This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Part I (00:13 - 08:30)
Tracking Developments in Ukraine: U.S. Declines Zelenskyy’s Request for a No-Fly Zone and Putin Criminalizes Any Citizen Who Refers to Russia’s War in Ukraine as ‘War’

• Russia Takes Censorship to New Extremes, Stifling War Coverage by New York Times (Anton Troianovski)

Part II (08:30 - 11:29)
‘Taking Dictators Literally and Seriously’: Putin Stated Clearly His Determinations over Ukraine — Will the World Learn to Take Dictators at Their Word?

• Taking Dictators Literally and Seriously by Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)

Part III (11:29 - 18:52)
Two Contradictory Moralities Evident in One Nation: Two States (California & Florida) Present Polar Opposite Laws on Abortion Access in Preparation for Possible Overturning of Roe v. Wade

• More California Nurse Practitioners could Work Independently, Offer Abortions under New Bill by LA Times (Melody Gutierrez)

Part IV (18:52 - 25:03)
SCOTUS Votes to Reinstate Federal Death Penalty in Boston Marathon Terror Case , but President Biden has Threatened to Block Any Executions — What is at Stake?




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