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Andy Borowitz | Putin Denies Mitch McConnell Is Russian Asset: "He Has Never Been an Asset to Any Country" 
Mitch McConnell. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Pushing back against charges that Senator Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that McConnell 'has never been an asset to any country.'"
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'Stay tuned to see how he will fight for economic, racial, and social justice for all,' Cardi B wrote on Instagram. (photo: Randy Holmes/ABC/Getty Images)
'Stay tuned to see how he will fight for economic, racial, and social justice for all,' Cardi B wrote on Instagram. (photo: Randy Holmes/ABC/Getty Images)

Cardi B Joins Bernie Sanders for Campaign Video and Talks Student Debt, Climate Change and the Minimum Wage
Annie Grayer, CNN
Grayer writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday teamed up with rapper Cardi B to film a 2020 presidential campaign video meant to appeal to young voters." 



Tom Barrack and Michael Flynn. (image: Getty Images/Daily Beast)
Tom Barrack and Michael Flynn. (image: Getty Images/Daily Beast)

Trump Pals Pushed Nuke Firm That Wanted to Undercut Protections Against a Saudi Bomb
Erin Banco, The Daily Beast
Banco writes: "Two of President Trump's closest advisers pushed hard for a firm trying to circumvent the safeguards meant to keep Saudi Arabia from building a nuclear weapon." 

EXCERPT: 

A Republican rebuttal to the committee’s interim report, released last week, said the committee’s evidence “does not show that the Trump Administration acted inappropriately in the proposed transfer of nuclear energy technology to Saudi Arabia,” according to a statement by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Since February, the oversight committee has obtained more than 60,000 pages of documents. The documents reveal new information about Flynn and Barrack’s involvement in the Saudi nuclear plan, according to the committee.


Desmond Meade registered to vote at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office in January, hours after ex-felons regained their voting rights in the state. (photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack/WP)
Desmond Meade registered to vote at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office in January, hours after ex-felons regained their voting rights in the state. (photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack/WP)

Modified Sentences and 'Rocket Dockets' Aim to Ensure Felons Can Still Register to Vote
Lori Rozsa, The Washington Post
Rozsa writes: "Florida judges and prosecutors are working with felons and public defenders to find ways to register former inmates to vote, a process approved by voters last year that Republican legislators have made more difficult."
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Protesters supporting Medicare for All hold a rally outside PhRMA headquarters April 29, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Protesters supporting Medicare for All hold a rally outside PhRMA headquarters April 29, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Medicare Turns Fifty-Four Today. We Need to Defend and Expand It
Luke Thibault, Jacobin
Thibault writes: "Fifty-four years ago today, Medicare became the law of the land. The program has been massively successful despite continued efforts to destroy it."
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IBorderCtrl's lie detection system is called 'The Silent Talker.' (photo: Soohee Cho/The Intercept)
IBorderCtrl's lie detection system is called 'The Silent Talker.' (photo: Soohee Cho/The Intercept)

We Tested Europe's New Lie Detector for Travelers - and Immediately Triggered a False Positive
Ryan Gallagher and Ludovica Jona, The Intercept
Excerpt: "They call it the Silent Talker. It is a virtual policeman designed to strengthen Europe's borders, subjecting travelers to a lie detector test before they are allowed to pass through customs."
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Victor Funes and his daughter Patricia carry water pitchers back to their house after filling them up at a cemetery tap. (photo: Juan Carlos/Guardian UK)
Victor Funes and his daughter Patricia carry water pitchers back to their house after filling them up at a cemetery tap. (photo: Juan Carlos/Guardian UK)

Living Without Water: The Crisis Pushing People Out of El Salvador
Nina Lakhani, Guardian UK
Lakhani writes: "Just after 6am, Victor Funez fills a three-gallon plastic pitcher with water from a tap in the cemetery, balances it on his head and trudges home, where his wife waits to soak maize kernels so she can make tortillas for breakfast."
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