster and What Could Happen Next  —  The world has overestimated Putin's power.  His army is much weaker than thought, his intelligence services have failed and sanctions are starting have an impact.  Will all this weaken the Russian president or make him more dangerous?
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Washington Post:   Russia's ultimate political survivor faces a wartime reckoning
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 7, 2022  —  I told this story here two years ago, but I want to repeat it tonight, as the reality of women's lives is being erased in favor of an image of women as mothers....  If you google the history of Mother's Day, the internet will tell you that Mother's Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother.
New York Times:
A U.N. Agency Gave $61 Million to One Family.  It Didn't Go Well.  —  A little-known United Nations agency decided to make an impact by doling out loans and grant money — all to a single family.  It did not go well.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  At the United Nations, two officials had a problem.
Isobel Koshiw / The Guardian:
‘Surrender is not an option’: Azov battalion commander in plea for help to escape Mariupol  —  Two thousand Ukrainian troops thought to be trapped inside steelworks after civilian evacuation  —  Members of Ukraine's Azov battalion trapped inside Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant have said they fear …
Sarah McCammon / NPR:
When does life begin?  Religions don't agree  —  In a bill introduced this past week, a Louisiana lawmaker describes human life as “created in the image of God” and seeks to make abortion a homicide from the moment of fertilization - sparking concerns from reproductive rights advocates …
 
 
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden targets GOP on inflation as prices skyrocket
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CNN:
J.R. Majewski, an Ohio GOP congressional candidate, was a January 6 participant and has repeatedly shared pro-QAnon material
Discussion: Mediaite
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Maria Bartiromo: Supreme Court leaker's identity will be revealed in ‘short order’
Discussion: The Hill and Power Line
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Can Motherhood Be a Mode of Rebellion?
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘The New York Times’ can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize
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NBC News:
Biden wants to sell infrastructure. His problem: Few buyers.
Discussion: CNN
Nick Cohen / The Guardian:
Fox News deals in Kremlin propaganda. So why not freeze Rupert Murdoch's assets?
Dara Horn / Common Sense:
At Harvard, Facts Are For Losers
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