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David Corn | Did Alleged Russian Spy Maria Butina Cause a Leadership Shake-Up at the NRA?
David Corn, Mother Jones
Corn writes: "On May 7, the National Rifle Association released a curious press release declaring that Oliver North, the key player in the Iran-contra scandal and an NRA board member, was 'poised to become' the group's president."
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David Corn, Mother Jones
Corn writes: "On May 7, the National Rifle Association released a curious press release declaring that Oliver North, the key player in the Iran-contra scandal and an NRA board member, was 'poised to become' the group's president."
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A group of migrant families are intercepted by Border Patrol near McAllen in Texas. (photo: CallerTimes/USA Today/Rex/Shutterstock)
Judge Calls Trump Administration Family Reunification Efforts 'Unacceptable'
Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley, NBC News
Excerpt: "The federal judge overseeing the court-ordered reunification of the 2,551 migrant children separated from their parents at the border blasted the Trump administration Friday for lacking a plan to reunify the remaining 572 children in its custody with their parents and the slow pace of progress."
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Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley, NBC News
Excerpt: "The federal judge overseeing the court-ordered reunification of the 2,551 migrant children separated from their parents at the border blasted the Trump administration Friday for lacking a plan to reunify the remaining 572 children in its custody with their parents and the slow pace of progress."
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The last Patriot Prayer rally, held on 30 June, was declared a riot by Portland police. (photo: John Rudoff/Shutterstock)
Portland Fears Planned Rightwing Rally Could Be 'Another Charlottesville'
Jason Wilson, Guardian UK
Wilson writes: "Fears of violent protest are rising ahead of this weekend's rally in Portland, Oregon, by the conservative group Patriot Prayer."
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Jason Wilson, Guardian UK
Wilson writes: "Fears of violent protest are rising ahead of this weekend's rally in Portland, Oregon, by the conservative group Patriot Prayer."
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Children in East Baltimore. (photo: Patrick Semansk/AP)
Internal Documents Show How Trump Administration Misled Public on Poverty
Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer and Simon Ostrovsky, Foreign Policy
Excerpt: "After a U.N. agency issued a report in May on the state of poverty in the United States, concluding that 40 million Americans are poor and more than 5 million live in 'Third World conditions,' the Trump administration ridiculed the findings."
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Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer and Simon Ostrovsky, Foreign Policy
Excerpt: "After a U.N. agency issued a report in May on the state of poverty in the United States, concluding that 40 million Americans are poor and more than 5 million live in 'Third World conditions,' the Trump administration ridiculed the findings."
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Drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50. (photo: Kevin D. Liles/NYT)
FDA Knew Doctors Were Wrongly Prescribing Powerful Opioids, Researchers Say
Maggie Fox, NBC News
Fox writes: "The Food and Drug Administration knew that some doctors were wrongly prescribing powerful opioid painkillers but did nothing to investigate or even stop them, researchers said Friday."
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Maggie Fox, NBC News
Fox writes: "The Food and Drug Administration knew that some doctors were wrongly prescribing powerful opioid painkillers but did nothing to investigate or even stop them, researchers said Friday."
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A woman holds her child at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) among old abandoned buildings in Kalemie, Tanganyika province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 18, 2017. (photo: AFP)
A Slaughter in Silence: How Trump's "America First" Policy Enabled Ethnic Cleansing in the DRC
Nick Turse and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence sweeps the country."
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Nick Turse and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence sweeps the country."
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A fire tornado. (photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
Extreme Weather Just Caused a Fire Tornado and the World's Hottest Rainfall
Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress
Mandel writes: "Unrelenting extreme weather is leading to some unprecedented and shocking events, including the hottest rainfall on earth and what many are calling a fire tornado."
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Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress
Mandel writes: "Unrelenting extreme weather is leading to some unprecedented and shocking events, including the hottest rainfall on earth and what many are calling a fire tornado."
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