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ICE Agent Shoots and Kills Woman In Minneapolis

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A federal immigration agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday in a deadly escalation in the Department of Homeland Security’s increasing occupation in Minnesota. The woman, 37, was in her car at an active ICE operation when an agent fired multiple shots into the vehicle, according to videos of the shooting and […]

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Experts: Trump Plan to Exploit Venezuela’s Oil Would Be “Terrible for the Climate”

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “drill, baby, drill” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging—and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the […]

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Tony Dokoupil Lavishes Praise on Marco Rubio In Lauding CBS Segment

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Reporting from Miami on Tuesday, newly minted CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil dedicated a lauding segment to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Dokoupil, who started on the job this week after years as a co-anchor on CBS’ morning show, began the around one-minute segment by listing off all the roles that Rubio has assumed […]

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They Fled Maduro and Cheered His Downfall. But They Fear Deportations, Too.

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Word of the US military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reached Mayra Sulbaran while on vacation in Canada. Sulbaran—who fled Venezuela in September 2018 and lives in Washington, DC—was in Montreal to reunite with her brother, who she had not seen in nine years. “I was hugging him when we found out,” she […]

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A Courthouse Arrest, a Surprise Pregnancy, and One Family’s Shattered Dreams

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It’s the judge who first tips off Daniela that something is wrong. “I am pretty certain that you won’t be coming back to my court,” he tells her and another asylum seeker from Colombia—let’s call her Isabella. (All of the immigrants in this story are identified by pseudonyms, for obvious reasons.)  They’d come to San […]

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What Trump’s Venezuela Attack Means for the World

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Last week, US forces entered Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a nighttime raid. On Monday, they were arraigned in US federal court, pleading not guilty to narcoterrorism charges. The military action followed a monthslong pressure campaign that included a number of deadly strikes on boats off the Venezuelan coast […]

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Punching Above Our Weight

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It’s tough sometimes, when you’re a modestly sized, nonprofit newsroom, to look at the big dogs in journalism—the New York Times or CNN, with their thousands of journalists, or storied magazines like the New Yorker and the ­Atlantic—and not feel hopelessly outgunned. They can swarm dozens of journalists on a single story, or pay some […]

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Wildfire Smoke is Killing Tens of Thousands of Americans Every Year

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wildfire smoke is an emerging nationwide crisis for the United States. Supercharged by climate change, blazes are swelling into monsters that consume vast landscapes and entire towns. A growing body of evidence reveals that these conflagrations are killing far more people […]

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A New Theory Explains Why Trump Keeps Threatening Global Takeovers

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Since the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the ensuing claim by US leaders that “we’re in charge” of a sovereign nation, President Trump and his allies have gloated. “Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall,” Trump told reporters, implying that the island country was next on his takeover list as he flew back […]

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Wyoming Court Stops Abortion Bans

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Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming following a Tuesday decision in the state’s Supreme Court that said its two abortion bans, including a block on abortion pills, were unconstitutional. The court ruled that the bans violate a 2012 amendment to the Wyoming Constitution that protects an adult’s right to make their own healthcare decisions. One […]

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The Erasure of January 6

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A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. In 1984, George Orwell observed that a fascist state relies upon […]

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Europe Tells Trump: Greenland Is Not for Sale

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European leaders argued for Greenland’s sovereignty Tuesday amid President Trump’s continued threat to take over the island following his military operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.  Greenland is an autonomous territory in Denmark. Citizens of Greenland are also citizens of Denmark and the European Union.  In a joint […]

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