Listen to Children Who've Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border  —  The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening.  Many of them sound like they're crying so hard, they can barely breathe.

Gov. Charlie Baker Won't Send National Guard to Border, Citing ‘Cruel and Inhumane’ Actions of Trump Administration  —  Fact Check: Dems Not Responsible for Families Separated at Border  —  Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he will not send the Massachusetts National Guard …

Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Exclusive Poll Results  —  Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Poll  —  Beijing Is Holding U.S. Citizens ‘Hostage’ in China  —  Exit bans are a new tool in China's global coercion campaign.  —  By BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN6.18.18 4:48 AM ET

Forget Tax Cuts.  Trump Wants to Rally G.O.P. Base Over Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — As Republicans try to keep their midterm election strategy focused on the economy, tax cuts and falling unemployment, President Trump sent his clearest signal yet on Monday that he intends to make divisive …

Lies, China And Putin: Solving The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Fortune  —  Amid President Trump's headaches confirming cabinet secretaries, from neophyte Rex Tillerson to conflict-prone Scott Pruitt to unprepared Betsy DeVos, all of whom squeezed through, Wilbur Ross was a tonic.

Joshua Adam Schulte Charged With The Unauthorized Disclosure Of Classified Information And Other Offenses Relating To The Theft Of Classified Material From The Central Intelligence Agency  —  Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers …

The Government Has No Plan for Reuniting the Immigrant Families It Is Tearing Apart  —  A few days ago, Emily Kephart, a program coördinator at an immigrant-rights group called Kids in Need of Defense, set out to try to find a six-year-old Guatemalan girl who had been separated from her father …

Senate rejects Trump's rescue of Chinese firm ZTE  —  The Senate voted Monday to reimpose the U.S. ban on Chinese telecom giant ZTE, in a rebuke to President Donald Trump and his efforts to keep the company in business.  —  The provision targeting ZTE was part of the National Defense Authorization Act …

Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. Admits It Was Wrong, Apologizes to Quilliam and Maajid Nawaz for Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists, and Agrees to Pay $3.375 Million Settlement  —  MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. has apologized to Quilliam and its founder Maajid Nawaz …

Many Nebraskans this weekend asked me about the kids at the border.  Here's a short version of what I told them.  This is a bit over-simplified, but these are broad brushstrokes of how I understand the situation at present:  —  1) Family separation is wicked.

New poll shows close race for U.S. Senate Race in North Dakota  —  (Valley News Live) Fargo An exclusive statewide poll by Valley News Live and Mason-Dixon Polling shows, that not even a week after North Dakota's primary, the race for the U.S. Senate is tightening.

Trump aides plan fresh immigration crackdowns before midterms  —  White House policy adviser Stephen Miller wants to make sure the president can show he's doing something about immigration.  —  Top aides to President Donald Trump are planning additional crackdowns on immigration …

Elon Musk emails employees about ‘extensive and damaging sabotage’ by employee  — Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an e-mail to all employees on Sunday night alleging there was a saboteur within the company's ranks.  — Musk alleged this employee tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorization.

U.S., South Korea Cancel Major War Game Planned for August  —  Move comes after President Trump's promise at Singapore summit to halt maneuvers on Korean Peninsula  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon said Monday that it had agreed with South Korea to cancel an important military exercise …

Watch the U.S. Turn Away Asylum Seekers at the Border  —  “The [narcos] threatened to kill every last person in our house—even the dog,” says Wayner Berduo, a young Guatemalan asylum seeker at the U.S.-Mexican border, in a new documentary from The Atlantic.

Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in the News  —  The politically aware, digitally savvy and those more trusting of the news media fare better; Republicans and Democrats both influenced by political appeal of statements  —  In today's fast-paced and complex information environment …

Gov. Hickenlooper signs order barring use of state resources to separate immigrant kids from parents  —  Members of Congress back measure to end policy  —  DENVER - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday signed an executive order that aims to prevent state agencies from separating children …

Has Trump finally gone too far?  —  Up until now, Trumpism has been a largely victimless crime.  Or, to be exact, one whose victims were largely speculative and unnamed.  —  President Trump has been doing great damage to the fabric of our democracy with his venomous attacks on the free press …

Giant Hogweed, a plant that can cause burns and blindness, found in Virginia  —  Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the location of the Staunton district.  —  A huge weed that can cause third-degree burns and even blindness has been found in Virginia.

Moderate GOP voices on immigration are at risk of a November wipeout in the House  —  CNN goes inside immigration processing center  —  (CNN)House Republicans are at risk of losing several of their members in the midterm elections who are more moderate on the issue of immigration.

Call to suspend Mueller probe was just posturing, Giuliani says  —  President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Monday that he was actually just bluffing last week when he called for Justice Department leaders to suspend special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation within 24 hours.

The End of Civil Rights  —  The fires on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, had barely stopped burning when the Department of Justice released an extraordinary report on the city's police department.  In the findings of the 2015 investigation of the Ferguson Police Department …

Some question sign posted at Baltimore Dunkin Donuts store  —  Sign asks customers to report employees who shout in languages other than English  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  BALTIMORE —  A sign seen posted at a Dunkin Donuts in Baltimore asks customers to report employees shouting in languages other than English.

Judge strikes down Kansas voter law, orders Kobach to take classes  —  TOPEKA  —  A federal judge has struck down a Kansas voter citizenship law that Secretary of State Kris Kobach had personally defended.  —  Judge Julie Robinson also ordered Kobach, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor …

Spain's new government to remove Franco's remains from mausoleum  —  The massive Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near Madrid, where the remains of former Spanish dictator Franco rest  —  Madrid (AFP) - Spain's new Socialist government is determined to remove the remains of Francisco Franco …