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Ginger Thompson / ProPublica:
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.
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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
‘I wanted to stop her crying’: The image of a migrant child that broke a photographer's heart — By now, millions of people have seen a photo of a 2-year-old girl screaming while a U.S. border agent pats down her mother. Taken last Tuesday, the image has become a symbol of the Trump administration's new …
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CNN:
What's happening at the US border
What's happening at the US border
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Immigrant Children Cry Out in Audio Recorded at Detention Center
Immigrant Children Cry Out in Audio Recorded at Detention Center
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Washington Post:
Trump defiant as crisis grows over family separation at the border — The Trump administration's move to separate immigrant families at the border and detain children apart from their parents spiraled into a humanitarian and political crisis Monday as the White House struggled to contain the growing public outcry.
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Politico:
Nielsen becomes face of Trump's border separations — The Homeland Security secretary has been seen as weak on enforcement, but on Monday she defended decisions that have left kids warehoused on the border. — Kirstjen Nielsen, President Donald Trump's secretary of Homeland Security …
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NBC News:
All four living former first ladies condemn Trump border policy — Hillary Clinton denounced the administration for citing the Bible, saying, “Jesus Christ said, ‘Suffer the little children unto me’ not ‘let the little children suffer.’” — All four living former first ladies …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Less Than One-Third Of The Public Supports Family Separations
Less Than One-Third Of The Public Supports Family Separations
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
The media surges to the border as family separation crisis grows
The media surges to the border as family separation crisis grows
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New York Times:
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 …
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Grace Sparks / CNN:
Majority oppose policy that causes family separation, but Republicans approve
Majority oppose policy that causes family separation, but Republicans approve
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U.S. Department of Justice:
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 …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ex-CIA engineer charged with massive leak to WikiLeaks — A former CIA computer engineer has been indicted on charges he masterminded what appears to be the largest leak of classified information in the spy agency's history. — Joshua Schulte, 29, was charged in a new grand jury indictment …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Ex-CIA employee charged in major leak of agency hacking tools
Ex-CIA employee charged in major leak of agency hacking tools
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Marc Fortier / NBC10 Boston:
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 …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Facing outcry over family separations, DHS chief says, ‘We will not apologize’
Facing outcry over family separations, DHS chief says, ‘We will not apologize’
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Kirstjen Nielsen Justifies Family Separation by Pointing to Increase in Fraud. But the Data Is Very Limited.
Tal Kopan / CNN:
‘We will not apologize’: Trump DHS chief defends immigration policy
‘We will not apologize’: Trump DHS chief defends immigration policy
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Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Has Trump finally gone too far?
Has Trump finally gone too far?
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon suspends August military drills with South Korea
Pentagon suspends August military drills with South Korea
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
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
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump threatens additional tariffs on $200b worth of Chinese goods
Trump threatens additional tariffs on $200b worth of Chinese goods
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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Reaches 12-Year High
Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Reaches 12-Year High
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Dan Alexander / Forbes:
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.
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John Hendel / Politico:
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 …
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Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
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 …
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
US Isn't Just Separating Children From Their Parents. It Also Has No Plan For Reuniting Them.
US Isn't Just Separating Children From Their Parents. It Also Has No Plan For Reuniting Them.
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Wichita Eagle:
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 …
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Mike Morken / valleynewslive.com:
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.
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
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.
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Quilliam:
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 …
Victor Balta / The Guardian:
‘Homophobic and not very clever’: why puto chants haunt Mexican football — El Tri's victory over Germany on Sunday was marred by alleged homophobic chanting. It's a common trend across stadiums in the Americas — You can say this for Mexican soccer fans: they've managed to turn …
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Texas deputy sexually assaulted undocumented immigrant's child, sheriff says — “The details of the case are quite frankly heartbreaking, disturbing, disgusting and infuriating all at the same time.” — A Texas sheriff's deputy was being held Monday on a charge of “super aggravated sexual assault” …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
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 …
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Pew Research Center:
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 …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
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.
Justin Mattingly / www.richmond.com:
Richmond's J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School — honoring a Confederate — will be renamed for Barack Obama — Richmond City Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras (left) and School Board Chair Dawn Page attended the Richmond School Board meeting Monday. Kamras advised the 2008 Obama campaign on education issues.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Comey refuses to testify to Congress, Grassley says McCabe pleads Fifth Amendment — Fired FBI Director James Comey refused to appear before Congress on Monday to talk about his handling of the Clinton email investigation, and his fired deputy, Andrew McCabe, asserted his Fifth Amendment rights …
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Senator Ben Sasse:
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.
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TheDenverChannel.com:
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 …
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Mathieu Gorse / Yahoo:
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 …