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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of May 25-31, 2015.
Ex-House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert indicted on federal charges. http://t.co/Jsy8ybzCOD pic.twitter.com/R6oLTe2Ycr
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 28, 2015
Friday is @UNPeacekeeping Day – here are numbers you need to know http://t.co/Oa3FOEFylF #PKDay #Together4Peace pic.twitter.com/H5j47XtAgs
— United Nations (@UN) May 29, 2015
Why Britain’s future depends on the answer to this carefully-worded question: http://t.co/Uh5P0FOxVV pic.twitter.com/JLYdgY0CAq
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 29, 2015
Putin signed an order making the deaths of Russian troops lost during “special operations” a secret http://t.co/UW2jp9T63I
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 29, 2015
How gang violence is spreading fear in El Salvador http://t.co/TPl85LdQsK
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 29, 2015
Read TIME’s new cover story: The death of the death penalty http://t.co/cxAQ0BxzrD pic.twitter.com/T84v1AtPGp
— TIME.com (@TIME) May 29, 2015
The coal industry in the U.S. now employs fewer workers than the solar industry, which barely existed in 2010 http://t.co/CKVRan7Km6
— POLITICO (@politico) May 29, 2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says his state won’t comply with Obama climate change plan. http://t.co/GCc50SrNSM
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 28, 2015
Dozens of Democrats join Republicans in opposing Obama’s “power grab” water rule: http://t.co/i6fieGkgFN pic.twitter.com/UqRwpx7NZF
— The Hill (@thehill) May 29, 2015
Chris Christie: “It’s now been 5 years since Common Core was adopted, and the truth is that it’s simply not working.” http://t.co/hDKfH3kuXr
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 29, 2015
Carly Fiorina is a great Hillary-basher — but can she prove there’s more to her candidacy? http://t.co/LrsKsZiVKg pic.twitter.com/jMcrVmrO7u
— The Week (@TheWeek) May 29, 2015
Women setting out their careers should think science and math or management, CareerCast says http://t.co/sEdZgfBdln pic.twitter.com/ig4RjpNXGT
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) May 29, 2015
Members of the Congressional Soccer Caucus say FIFA shouldn’t be exempt from scrutiny: http://t.co/85urdxigpl
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) May 29, 2015
Nebraska bans death penalty. Will rest of US follow? (+video) http://t.co/wILTKEA33j
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) May 29, 2015
Vladimir Putin’s latest approval ratings are in, and they’re, well… http://t.co/GgpFMe8fmc #russia #putin #polls pic.twitter.com/iuY8D5nx6B
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) May 29, 2015