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Andy Borowitz | Trump Wonders Who Will Read Classified Documents Aloud to Him Now That Jared's Gone 
President Trump with Jared Kushner. (photo: Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "With Jared Kushner losing his top security clearance, Donald J. Trump is concerned that there will be no one to read classified documents aloud to him anymore, White House aides have confirmed."
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Cameron Kasky addresses other students as they rally at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after participating in a county-wide school walk-out in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 21. (photo: Rhona Wise/Getty)
Cameron Kasky addresses other students as they rally at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after participating in a county-wide school walk-out in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 21. (photo: Rhona Wise/Getty)

High School Students Demanding Gun Reform Join Rich History of Teen Resistance
Lornet Turnbull, YES! Magazine
Turnbull writes: "From civil rights to Standing Rock, high school students, many not yet old enough to vote, have raised their voices and become formidable allies to effect change."
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Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, touring an apartment building in Columbus, Ohio, in April. (photo: Ty Wright/The New York Times)
Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, touring an apartment building in Columbus, Ohio, in April. (photo: Ty Wright/The New York Times)

US Housing Department to Spend $165,000 on Office Furniture as It Faces $6.8 Billion Cut to Services for the Poor
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud) has agreed to spend $165,000 on 'lounge furniture' for its Washington headquarters, in addition to a $31,000 dining set purchased for housing secretary Ben Carson's office."
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Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. (photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. (photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

Ex-Trump Top Aide Manafort Pleads Not Guilty, Faces September Trial
Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Lynch writes: "U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a new indictment brought against him in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and will face trial in September."
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Hundreds of 'anti-Sharia' bills have been introduced in the US since 2010, say rights groups. (photo: Julie Jacobson/AP)
Hundreds of 'anti-Sharia' bills have been introduced in the US since 2010, say rights groups. (photo: Julie Jacobson/AP)

US Civil Rights Groups Decry 'Anti-Muslim' Bill in Idaho
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "According to CAIR, the bill, known as HB-419, targets Muslims and fits into a long pattern of 'unconstitutional' bills that demonise Muslims by barring Sharia, or Islamic law."
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Mohammed Tamimi, Ahed Tamimi's 15-year-old cousin sits in his family home in Nabi Saleh, recovering from a serious head injury sustained after being shot with a rubber-coated metal bullet in clashes with Israeli troops on Dec. 15. (photo: Majdi Mohammed/AP)
Mohammed Tamimi, Ahed Tamimi's 15-year-old cousin sits in his family home in Nabi Saleh, recovering from a serious head injury sustained after being shot with a rubber-coated metal bullet in clashes with Israeli troops on Dec. 15. (photo: Majdi Mohammed/AP)

Badly Wounded Cousin of Ahed Tamimi, Jailed Protest Icon, Says Israel 'Beat Me Into Confessing'
Jaclynn Ashly, Mondoweiss
Ashly writes: "Before Mohammad was released from Israeli custody, he was forced into confessing that his head wound was not sustained by Israeli forces shooting him in the face, but was instead the result of an unfortunate bicycle accident."
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Volunteers of Moms Clean Air Force. (photo: Yana Paskova/Getty)
Volunteers of Moms Clean Air Force. (photo: Yana Paskova/Getty)


Passionate Moms Take on Scott Pruitt, Air Pollution and Climate
Niina Heikkinen, Scientific American
Heikkinen writes: "'Moms Clean Air Force' has mobilized more than 1 million parents to press lawmakers at all levels of government."
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