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Axios AM: Mike's Big 6 — Big Tech's big loss — A secret to success — How Passover food is changing

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Presented by Bank of America:   View in browser   Presented By Bank of America   Axios AM By Mike Allen · Mar 31, 2018 Good Saturday morning from Cathie and Nels' bonus room in Oregon. Passover began at sundown. Tomorrow is Easter (and April Fool's Day). Men's Final Four games are tonight in San Antonio. Situational awareness: In private, Trump has mused about Syria pullout for weeks; top advisers have been fretting about overly hasty withdrawal. ( AP ) ... "Some senior Trump administration officials are pressing for more aggressive action toward Russia, hoping to persuade a reluctant President Trump to change his approach." ( N.Y. Times )     1 big thing: Vivid revelations in police shootings ignite fury Dr. Bennet Omalu, a pathologist, shows where Stephon Clark was hit by bullets. (AP's Rich Pedroncelli

Want a visa? Uncle Sam wants to check your Facebook first

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Oklahoma is on the verge of a teachers' strike; the Trump administration wants to know what visa applicants are liking on Facebook. Tonight's Sentences is written by Tara Golshan, Jen Kirby, and Libby Nelson.  TOP NEWS School's out in Oklahoma starting Monday Spencer Platt/Getty Images Teachers and administrators serving 73 percent of Oklahoma's students won't show up to work Monday — unless the state legislature passes a significant pay raise by April 2.  [ Alexia Fernández Campbell / Vox ] Oklahoma's public education system has been in rough shape for a long time; a decade of budget cuts have left 20 percent of public schools on a four-day-week schedule, and the state is ranked 49th in the country in average t