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Andy Borowitz | Americans Startled by Spectacle of President Who Can Speak English 
French president Emmanuel Macron. (photo: Mandel Ngan/Getty)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Americans who were watching television on Wednesday morning witnessed the startling spectacle of an English-speaking President, viewers have confirmed."
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Donald Trump Jr. (photo: Getty)
Donald Trump Jr. (photo: Getty)

The Russian Lawyer Don Jr. Hosted at Trump Tower Just Admitted She's an Informant
Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Koronowski writes: "The Russian lawyer whom Donald Trump Jr. hosted during his infamous meeting at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016 - Natalia Veselnitskaya - has insisted she is not Kremlin spy. The Trump campaign's allies bought this assertion hook, line, and sinker."
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Sean Hannity paid for the complex with a mortgage for $6.4m. Hannity is the owner connected to a group that has spent $90m on more than 870 homes over the past decade. (photo: Evan Agostini/AP)
Sean Hannity paid for the complex with a mortgage for $6.4m. Hannity is the owner connected to a group that has spent $90m on more than 870 homes over the past decade. (photo: Evan Agostini/AP)

Sean Hannity: 400% Rise in Eviction Orders Since Host Bought Georgia Apartment Complex
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "Records show 61 different residents have received notice to vacate their homes in Perry complex since Hannity took over in 2014."
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Davino Watson, a U.S. citizen, was wrongfully held in immigration detention centers for more than three years while he sought to prove his citizenship. (photo: Carolyn Cole/LA Times)
Davino Watson, a U.S. citizen, was wrongfully held in immigration detention centers for more than three years while he sought to prove his citizenship. (photo: Carolyn Cole/LA Times)

ICE Held an American Man in Custody for 1,273 Days. He's Not the Only One Who Had to Prove His Citizenship
Paige St. John and Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents repeatedly target U.S. citizens for deportation by mistake, making wrongful arrests based on incomplete government records, bad data and lax investigations, according to a Times review of federal lawsuits, internal ICE documents and interviews."
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Prisoners. (photo: AP)
Prisoners. (photo: AP)

New Federal Prison Policies May Put Books and Email on Ice
Lauren Gill, In Justice Today
Gill writes: "The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is quietly rolling out a pair of new policies that could restrict access to books and communications for the system's nearly 200,000 prisoners."
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Colombian soldiers guard the border with Ecuador in Narino, Colombia, April 18, 2018. (photo: Reuters)
Colombian soldiers guard the border with Ecuador in Narino, Colombia, April 18, 2018. (photo: Reuters)

Colombia: 46 Human Rights Defenders Killed So Far in 2018
teleSUR
Excerpt: "A total of 46 human rights defenders have been killed in Colombia during the first three months of the year, 26 more than in the same period in 2017, according to a report by Somos Defensores."
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Scientists in the Arctic. (photo: WWF)
Scientists in the Arctic. (photo: WWF)

Record Concentration of Microplastics Found in Arctic
Helen Briggs, BBC
Briggs writes: "Ice cores gathered across the Arctic Ocean reveal microplastics at concentrations two to three times higher than previously recorded."
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