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4:25 PM ET, June 17, 2018

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Washington Post:
Trump associate Roger Stone reveals new contact with Russian national during 2016 campaign  —  MIAMI — One day in late May 2016, Roger Stone — the political dark sorcerer and longtime confidant of Donald Trump — slipped into his Jaguar and headed out to meet a man with a Make America Great Again hat and a viscous Russian accent.
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Jim Mannion / Yahoo:
Trump lawyer calls for inquiry on Mueller's Russia probe
Discussion: The Last Tradition
Axios:
Trump tweets defense of his North Korea summit  —  President Trump tweeted a defense of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday morning, claiming that he received “so much for peace in the world” and teasing that “more is being added in finals.”
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New York Times:
A Financier's Profit-Minded Mission to Open a Channel Between Kushner and North Korea
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Instead of Trump's propaganda, how about a nice ‘truth sandwich’?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Skepticism remains — but has eased — on North Korea's nuclear intentions (POLL)
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI agent removed from Russia probe for anti-Trump texts says he's willing to testify before Congress  —  The FBI agent who was removed from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election for sending anti-Trump texts intends to testify before the House Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: Fox News, CNN and emptywheel
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
IG: McCabe Used Strzok's Mistress To Bypass Chain Of Command To Monitor Clinton Probe
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Hill
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Obama's silky lie and FBI bias in the Clinton investigation
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Steve Bannon: Donald Trump Doesn't Lie, and Never Has ‘To My Knowledge’  —  President Donald Trump doesn't lie and hasn't lied to the American people, said former White House Chief Strategist and Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon Sunday on This Week.  —  Guest host Jon Karl played clips …
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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:   Not necessary to justify separating kids, parents at border, 'it's zero tolerance': Bannon
Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Bannon: 'I couldn't be prouder' of Trump
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-17-18: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon
Discussion: New York Post and Townhall
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
'I Can't Go Without My Son,' a Mother Pleaded as She Was Deported to Guatemala  —  As a growing number of families are being separated as part of the Trump administration's attempt to control illegal immigration, some parents are being deported before recovering their children.
Daniella Silva / NBC News:
First lady Melania Trump makes statement on family separations as protests grow  —  The first lady “hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform,” according to the statement.  —  First lady Melania Trump uncharacteristically waded …
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Fox News:
New Jersey arts festival shooting leaves 22 injured, 1 suspect dead, officials say  —  Nearly two dozen people were injured after gunfire broke out early Sunday during a fight at an all-night art event in New Jersey's capital city, leaving one suspect dead and authorities investigating if any others were involved.
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New York Times:
Ashley Parker, Michael Bender  —  Ashley Rebecca Parker and Michael Charles Bender were married June 16 at their home in Washington.  Justine Parker, the bride's sister who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated.  —  The bride, 35, and groom, 40, are Washington-based reporters covering …
Beth Quimby / Press Herald:
Collins says she opposes family separations at border, but calls Democratic bill to stop them too broad  —  The Republican senator came out against the Trump policy Sunday morning.  —  U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday she opposes the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children …
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:   GOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg:
Paul Ryan Has Sacrificed the Rest of His Principles  —  To keep his job for the next 200 days, the speaker caves in to Trump's cruelty on immigration.  —  Paul Ryan, departing ingloriously from Congress in six months, has capitulated to Donald Trump and House right-wingers at the expense of the …
Nicole Belle / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Where Are The Girls Being Detained By The Trump Administration?  —  It took the publicity brought by Sen. Jeff Merkley, among others, to finally make Americans aware of the horrendous policy of housing children ripped away from their parents who have come through border points to seek asylum.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Safety Concerns Grow as Inmates Are Guarded by Teachers and Secretaries  —  BIG SPRING, Tex. — On a recent rainy day, more than 400 sex offenders, gang members and other inmates at the federal prison in this West Texas town weathered the storm by crowding into a three-story building.
New York Times:
Corey Stewart, Virginia Senate Nominee, Evokes Trump on Racial Issues  —  Mr. Stewart, a Minnesota transplant who has defended the Confederacy and praised white nationalists, has seized opportunities to gain media attention, especially with harsh remarks about immigrants.
George Packer / New Yorker:
Donald Trump Goes Rogue  —  In half a week, between Quebec and Singapore, Trump showed that the liberal order is hateful to him, and that he wants out.  —  When President Trump walked out early from the meeting of the Group of Seven in Charlevoix, Quebec, on June 9th, he left …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Morgan Greene / Chicago Tribune:
In Chicago, Stormy Daniels muses: ‘Should I run for president?’  —  Stormy Daniels poses onboard her tour bus in Rosemont on June 16, 2018.  (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)  —  Even though Stormy Daniels is at the center of one of the largest scandals to hit the White House in recent history …
Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire
Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas  —  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of children are waiting away from their parents inside a Border Patrol holding facility in South Texas, with groups of 20 or more children to a single cage.  There are bottles of water …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Slow-moving White House communications shakeup sinks morale  —  Amid the ongoing exodus, staffers are happy to let the president act as his own top spokesman.  —  President Donald Trump has always been happy to act as his own chief spokesman, and amid the ongoing shakeup …
 
 
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No, Not All Women Are Democrats
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Boston Herald:
Boston Globe suspends columnist accused of embellishing Boston Marathon bombings story
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Slate:
Here's How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border
Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Woman shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ attacks 2 with box cutter at supermarket in France
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani differs with Donald Trump on IG report: 'I don't think it exonerates him'
Discussion: Hot Air, Politico and Raw Story
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
United Methodist Church urges Sessions to halt migrant family separations
Discussion: Splinter, Political Wire and GBCS
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
New York's Case Against Trump May Be Prophetic
Salena Zito / New York Post:
These Harvard kids got the lesson of their life in the Heartland
 

 
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