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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Stephen Actually Enjoys Seeing Those Pictures at the Border”: The West Wing Is Fracturing Over Trump's Callous Migrant-Family Policy — Miller gloats and Sanders sulks as the president—oblivious to the moral problem and political consequences—bulls ahead.
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New York Times:
Trump Plans Executive Order to End Family Separation — President Trump is preparing to issue an executive order as soon as Wednesday that ends the separation of families at the border by indefinitely detaining parents and children together, according to a person familiar with the White House plans.
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Associated Press:
Homeland Security drafts plan to end family separation — WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is drafting an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together in detention after they are detained crossing the border illegally …
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen heckled by protesters at Mexican restaurant. Other diners applauded them. — Protesters entered a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening to heckle Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. She appeared to sit quietly with her head …
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Fox News:
White House considering executive action to prevent family separations at border — The White House is considering executive action to allow children to stay with parents caught crossing the border illegally, Fox News has learned — a step that could avoid the family separations that have triggered …
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Associated Press:
As moral crisis mounts, Ivanka Trump out of sight — WASHINGTON (AP) — As the firestorm over forced separations of migrant families consumes the White House, Ivanka Trump, the presidential adviser who has billed herself as a “force for good” in the administration, has remained out of sight.
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
White House can't get its story straight on family separation. There could be legal consequences. — What officials say publicly about family separation as a “deterrent” to migrants could affect whether it holds up in court. — WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen called …
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Splinter:
Here's Stephen Miller's Cell Phone Number, If You Need It — The Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their families has been credited primarily to the strenuous efforts of White House adviser Stephen Miller. Perhaps you would like to call him about it.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump and Kirstjen Nielsen's embarrassing surrender on separating families at the border
Trump and Kirstjen Nielsen's embarrassing surrender on separating families at the border
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Washington Post:
Trump reverses course, says he will put an end to family separations on southern border
Trump reverses course, says he will put an end to family separations on southern border
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Sean Hannity:
TRUMP STEPS IN: The President Will Sign Executive Order to ‘Keep Families Together’
TRUMP STEPS IN: The President Will Sign Executive Order to ‘Keep Families Together’
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
DSA Says They're Coming After More Trump Officials After Ruining Kirstjen Nielsen's Dinner
DSA Says They're Coming After More Trump Officials After Ruining Kirstjen Nielsen's Dinner
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Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump urged her husband to end the border separation policy
Melania Trump urged her husband to end the border separation policy
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump says he will sign ‘something’ soon to keep immigrant families together
Trump says he will sign ‘something’ soon to keep immigrant families together
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
President Trump seems to be saying more and more things that aren't true
President Trump seems to be saying more and more things that aren't true
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Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Youngest migrants held in ‘tender age’ shelters — Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least three “tender age” shelters in South Texas, The Associated Press has learned.
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The Texas Tribune:
Separated migrant children are headed toward shelters with a history of abuse and neglect — Taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion to private companies operating shelters accused of serious lapses in care, including neglect and abuse. — Taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion …
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Trump admin's ‘tent cities’ cost more than keeping migrant kids with parents — Separating migrant kids from their parents will cost the administration more than placing them in permanent structures or keeping them with their parents. — WASHINGTON — The cost of holding migrant children …
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Exclusive: Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems.
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CNN:
What Trump supporters think of family separations at the border
What Trump supporters think of family separations at the border
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Trump signs executive action halting family separations
Trump signs executive action halting family separations
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms. His Goal: Flip the House — Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and personal fortune behind the Democratic campaign to take control of the House of Representatives this year …
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Reveal:
Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs, lawsuit claims — President Donald Trump's zero tolerance policy is creating a zombie army of children forcibly injected with medications that make them dizzy, listless, obese and even incapacitated, according to legal filings that show immigrant children …
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Torn from immigrant parents, 8-month-old baby lands in Michigan — The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics says migrant children being separated from their parents at the border are suffering from child abuse. Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge has more. Buzz60 — CONNECT
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows: — Section 1.
Eliana Larramendia / ABC News:
Michael Cohen resigns from RNC committee post, sources say — Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime confidant and former personal attorney, has resigned from his post as deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee's Finance Committee, sources close to the RNC told ABC News.
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Explaining Trump's Claim About Canadians Smuggling Shoes Because of ‘Massive’ Tariffs — President Trump said on Tuesday that Canadians were smuggling shoes across the border “because the tariffs are so massive.” But under Nafta, Canada does not charge a tariff on American shoe imports.
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Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Melania Calls Secret Service After Actor Peter Fonda Calls For Barron Trump To Be Kidnapped — The Office of the First Lady has notified the Secret Service after actor Peter Fonda called for kidnapping Melania and Donald Trump's son, Barron, The Daily Caller has learned exclusively.
Gray Matters / Houston Chronicle:
Flight attendant: I won't work flights that separate immigrant kids from families — For the past 29 years I have been a flight attendant for a major U.S. airline. Several weeks ago, I worked two flights (one to San Antonio and the other to McAllen) which proved to be two of the most …
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Washington Post:
Key nuclear expert departs Trump administration as North Korea negotiations loom — A key U.S. official involved in denuclearization talks with North Korea is leaving the White House just as the Trump administration prepares to engage in high-stakes negotiations with the isolated regime, the official confirmed to The Washington Post.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dems Doing Well in Senate, CD03 — Trump popular, but not decisive factor — West Long Branch, NJ - Incumbent Joe Manchin holds a small lead over GOP challenger Patrick Morrisey in the race for U.S. Senate in the deep red state of West Virginia. Even though Donald Trump is widely popular …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lawmakers Barred From Talking To Kids At Border Patrol Facilities — They also have to give two weeks' notice before visiting a detention facility or they'll be denied access, per a new HHS directive. — WASHINGTON Members of Congress who visit detention facilities at the border aren't allowed …
Maria Curi / Politico:
Trump calls off congressional picnic, saying it didn't feel ‘right’ — President Trump on Wednesday said he was calling off the annual congressional picnic scheduled for Thursday evening as his administration grapples with the furor over its hardline practice of separating migrant families crossing at the border.
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Ingrid Schmidt / Hollywood Reporter:
Kim Kardashian West Talks Her First KKW Beauty Store Opening in L.A., Political Activism and More — “This is the mall I grew up coming to. I got my ears pierced here and spent so much time here, so it really is a dream come true.” — Prepare to be engulfed by a bustling crowd …
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Sherman Smith / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Kobach's office tells counties to keep enforcing proof of citizenship law — Sherman Smith sherman_news — The elections director for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told county clerks in a conference call Tuesday to continue enforcing a proof of citizenship law that a federal judge ruled unconstitutional.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
REVEALED: Christopher Steele Visited State Department Shortly Before 2016 Election — Former British spy Christopher Steele visited the State Department in October 2016 and briefed officials there about his work on the infamous anti-Trump dossier, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
In Trump's world, morality is for losers — “Virtue-signaling” is a snide little phrase that people vaguely of the “right” invented to tease people vaguely of the “left.” Like “limousine liberal” or “champagne socialist,” it implies insincerity and self-righteousness.
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Wall Street Journal:
Germany's Largest Auto Makers Back Abolition of EU-U.S. Car Import Tariffs — The U.S. ambassador to Germany is expected to relay the industry offer in meetings with Trump administration — BERLIN—When the U.S. ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, returns to Washington for consultation …
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The Guardian:
US lobbyist for Russian oligarch visited Julian Assange nine times last year — It is unclear whether Adam Waldman's 2017 visits had connection to Oleg Deripaska — A longtime US lobbyist for the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska visited Julian Assange nine times at the Ecuadorian embassy …
Washington Post:
Giuliani says Trump's decision on whether to grant special counsel an interview could be delayed until July — President Trump's personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani said Wednesday that the president's decision on whether to sit for an interview with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III …
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Matthew Walther / The Week:
Why Trump country is unfazed by the child separation crisis — The bishop of Tucson, Franklin Graham, and Michelle Obama agree about very few things, but the inhumanity of President Trump's “zero tolerance” border policy is one of them. The New York Times and the New York Post, National Review …