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Trump Administration Live Updates: Republicans Advance Appeals Court Nomination After Democrats Walk Out

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Emmy Nomination Snubs and Surprises: ‘Squid Game,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and John Mulaney (Again)

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Why are Ukrainians mad at Zelenskyy?

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POLITICO answers all your questions on the president’s anti-corruption legislation that has spooked Ukrainians and upset Kyiv’s staunchest allies. Share Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday approved a law that placed previously independent anti-corruption agencies under executive control. The reforms, the latest move by the presidential office to consolidate power within a circle of loyalists, have critics fearing Zelenskyy and his team could abuse their special wartime authority. Hundreds protested in central Kyiv  and other cities around Ukraine on Tuesday for the first time since Russian leader Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion in February 2022, upset by the move to ram through the legislationPOLITICO breaks down what the fight is about: What’s in the anti-corruption legislation? The new law gives the office of the prosecutor general, who is appointed by the president, direct authority over the previously independent National Anti-Corruption Bureau (N...
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