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• President Joe Biden $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Ukraine, more sanctions on Russia and to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into U.S. during overseas visit with NATO allies.
• NATO ramps up military presence at Russian borders, as E.U. pledges military support for Ukraine, but declines requests for air support and tanks.
• United Nations approves resolution on humanitarian crisis in Ukraine citing Russia’s military attacks and rejects alternate resolution omitting Russia’s bombardment.
• Progressive lawmakers speak out about the war in Ukraine.
• Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Jackson Brown hailed for fair and judicious legal record at senate confirmation hearing.
• California Governor Gavin Newsom announces new gas rebate up to $800 per household.
• New report finds 1 million children imprisoned in U.S. in 2019.

Photo collage of war in Ukraine from Ukraine’s Emergency Services Department and Minister of Foreign Affairs including a bombed theater in Mariupul, and failed Russian bomb.

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