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Wednesday, Mar 23

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Amazon was dropped as a sponsor by Seattle’s Pride parade, due to the company’s donations to anti-LGBTQ legislators and for allowing opposition fundraising via AmazonSmile

Seattle Pride said it would "part ways" with Amazon for Pride 2022, citing political donations and anti-LGBTQ groups that used AmazonSmile.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19

The former secretary of state said her husband, former President Bill Clinton, tested negative and is feeling fine.

Rudy Giuliani ‘completely absorbed the lesson of Russian disinformation’ while working for Trump, Marie Yovanovitch says

Giuliani had learned that "the allegation can be just as damaging as the action, and it's easier, quicker, and cheaper to deploy," Yovanovitch wrote.

Mitt Romney says GOP attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sentencing record for child pornography cases are ‘off course’

"I did my duty to hold the defendants accountable," Jackson said in response to questions about her sentencing on child pornography cases.

National security advisor Jake Sullivan says Russia has ‘manifestly failed’ to achieve its 3 main goals in invading Ukraine

Joe Biden's national security advisor spoke ahead of the president's trip to Europe on Wednesday to map out the next steps for dealing with Russia.

The US Navy says its new carrier only needed a fraction of the repairs required the last time a flattop did ‘shock trials’ 34 years ago

Those trials and other developments aboard USS Gerald R. Ford indicate that the carrier is finally ready to deploy with the fleet.

Smartmatic is re-starting a backup defamation lawsuit it filed against Sidney Powell after a New York judge dismissed its case

The election technology company filed a backup lawsuit in Washington, DC, that it's moving forward with.

Florida Senate candidate Val Demings slams GOP criticism of historic Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson: ‘I’m familiar with the attacks’

Demings, a US representative and former police chief, is running to unseat GOP Sen. Marco Rubio who doesn't appear supportive of Biden's nominee.

Project Veritas says the DOJ secretly accessed its emails as part of its probe into how it got Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary

Project Veritas has been fighting search warrants issued by the Justice Department in its investigation into the theft.

Sen. Ted Cruz presses SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on critical race theory and asks if she agrees with teaching that ‘babies are racist’

Cruz spent part of Tuesday's confirmation hearing presenting a stack of books that he said are teaching critical race theory to kids.

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A Ukrainian mother saved her baby’s life by shielding the child from an explosion in Kyiv

Photos from the aftermath of the attack show 27-year-old Olga holding her baby at the hospital with her head bandaged and her face covered in cuts.

Marie Yovanovitch says she couldn’t bring herself to release a statement pledging loyalty to Trump because she wanted to keep her ‘integrity intact’

"When I tried the loyalty pledge on for size, I couldn't make it fit — not if I wanted to keep my integrity intact," Marie Yovanovitch wrote.

4 anti-abortion bills to watch right now — with no exception for rape, incest, or ectopic pregnancies, and cash rewards for citizens who sue abortion providers

State lawmakers are proposing near-total abortion bans. This summer, SCOTUS will decide the fate of Roe v. Wade, which makes abortion federally legal.

‘Bridgerton’ star Charithra Chandran said it ‘hurts’ when friends told her she only got the role because she’s ‘brown’

Chandran told The Telegraph that people have even assumed her success "is due to a diversity quota."

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Ukraine has destroyed nearly 10% of Russia’s tanks, making experts ask: Are tanks over?

Advances in drones and light weapons have rendered Russian tanks ineffective, a development that could have implications for tanks beyond Ukraine.

US suggests Russian forces are devastating Mariupol because Putin is angry that Ukrainians are resisting

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Ukraine's resistance to Russian troop advancement may have surprised the Kremlin.

You can now check out Russian oligarchs’ yachts, helicopters, homes, and more on this new ‘Asset Tracker’ site

A group of media and research organizations launched a tracker Monday to detail the assets of the Russia's oligarchs, from villas to helicopters.

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Kremlin spokesperson says Putin would use nuclear weapons in face of ‘existential threat’

"President Putin intends to make the world listen to and understand our concerns," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told CNN.

Tech is entering a two-track economy as remote work powers new rising-star cities outside traditional bastions

The superstar cities in tech, including San Jose and New York, have seen employment growth. But other metro areas are catching up.

The US has become a tax haven, making it hard to sanction Russian oligarchs

The US says it will crack down on Russian oligarchs, but it's also become a tax haven for people who want to hide wealth, says Chuck Collins.

A Ukrainian journalist captured by Russians was released after she recorded a video claiming they ‘saved her life’

Local reports from Hromadske, where she works, said Viktoriia Roshchyna recording the pro-Russia video was a "condition of her release."

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Top Democrat slams Mitch McConnell as the ‘one living senator who has effectively changed the size of the Supreme Court’ over his blocking of Obama nominee Merrick Garland

Republicans have renewed their concerns over "court packing" as they consider Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown.

Teachers like me face stigma and guilt when we take a day off — and it’s a big reason behind the mass exodus from my field

Taryn Williams says people often tell her how lucky she is to have summers off. But when she did the math, she works more hours than a 9-to-5 worker.

‘New Girl’ stars Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson still text each other inside jokes from 10 years ago

On the "Welcome to Our Show" podcast, "New Girl" costars Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson shared the bits they still joke about from season one.

Former UK gambling minister did not seek permission for £1,000-an-hour second job

John Whittingdale, who was gambling minister until September 2021, has not sought permission for any of the post-ministerial work he has done.

20 I was a flight attendant for 2 years. Here are 6 perks of the job that I miss the most.

I worked for a major airline, and I miss the travel perks, scheduling flexibility, and cute uniform that came with being a flight attendant.

Over 12,000 sign petition to cancel Emmett Till opera in New York City for centering a fictional white character

An opera set to debut in New York City has received criticism for centering a fictional white school teacher and her "white guilt" rather than the story of Emmett Till.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for COVID-19

President Joe Biden tested negative on Tuesday and is not considered a close contact, Psaki said. She also contracted COVID-19 last fall.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she feels ‘threatened’ by transgender women like Rachel Levine, a high-ranking official at the Health Department

Greene's tweet came in response to disparaging comments about Rachel Levine, the highest ranking openly transgender official in the nation. Levine is the assistant secretary for health for the Department of Health and Human Services.