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Wednesday- 4/20/22

Wednesday- 4/20/22

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PBS NewsHour live episode, April 20, 2022
The Hill, April 20, 2022 – 6:00 pm to 6:56 pm (ET)
UKRAINE…Russia expanding military presence on Ukraine’s eastern border: UK
The Hill, Mychael SchnellApril 20, 2022

Russia is expanding its military presence on the eastern border of Ukraine, according to the United Kingdom’s Defense Ministry, as Moscow targets the Donbas region.

“Russia’s military presence on Ukraine’s eastern border continues to build, while fighting in the Donbas is intensifying as Russian forces seek to break through Ukrainian Defenses,” the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote in an intelligence update on Twitter.

The British military intelligence said Russian air activity in northern Ukraine will likely remain at low levels since Moscow shifted its focus away from taking control of Kyiv. Russia tried to seize Kyiv earlier in its invasion but its forces were ultimately met with heavy opposition from Ukrainians, prompting Moscow to shift its focus to the east.

COVID-19…Who is Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, the federal judge who blocked Biden’s travel mask mandate?
CNN, Veronica StracqualursiApril 20, 2022

A little-known federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump found herself in the national spotlight on Monday after striking down the Biden administration’s public transportation mask mandate.

US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has been serving as a federal judge in Florida for more than a year. Notably, the Senate vote confirming her to the lifetime appointment came in mid-November 2020, after the presidential election. She had been given a “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association, based on her limited amount of experience post-law school.

Born in Lakeland, Florida, in 1987, Mizelle graduated in 2012 with a law degree from University of Florida Levin College of Law, after earning her undergraduate degree at Covenant College, a Christian liberal arts college in Georgia.

Before becoming a judge, she was an associate with the law firm Jones Day in Washington, DC, and an adjunct law professor at her alma mater. Mizelle held four federal clerkships throughout her career, including one with US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from 2018 to 2019.

UKRAINE…Russia intensifies attacks in Eastern Ukraine
PBS NewsHourApril 20, 2022 (04:34)
UKRAINE…What to expect in the next phase of Russia’s war
PBS NewsHourApril 20, 2022 (06:36)
WH…Press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing
Other, April 20, 2022 – 3:00 pm to 3:41 pm (ET)

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/20/what-happens-next-in-the-russia-ukraine-war-in-donbas-east-ukraine-.html

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