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Andy Borowitz | Alabama Senate Votes to Virtually Eliminate Tourism to Alabama 
Protesters gathered outside the Alabama state house as senators approved a measure on Tuesday that would ban almost all abortions in the state. The measure, later signed by the governor, was created in hopes of challenging the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. (photo: Mickey Welsh/AP)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The Alabama Senate voted on Tuesday to approve a measure that would virtually eliminate tourism to Alabama."
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Michael Flynn arriving in December at federal court in Washington. (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Michael Flynn arriving in December at federal court in Washington. (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Judge Orders Public Release of What Michael Flynn Said in Call to Russian Ambassador
Carol D. Leonnig and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A federal judge on Thursday ordered that prosecutors make public a transcript of a phone call that former national security adviser Michael Flynn tried hard to hide with a lie: his conversation with a Russian ambassador in late 2016."
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National Center for Transgender Equality's executive director Mara Keisling. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
National Center for Transgender Equality's executive director Mara Keisling. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

173 Republicans Vote Against Equality Act Banning LGBTQ Discrimination
Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress
Quinlan writes: "The House of Representatives passed a sweeping nondiscrimination bill on Friday that would enhance protections for LGBTQ Americans, in a 236-173 vote. The vote was mostly along party lines, and all the no votes were from Republicans."
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents check documents of a small group of migrants, who crossed the Rio Grande from Juarez, Mexico, on May 16, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (photo: Paul Ratje/Getty)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents check documents of a small group of migrants, who crossed the Rio Grande from Juarez, Mexico, on May 16, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (photo: Paul Ratje/Getty)

Florida Officials Demand Answers on DHS Plan to Send Asylum-Seekers to Democratic Counties
Dareh Gregorian, NBC News
Gregorian writes: "Florida officials are demanding answers about a Department of Homeland Security plan to send 1,000 'unlawful immigrants and asylum-seekers' a month to two heavily Democratic counties - and so far they're not getting any."
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Protesters march through the halls of the Missouri Capitol outside the House Chamber on Friday, May 17, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri, in opposition to legislation prohibiting abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. (photo: David A. Lieb/AP)
Protesters march through the halls of the Missouri Capitol outside the House Chamber on Friday, May 17, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri, in opposition to legislation prohibiting abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. (photo: David A. Lieb/AP)

Missouri Lawmakers Pass Strict Antiabortion Bill, Joining a Wave of Conservative States
Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post
Bever writes: "Missouri lawmakers have passed a strict antiabortion bill that will criminalize the procedure at eight weeks of pregnancy, following several other conservative states that have approved similar measures."
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People celebrate after Taiwan's parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage in Taipei, Taiwan. (photo: Carl Court/Getty)
People celebrate after Taiwan's parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage in Taipei, Taiwan. (photo: Carl Court/Getty)

Taiwan Becomes First in Asia to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Lily Kuo, Guardian UK
Kuo writes: "Taiwan has legalized same-sex marriage, the first of any Asian state, with the passage of legislation giving gay couples the right to marry."
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Bob Allpress points to where the Keystone XL pipeline is slated to cut through his land. (photo: Anna Belle Peevey)
Bob Allpress points to where the Keystone XL pipeline is slated to cut through his land. (photo: Anna Belle Peevey)

Midwest Flooding Exposes Another Oil Pipeline Risk - on Keystone XL's Route
Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News
Banerjee writes: "Standing on the banks of the Keya Paha River where it cuts through his farm, Bob Allpress points across a flat expanse of sand to where a critical shut-off valve is supposed to rise from the Keystone XL pipeline once it's buried in his land."
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