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Trump Revealed Highly Classified Information to Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador 
 
Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump's disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State." 
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Dahlia Lithwick | Laurence Tribe: How the President Obstructed Justice 
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate 
Lithwick writes: "Since the news broke on Tuesday that Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey, Harvard Law School's Laurence Tribe has been arguing that the president's conduct, in and of itself, is illegal and amounts to impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors." 
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In Travel Ban Case, US Judges Focus on Discrimination, Trump's Powers 
Tom James, Reuters 
James writes: "U.S. appeals court judges on Monday questioned the lawyer defending President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban about whether it discriminates against Muslims." 
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Neuroscientist Carl Hart: We Need to Stop Jeff Sessions From Escalating the Racist War on Drugs 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "In an escalation of the war on drugs, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded two Obama-era memos that encouraged prosecutors to avoid seeking inordinately harsh sentences for low-level drug offenses." 
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Immigrant Nurses Demand Equal Pay - and Win 
Samantha Winslow, Labor Notes 
Winslow writes: "It started when a few nurses at Temple University Hospital told stewards that they weren't being paid for their experience. One of the first to speak up was Jessy Palathinkal, who had become a nurse in India in 1990." 
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2nd Mexican Journalist Killed Today, 7th in 2017 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Earlier today, Javier Valdez, a correspondent for Mexico's largest daily newspaper, La Jornada, was shot dead around midday in the state of Sinaloa." 
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Famous Rare White Wolf Killed in Yellowstone, $15,000 and Growing Reward Offered 
Center for Biological Diversity 
Excerpt: "The Center for Biological Diversity is contributing $5,000 toward a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally shooting and killing a famous wolf in Yellowstone National Park. The 12-year-old wolf - one of only three known white wolves in Yellowstone - was the alpha female of the canyon pack." 
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RSN: Reports Find That Immigrants Commit Less Crime Than US-Born Citizens, Under Pressure Comey Briefs Congress on Trump and Russia Today, 5 Things to Watch

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Under Pressure Comey Briefs Congress on Trump and Russia Today, 5 Things to Watch 
 
Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post 
Demirjian writes: "FBI Director James B. Comey and Adm. Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, are scheduled to appear Monday before the House Intelligence Committee to speak about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, including potential connections between President Trump's inner circle and the Kremlin." 
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US Military Likely to Send as Many as 1,000 More Ground Troops Into Syria Ahead of Raqqa Offensive, Officials Say 
Thomas Gibbons-Neff, The Washington Post 
Gibbons-Neff writes: "The U.S. military has drawn up early plans that would deploy up to 1,000 more troops into northern Syria in the coming weeks, expanding the American presence in the country ahead of the offensive on the Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa, according to U.S. defense officials familiar with the matter." 
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Neil Gorsuch Defended Columbia's So-Called 'Date-Rape Frat' 
Brandy Zadrozny, The Daily Beast 
Zadrozny writes: "During Neil Gorsuch's time at his beloved Phi Gamma Delta, former members and fellow students accused the frat of degrading women and spiking the punch." 
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Reports Find That Immigrants Commit Less Crime Than US-Born Citizens 
Rafael Bernal, The Hill 
Bernal writes: "Immigrants commit crimes and are incarcerated at a much lower rate than U.S. citizens, according to two separate studies released this week." 
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Hundreds of Thousands Plan to Attend Anti-Trump Labor Strike on May 1 
Max Greenwood, The Hill 
Greenwood writes: "Hundreds of thousands of service workers will strike on May 1, seizing on the wave of opposition among labor organizations to President Trump." 
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Another Mexican Journalist Murdered in Front of His Family 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Mexican journalist Ricardo Monlui Cabrera was shot dead Sunday while leaving a restaurant with his wife and son in Veracruz state, an area that journalism groups consider one of the country's most dangerous for reporters, a state commission reported." 
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People Are Sending EPA Employees Chocolate Chip Cookies and Thank You Cards 
Brady Dennis, The Washington Post 
Dennis writes: "The cookies showed up Monday morning, hundreds of them packed tightly in cardboard boxes, and made their way to offices throughout the Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters in downtown Washington." 
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