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Andy Borowtiz | North Korea Offers Unconditional Surrender After Mike Pence Angrily Squints at It 
Mike Pence at the DMZ. (photo: Lee Jin-Man/AP) 
Andy Borowtiz, The New Yorker 
Borowtiz writes: "In a major foreign-policy coup for the Trump Administration, North Korea offered to unconditionally abandon its nuclear program on Monday, after Mike Pence spent several minutes angrily squinting at the nation from just across the border." 
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The Immigration Policy That Ate the Justice Department 
Julia Preston, The Marshall Project 
Preston writes: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to the border city of Nogales, Ariz., last week to announce new instructions to federal prosecutors: bring more-a lot more-criminal cases against illegal border crossers and immigrants in the country without papers. But the border region is not where Sessions' marching orders are likely to have their greatest impact." 
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Congressman Tells Constituents That Nobody Has 'Got to Use the Internet' 
Kristine Phillips, The Washington Post 
Phillips writes: "A Wisconsin congressman told a town hall attendee who was concerned about the elimination of online privacy protections that using the Internet is a choice - a statement that has since drawn criticism on social media." 
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Mosul Operation Has Displaced Nearly Half a Million, UN Reports 
Agence France-Presse 
Excerpt: "Nearly half a million people have fled their homes since Iraqi forces launched an operation to wrest Mosul back from jihadists exactly six months ago, the United Nations said Monday." 
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Sixth Graders to Ben Carson: 'You Aren't Doing Anything' to Save Public Housing 
Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress 
Quinlan writes: "Sixth-grade students are writing letters to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson asking him to improve the conditions of public housing and ensure they aren't kicked out of their homes." 
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Palestinian Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike 
Zena Tahhan, Al Jazeera 
Tahhan writes: "Some 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel launched a mass hunger strike on Monday to press for basic rights and shed light on the difficult humanitarian conditions inside Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies." 
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'Like a Slow Death': Families Fear Pesticide Poisoning After Trump Reverses Ban 
Sam Levin, Guardian UK 
Levin writes: "The administration's rejection of the science on chlorpyrifos, widely used in California's Central Valley, means its use will continue - and Latino residents are worried their children's health issues will worsen along with it." 
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