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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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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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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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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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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Melania Trump Calls on ‘Both Sides’ to End Family Separation — 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, a rare public intervention in an issue …
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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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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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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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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.
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
Not necessary to justify separating kids, parents at border, 'it's zero tolerance': Bannon
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-17-18: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-17-18: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon
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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 …
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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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 …
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Democrats gain entry to NJ immigration detention center after arguing with cops, ‘literally banging on the door’ — Seven Democratic lawmakers gained entry to an immigration detention center in New Jersey on Sunday after “arguing” with the police and “literally banging on the door,” one of the congressmen posted on Twitter.
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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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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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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.
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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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 …