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Ronan Farrow | Missing Files Motivated the Leak of Michael Cohen's Financial Records 
Transactions involving Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal lawyer, were the subject of multiple unreleased suspicious-activity reports. (photo: John Taggart/Alamy)
Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker
Farrow writes: "A law-enforcement official, is speaking publicly for the first time, to The New Yorker, to explain the motivation: the official had grown alarmed after being unable to find two important reports on Cohen's financial activity in a government database."
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Central American migrants line up to get food at their encampment at the entrance of 'El Chaparral' U.S. point of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. (photo: Omar Omelas/The Desert Sun)
Central American migrants line up to get food at their encampment at the entrance of 'El Chaparral' U.S. point of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. (photo: Omar Omelas/The Desert Sun)

Trump Calls Undocumented People 'Animals,' Rhetoric With a Dark Past
Josh Hafner, USA TODAY
Hafner writes: "'These aren't people. These are animals.' That's how President Trump described undocumented immigrants during a White House meeting Wednesday."
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President Trump. (photo: Olivier Douliery/Getty)
President Trump. (photo: Olivier Douliery/Getty)

Trump's New Stormy Daniels Money Disclosure May Have Gotten Him in Even More Legal Trouble
Andrew Prokop, Vox
Prokop writes: David Apol, the acting director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), is disputing Trump's assertion that he wasn't required to report the debt - and has sent along the matter for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to look into."
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Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf gestures while speaking during a media conference on March 7. (photo: Ben Margot/AP)
Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf gestures while speaking during a media conference on March 7. (photo: Ben Margot/AP)

Trump Asks Sessions to Consider Prosecuting Oakland Mayor for Warning the City's Residents About an ICE Raid
Quint Forgey and Carla Marinucci, Politico
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to consider prosecuting the mayor of Oakland, California, on an obstruction of justice charge, whom he has accused of thwarting federal immigration laws."
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A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper. (photo: Airman First Class Adarius Petty/USAF)
A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper. (photo: Airman First Class Adarius Petty/USAF)

A Dozen Google Employees Quit Over Military Drone Project
Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica
Amadeo writes: "Despite protests from employees, Google is still charging ahead with a Department of Defense collaboration to produce machine-learning software for drones."
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Israeli drone drops tear gas on protesters in Gaza. (photo: AFP)
Israeli drone drops tear gas on protesters in Gaza. (photo: AFP)

Drones Over Gaza: How Israel Tested Its Latest Technology on Protesters
Daniel Hilton, Middle East Eye
Hilton writes: "The mismatch between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces has often been likened to David and Goliath. Now, Goliath doesn't even need to enter the field of combat."
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Gore says he supports 'all of the Canadians - including the First Nations - who are fighting to stop this destructive pipeline.' (photo: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)
Gore says he supports 'all of the Canadians - including the First Nations - who are fighting to stop this destructive pipeline.' (photo: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)

Al Gore Joins Fight to Block 'Destructive' Canadian Pipeline Project
Ashifa Kassam, Guardian UK
Kassam writes: "Al Gore has thrown his support behind opponents of a contentious Canadian pipeline project."
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