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Jesse Jackson | Give Diplomacy a Chance in Venezuela 
Reverend Jesse Jackson. (photo: Michael Wyke)
Jesse Jackson, CounterPunch
Jackson writes: "Nicolas Maduro is far from blameless, but no one nominated the United States to decide who should govern Venezuela. Fomenting regime change - by a soft coup, by economic sabotage, by fostering a military revolt - is likely to lead to more violence and more suffering."
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Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. Multiple people are in custody after shootings at two mosques there. (photo: Mark Baker/AP)
Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. Multiple people are in custody after shootings at two mosques there. (photo: Mark Baker/AP) 

49 Dead in 'Terrorist Attack' at 2 Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand
Matthew S. Schwartz, Richard Gonzales and Barbara Campbell, NPR
Excerpt: "Forty-nine people are dead and at least 20 are seriously injured in what New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says 'can now only be described as a terrorist attack.'"
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Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. (photo: Getty)
Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. (photo: Getty)

In Major Rebuke to Trump, Senate Votes to Block Border Wall Emergency
Li Zhou, Vox
Zhou writes: "A staggering 12 Senate Republicans have officially voted to block President Donald Trump's declaration of national emergency, highlighting a marked split between GOP lawmakers and the White House on the president's attempt to obtain more funding for his border wall."
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A document with redactions released under the Freedom of Information Act. (photo: Eric Risberg/AP)
A document with redactions released under the Freedom of Information Act. (photo: Eric Risberg/AP)

The US Government Has Never Been More Secretive Than It Is Under Donald Trump
Justin Rohrlich, Quartz
Rohrlich writes: "The Trump administration is the least transparent in American history, releasing censored files - or none at all - in response to 78% of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests last year, according to a data analysis by the Associated Press."
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Brothers, ages 4 and 3, from El Salvador at a Border Patrol station in Brownsville, Texas, in 2014. (photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
Brothers, ages 4 and 3, from El Salvador at a Border Patrol station in Brownsville, Texas, in 2014. (photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
ICE Accused of Illegally Detaining Children as Young as 5 for More Than a Month: 'They Are Locked Up and Suffering Every Day'
Chantal Da Silva, Newsweek
Da Silva writes: "The embattled U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was accused of illegally keeping children as young as 5 years old 'locked up and suffering' at a detention center in Karnes City, Texas, for more than a month."
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The North Korean embassy in Madrid. (photo: Uly Martin/El Pais)
The North Korean embassy in Madrid. (photo: Uly Martin/El Pais)

CIA Implicated in Attack on North Korean Embassy in Madrid
Miguel González and Patricia Ortega Dolz, El País
Excerpt: "According to Spanish investigators, two of the men who broke into the diplomatic headquarters have connections to the US intelligence service."
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Former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. (photo: Alex Wong)
Former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. (photo: Alex Wong)

Ryan Zinke Did Big Coal's Bidding and Gave Away Public Lands, Insider Reveals
Jay Michaelson, The Daily Beast
Michaelson writes: "A congressional hearing today revealed proof that Donald Trump's controversial 2017 decision to dramatically shrink two national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, was a gift to the energy and mining industries."
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