How Trump Diverged From Other Presidents and Embraced a Policy of Separating Migrant Families  —  WASHINGTON — Almost immediately after President Trump took office, his administration began weighing what for years had been regarded as the nuclear option in the effort to discourage immigrants from unlawfully entering the United States.

More Americans side with Justin Trudeau than Donald Trump in trade spat: Ipsos poll  —  Most Canadians and Americans approve of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the situation on tariffs, trade and U.S. President Donald Trump.  —  That's according to two Ipsos polls, for Global News and Reuters.

‘Prepared for war’: As Mueller moves to finalize obstruction report, Trump's allies ready for political battle  —  President Trump's lawyers and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III are hurtling toward a showdown over a year-long investigation into the president's conduct …

Was a breastfeeding infant really taken from an immigrant mother?  The answer to this and other questions about families separated at the border  —  Last month, U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration's “zero tolerance” policy of charging migrants in federal criminal court …

Rob Reiner denounces Robert De Niro, celebrities for anti-Trump remarks  —  Director Rob Reiner denounced Robert De Niro and other celebrities for their remarks against President Trump  —  , saying it only helps the president.  —  During an exclusive interview with The Hill's new TV show …

‘We might have a new situation’ German MP predicts Merkel could be OUSTED end of NEXT WEEK  —  GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel could lose her powerful seat in the heart of Europe as soon as next week amid clashes within her coalition Government over EU migration policies, claimed German MP Kai Whittaker.

Russian state TV touts Trump on Crimea: ‘Crimea is ours!  Trump is ours!’  —  Russian state media is celebrating after Trump told G7 leaders that Crimea belongs to Russia because everyone who lives there speaks Russian.  —  Russian state TV is celebrating after seeing the recent report …

“Coco,” a Story About Borders and Love, Is a Definitive Movie for This Moment  —  One weekend last fall, my boyfriend, Andrew, whose favorite movies include “Deliverance” and the original “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” went off to go see the Pixar movie “Coco,” by himself, and came back in a delirium of happy, wistful tears.

Leave.EU faces new questions over contacts with Russia  —  MPs say latest revelations show Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore may have misled parliament  —  A leader of the Leave.EU campaign suggested sending a “message of support” to the Russian ambassador after the then foreign secretary …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on FBI, phantom law on migrant kids  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is claiming exoneration in the Russia matter from a Justice Department report that actually offers him none.  He's also branding fired FBI chief James Comey a criminal, though the report in question makes no such accusation.

‘Gotti’ flick is the worst mob movie of all-time … I'd rather wake up next to a severed horse head than ever watch “Gotti” again.  —  The worst movie of the year so far, the long-awaited biopic about the Gambino crime boss' rise from made man to top dog took four directors, 44 producers and eight years to make.

Problems at the Justice Department and FBI Are Serious  —  And they won't be solved by whining about criticism.  —  What do you do with an FBI agent, sworn to uphold the law, who flagrantly violates the law in a rogue investigation aimed at making a name for himself by bringing down some high-profile targets?

Breitbart traffic declines for seventh straight month  —  The once-dominant site is suffering after the departure of founder Steve Bannon, but retains a core of MAGA-aligned readers.  —  Breitbart's traffic declined in May for the seventh straight month, according to comScore metrics …

In nearly 500 pages of answers, Facebook stonewalls some senators' questions  —  Written answers follow CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before two Senate committees.  —  Earlier this week, Facebook submitted nearly 500 pages worth of written responses to dozens of US senators' questions stemming …

North Carolina Republicans Are Back With a New Plan for Strict Voter Laws  —  WASHINGTON — The last time Republicans in the North Carolina Legislature enacted a law making it harder for some of the state's residents to vote, a federal court said the statute targeted African-American voters …

Paul Manafort is in the klink.  It's OK to be pleased  —  Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager of Donald Trump, is in the klink.  It's OK to be pleased.  —  Oh, Manafort.  —  As one of the early casualties of the Trump-Russia inquiry, he was first indicted in October 2017 …

US child migrants: 2,000 separated from families in six weeks  —  Almost 2,000 migrant children were separated from their families at the US border over six weeks, officials say.  —  Following a Trump administration crackdown on illegal border crossings from Mexico, adults are being detained …

PHOTOS: Inside Shelter for Illegal Alien Children Separated from Parents  —  The Department of Health and Human Services hosted Breitbart News and other media on a tour of a facility in El Cajon, California, on Friday where migrant children are being sheltered after being separated from their parents.