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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Daily Beast:
Trump Stops Separating Immigrant Families After Claiming He Couldn't … President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday halting his administration's separation of immigrant families, putting an end to a practice that caused international outrage and rare condemnation from both parties in Washington.
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Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Youngest migrants held in ‘tender age’ shelters
APNewsBreak: Youngest migrants held in ‘tender age’ shelters
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Exclusive: Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation
Exclusive: Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation
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Washington Post:
Trump reverses course, signs order ending family separations on southern border
Trump reverses course, signs order ending family separations on southern border
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Trump Just Signed An Order About Children Being Separated From Families
Trump Just Signed An Order About Children Being Separated From Families
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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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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Trump signs executive order halting family separations
Trump signs executive order halting family separations
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump signs order stopping his policy of separating families at border
Trump signs order stopping his policy of separating families at border
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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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Pew Research Center:
Voters More Focused on Control of Congress - and the President - Than in Past Midterms — GOP leads on economy, Democrats on health care, immigration — The congressional elections are more than four months away, but voter engagement is high when compared with comparable points in previous midterm cycles.
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Mike Bloomberg:
Statement of Mike Bloomberg on the 2018 Midterm Elections
Statement of Mike Bloomberg on the 2018 Midterm Elections
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Senate rejects billions in Trump spending cuts as two Republicans vote ‘no’
Senate rejects billions in Trump spending cuts as two Republicans vote ‘no’
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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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Splinter:
Here's Stephen Miller's Cell Phone Number, If You Need It
Here's Stephen Miller's Cell Phone Number, If You Need It
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
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The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights
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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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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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Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Socialist Activist Who Harassed Homeland Security Secretary Works For The Department Of Justice — One of the activists who chased Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen out of a Mexican restaurant Tuesday night over the Trump administration's immigration policies is an employee of the Department of Justice …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump and Kirstjen Nielsen's embarrassing surrender on separating families at the border — The Trump administration insisted it didn't have a policy of separating children from their parents at the border. It said that it was merely following the law. And it said “Congress alone can fix” the mess.
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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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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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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
American, Frontier, Southwest and United airlines refuse to transport immigrant children separated …
American, Frontier, Southwest and United airlines refuse to transport immigrant children separated …
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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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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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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.
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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.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Giuliani's act of love sets off GOP furor — The bizarre tale of the ex-New York mayor's support for an obscure House candidate in Louisiana. — Rudy Giuliani's love life is causing trouble for the White House. — In a move that blindsided the West Wing and sent Hill Republicans into a tizzy …
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Bruce Springsteen:
Bruce's Remarks before “The Ghost Of Tom Joad” — In response to requests for the text of Bruce's remarks before he performed “The Ghost of Tom Joad” last night, here is a rough transcript: — I never believed that people come to my shows, or rock shows to be told anything.
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Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senate Nominee Cramer Compares Cages For Migrant Kids To Playgrounds — Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) pushed back hard on the idea that keeping border-crossing children in chain-link cages was inhumane, defending the practice in two local radio shows on Wednesday.
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.
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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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Obama finally speaks out on Trump's family separation — “Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms, or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?” — Former President Barack Obama offered a sharp criticism …
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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.
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Trump Meets With GOP Lawmakers as Outrage Over Family Separation Policy Grows — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump visited House Republicans Tuesday on Capitol Hill amid calls for the administration to end a “zero tolerance” immigration policy that has led to the forced separation of children …