The Post It Note 4/12/22

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he is "not in a position to confirm" unverified reports of Russia using chemical weapons in Mariupol, Ukraine, but calls it a "real concern."

"I pointed to the possibility that these kinds of weapons would be used," Blinken says. pic.twitter.com/Hb3ALBA6eW

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 12, 2022

“They haven’t given up on it and we’re not giving up on them either."

Pentagon press sec. John Kirby says U.S. assessment is that Ukrainians are still fighting to defend city of Mariupol, has not yet fallen to Russian forces. https://t.co/lc0RwzTGxs pic.twitter.com/EBE7akSECy

— ABC News (@ABC) April 12, 2022

Vladimir Putin said today that the "main goal" of the war is "to help people" in the eastern part of Ukraine, marking a stark departure from his original justification for the invasion. https://t.co/8KDOCkQiDk

— Axios (@axios) April 12, 2022

LATEST: Mayor of Bucha, Ukraine, says the bodies of 403 people presumably killed by Russian forces have been recovered in his city and that he expects the number to rise. https://t.co/VMURQJfEPa

— ABC News (@ABC) April 12, 2022

Nokia says it will exit the Russian market. https://t.co/Bu8tMk3MdH

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 12, 2022

President Biden will announce today that his administration will temporarily allow E15 gasoline — gasoline that uses a 15 percent ethanol blend that is typically banned from sale from June to September — to be sold this summer. https://t.co/y04d9lBbL1

— NPR (@NPR) April 12, 2022

Prices have been driven up by bottlenecked supply chains, consumer demand and disruptions to global food and energy markets worsened by Russia’s war against Ukraine https://t.co/PU9QeRIacm

— POLITICO (@politico) April 12, 2022

New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin has been indicted on multiple charges including bribery in connection with an alleged campaign contribution schemehttps://t.co/LWUY3QwpHo

— CNN (@CNN) April 12, 2022

#BREAKING: UK government: Johnson to be fined over lockdown parties https://t.co/wmeBn7wNSd pic.twitter.com/k3TEawkkoV

— The Hill (@thehill) April 12, 2022

Oklahoma's governor signs a bill into law making it a felony to perform an abortion in the state, with exceptions only for medical emergencieshttps://t.co/BY1ZM8TYJt

— CNN (@CNN) April 12, 2022

The South Dakota House impeached the state’s attorney general for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash.

Republican Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will at least temporarily be removed from office pending a Senate trial. https://t.co/3dcXEt3FAk

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 12, 2022