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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas — McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait away from their parents in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside.
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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 …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Melania Trump Calls on ‘Both Sides’ to End Family Separation, Echoing President's False Claim — WASHINGTON — Melania Trump urged “both sides of the aisle” on Sunday to come together to stop federal authorities from separating children from their parents when apprehended at the border …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Melania Trump weighs in on her husband's cruel policy. Where are you, Ivanka? — Melania Trump, the most reticent first lady since Pat Nixon, has done an admirable thing. She has lent her voice to those who oppose the Trump administration's heinous policy of separating migrant children from their parents.
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Associated Press Uses ‘Cages’ to Describe Chain-Link Partitions in Border Patrol Center
Associated Press Uses ‘Cages’ to Describe Chain-Link Partitions in Border Patrol Center
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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
Trump lawyer calls for inquiry on Mueller's Russia probe
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Roger Stone: Russian wanted Trump to pay $2M for dirt on Clinton during the campaign
Roger Stone: Russian wanted Trump to pay $2M for dirt on Clinton during the campaign
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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 …
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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.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
‘Zero-tolerance policy means zero humanity:’ Democrats decry Trump immigration policy after tour of detention center — MCALLEN, Tex. — They divided the young children who had been separated from their parents, placing 20 or more in a concrete-floor cage and providing foil blankets, thin mattress pads, bottled water and food.
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Democrats gain entry to NJ immigration detention center after arguing with cops, ‘literally banging on the door’
Democrats gain entry to NJ immigration detention center after arguing with cops, ‘literally banging on the door’
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Dem lawmakers make surprise visit to ICE detention center
Dem lawmakers make surprise visit to ICE detention center
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Kabb / WOAI:
12 immigrants ejected, 5 die after car being chased by Border Patrol crashes — BIG WELLS, Texas (KABB/WOAI) - Authorities said five undocumented immigrants are dead following a chase involving Border Patrol agents. — Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd said the crash happened off Highway 85 in Big Wells at about noon.
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Frank Miles / Fox News:
At least 5 dead after SUV carrying illegal immigrants crashes, sheriff says
At least 5 dead after SUV carrying illegal immigrants crashes, sheriff says
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National Journal:
The GOP's Rapid Retreat in the Midwest — Republicans have abandoned Senate races in states Trump carried, and could lose several key governorships as well. Trump's boasting of crashing the blue wall is rapidly becoming ancient history. — One of the biggest red flags …
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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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 …
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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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NBC 10 Philadelphia:
‘Everybody Ran’: Suspect Dead, 22 Hurt in NJ Festival Shooting — Officials are investigating possible police involvement in the shooting. — Suspect Dead and 22 Hurt in Trenton Festival Shooting — A New Jersey arts and music festival turned deadly early Sunday morning when a barrage …
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United States Senator Jeff Flake:
Flake, Collins Press DHS, HHS on Immigration Policies — WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) yesterday sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar regarding …
Cary Darling / Houston Chronicle:
Cruz edges out Kimmel in charity basketball game in Houston — It was the Thunderdome from “Mad Max” or the coliseum from “Spartacus,” if either Max or Sparty were two, middle-aged American men playing a slow-motion car-crash of half-court basketball for charity and political one upsmanship.
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Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
GOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border — “The images are devastating” for the GOP, said one Republican operative, referring to children and their families being separated. — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's policy of taking immigrant children …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Instead of Trump's propaganda, how about a nice ‘truth sandwich’? — Last week was a particularly rough one for journalists and truth-seeking citizens. — President Trump declared the news media the nation's worst enemy. And time after shocking time, his acolytes demeaned or threatened reporters …
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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 …