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.

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 …

Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’  —  Laura Bush is a former first lady of the United States.  —  On Sunday, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds of family, I was among the millions of Americans who watched images of children who have been torn from their parents.

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 …

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.

'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.

‘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.

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 …

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.”

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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.

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 …

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 …