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Morning Jolt: Is That ‘Tight’ Swing State . . . Really That Tight?

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On the menu today: While some news organizations are describing the presidential race between ...   WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 02 2024   Is That 'Tight' Swing State . . . Really That Tight? On the menu today: While some news organizations are describing the presidential race between President Biden and former president Donald Trump as "tight," you have to go back to October to find a survey that shows Biden ahead. The most recent poll conducted by Bloomberg had Trump ahead of Biden by eleven percentage points when you include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other independent candidates. Meanwhile, the Biden administration offers the Saudi Kingdom a super-sweet deal that includes security guarantees; and the good folks at the German Knauf Group, which manufactures plasterboard, write in to clarify about their operations in Russia, which they intend to transfer to local management. As We Say
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Daily on Defense: Ukraine’s battlefield setbacks, Austin meets Pacific counterparts, spymasters outline worldwide threats, Navy short of ships, National Guard short of planes and pilots

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Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT UKRAINIAN TROOPS FALL BACK: While the United States is rushing air defense interceptors, long-range missiles, artillery shells, and small-arms ammunition to Ukraine as part of a $1 billion military aid package, the emergency resupply effort has yet to blunt the Russian advance of on the battlefield. With no defense against Russian "glide bombs," older one- and two-ton munitions upgraded with wings and guidance systems, Ukrainian troops are steadily being pushed back only to find retreat provides little respite from the onslaught. In recent days, the situation on the front lines has badly deteriorated, with Russia overrunning Ukrainian defenses in three small villages on the outskirts of the strategic city of Avdiivka, which Russia captured three months ago after mostly leveling it.   "Facing an
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