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Timeline: After months of tensions, Russia attacks Ukraine

Russia launches a multipronged attack after months of diplomacy failing to resolve the crisis.

Al Jazeera

Analysis-Putin's Ukraine assault confounds Biden strategy, puts leadership to the test

He threatened to impose the harshest sanctions ever on Russia. He worked to galvanize U.S. allies into a united front. He supplied Ukraine with more weapons than any American president before him. And he beefed up U.S. forces on NATO's eastern flank as reassurance of his commitment.

Reuters

Putin proceeds with military operation in Ukraine; explosions reported

SHCHASTIA, Ukraine — While the U.N. Security Council was meeting to avert war, several loud explosions were reportedly heard outside the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Thursday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his forces were conducting a military operation to disarm the country but not take it over.

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Russia attacks Ukraine; missiles strike targets across country

SHCHASTIA, Ukraine — While the U.N. Security Council was meeting to avert war, explosions thundered and flashed across Ukraine early Thursday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to attack the country after weeks of failed diplomacy and a massive military buildup intended to recast the map of Eastern…

Los Angeles Times

Biden vows 'severe sanctions' on Russia by U.S., allies for Ukraine attack

The United States and its allies will impose "severe sanctions" on Russia after its military forces launched an attack on Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden said after blasts were heard in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and other cities.

Reuters

Putin says he is proceeding with military operation in Ukraine; explosions reported

SHCHASTIA, Ukraine — Moments after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced late Wednesday that he would proceed with a military operation in Ukraine, several loud explosions were heard outside Kyiv.

Los Angeles Times

Biden adds sanctions targeting Russia as Ukrainians shift to war footing

WASHINGTON — With Russia poised for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration Wednesday stiffened economic sanctions targeting Moscow, and the Ukrainian president made a televised appeal for peace in a dramatic last-minute effort to avert war in Eastern Europe.

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'Creen que pueden hacer cualquier cosa': psicólogo de Amazon describe acoso y discriminación en el trabajo

Un psicólogo organizacional que trabajaba para Amazon, en el equipo de gestión de un centro de distribución en Spokane, Washington, afirma que fue despedido por hablar sobre el acoso y el comportamiento inapropiado de una líder clave del enorme almacén robotizado.

Tribune News Service

Trucker convoy headed to Washington, DC, to protest COVID mandates rolls out of California

LOS ANGELES — Several hundred people gathered Wednesday morning in the Mojave Desert to send off a group of truckers driving cross-country to protest COVID-19 mandates.

Los Angeles Times

Pelosi confident in security for Biden speech, trucker rally

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she is confident Capitol security officials are prepared for trucker convoys traveling to the Washington, D.C., region to protest COVID-19 restrictions, noting that most potential disruptions would not overlap with President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1.

Tribune News Service

Truckers headed to Washington DC want ‘justice’ for Ashli Babbitt who was killed taking part in Capitol riot

The organiser’s truck immediately suffered two flat tires

The Independent UK

Supreme Court hears arguments over ‘public charge’ rule

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with the unusual legal maneuvers the Biden administration used to wipe out a Trump-era immigration rule and whether to let some Republican-led states continue the court fight to save it.

Tribune News Service

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Tens of thousands flee their homes

Ukraine invasion news from February 24: UN says several thousand Ukrainians crossing into neighbouring countries.

Al Jazeera

California convoy opposing COVID-19 mandates hits the road

A convoy of truckers demanding an end to coronavirus mandates has begun a cross-country drive from California to the Washington, D

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Los Angeles Times

Trump splinters Republicans with praise of Putin

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump continued his criticism of President Joe Biden on Wednesday, saying in a statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “playing” him “like a drum.”

Los Angeles Times

Biden adds Nord Stream 2 sanctions in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion

WASHINGTON — As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration Wednesday added to its economic sanctions package targeting Moscow by allowing previously blocked sanctions to take effect against the company behind the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, according to three individuals familiar with the matter.

Al Jazeera

As Russia-Ukraine crisis ramps up, Biden faces sanctions dilemma

US policymakers appear united on need to oppose Russian invasion, but disagreements emerge on pace of sanctions.

The Guardian - US

US trucker convoy gathers for cross-country trip to protest Covid rules

Group calling itself the ‘people’s convoy’ is one of several due to arrive in capital, similar to the demonstrations in Ottawa

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Salon

AOC's plan to boost Biden's poll numbers

"There's no nostalgia for a time when Washington worked in my life" 

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers face pressure to pass mental health legislation

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers hope to produce legislation to address growing mental health and substance use needs this year as deadlines approach, but the issue is competing for attention with other national priorities in a compressed election-year schedule.

Los Angeles Times

Russian mobilization in Ukraine raises concerns about a new Cold War-style era in Europe

BERLIN — Although Udo Grelzik spent almost half his life under communist rule in East Germany, he never anticipated the threat of anything like a new Cold War in Europe.

Roll Call

Pelosi confident in security for Biden speech, trucker rally - Roll Call

After trucker protests immobilized Canada's capital, convoys to Washington, D.C., are being planned to protest pandemic restrictions.

Tribune News Service

Biden has history with contentious supreme court hearings. Now he's trying to avoid one

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden knows a thing or two about contentious Supreme Court hearings, having presided over a pair of the most heated confirmations that still reverberate in U.S politics. That experience is shaping the process of naming the first Black female justice in a bitterly divided Washington.

Tribune News Service

Biden has history with contentious Supreme Court hearings. Now he's trying to avoid one

Tribune News Service

Social Security fixes could animate post-midterms agenda

WASHINGTON — If Republicans take one or both chambers of Congress in November, don’t be surprised if shoring up Social Security’s finances becomes an area of bipartisan focus.

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