William Boardman | Senate Resolution on Yemen ­- Better Than Nothing, but Three Years Late




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William Boardman | Senate Resolution on Yemen ­- Better Than Nothing, but Three Years Late 
A house in Sanaa destroyed by a Saudi airstrike that used U.S.-provided weapons, U.S. aircraft, and required U.S. midair refueling. (photo: Yahya Arhab/EPA)
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Resolution 54 isn't designed to solve anything, but it might lead to a reduction of suffering in Yemen."
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Gary Cohn Resigns as Trump's Top Economic Advisor
Scott Horsley, NPR
Horsley writes: "President Trump's looming trade war has already claimed its first victim: White House economic adviser Gary Cohn."
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Anastasia Vashukevich. (photo: Sakchai Lalit/AP)
Anastasia Vashukevich. (photo: Sakchai Lalit/AP)

Woman From Navalny Video Says Audio Recordings Show Russian Meddling in US Election
Eliza Relman, Business Insider
Relman writes: "Russian escort Anastasia Vashukevich is asking the US government to grant her asylum in exchange for more than 16 hours of audio recordings that she says reveal new information about Russian meddling in the 2016 US election."
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Students From Parkland and Chicago Unite to Expand the Gun Control Conversation
P.R. Lockhart, Vox
Lockhart writes: "The current gun control debate has ignored race. These teens want to change that."
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An Immigrant Detention Center Vigil That Defies La Migra
David Bacon, The Reality Check
Bacon writes: "At the end of the detention center vigil, the people assembled there clap, shout and make enough noise that the detainees inside can hear them."
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Berta Caceres' Husband: Honduran State Still Covers Up Murderers
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Salvador Zuniga, the husband of late indigenous activist Berta Caceres, accused Honduran authorities of covering up the real culprits of Caceres' assassination two years ago, during a sit-in in front of the Public Ministry in Tegucigalpa on Friday."
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EPA's Science Advisory Board Has Not Met in 6 Months
Scott Waldman, E&E News
Waldman writes: "The U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board has not met in at least six months, and some of its members say it's being sidelined to avoid getting in the way of agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's anti-regulatory agenda."
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