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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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The Week
Gus Bova / The Texas Observer:
Texas Officials Allow 15 Immigrant Shelters to Hold More Kids than Licenses Permit — In recent months, Texas officials have granted permission to at least 15 immigrant youth shelters to cram in more kids than their child-care licenses allow, according to records obtained by the Observer.
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The Texas Tribune and Off the Kuff
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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Politico, Townhall, Talking Points Memo, Spectator USA, Breitbart, Eater, CBS Chicago, The Week, TMZ.com, Raw Story and Shareblue Media
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Donald Trump / The Guardian:
Trump's family separation policy is as damaging to America as Abu Ghraib — The torture of detainees at the Iraqi prison shattered America's image as a defender of human rights - and separating families only further undermines it — The words “Abu Ghraib” have become synonymous with torture …
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Roll Call, New Yorker and AOL
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Protesters Confront Kirstjen Nielsen at Mexican Restaurant: ‘Shame!’
Protesters Confront Kirstjen Nielsen at Mexican Restaurant: ‘Shame!’
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Mother Jones, Metro D.C. Democratic …, National Review and The Daily Caller
Madison Park / CNN:
Protesters shout ‘shame’ at Kirstjen Nielsen as she dines at Mexican restaurant
Protesters shout ‘shame’ at Kirstjen Nielsen as she dines at Mexican restaurant
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USA Today, Talking Points Memo, Politico and ImmigrationProf Blog
New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Gave Trump a Weapon Against Mueller. Republicans Are Wielding It. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's congressional allies trained their fire on the special counsel investigation on Tuesday, armed anew with a damaging report showing that the lead F.B.I. agent assigned …
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HuffPost:
Rudy Giuliani Says FBI Questioned Him On Leaks That Hurt Clinton Campaign
Rudy Giuliani Says FBI Questioned Him On Leaks That Hurt Clinton Campaign
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New York Times, Washington Press, emptywheel and Law & Crime
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani to Trump 2020 Campaign Manager Brad Parscale: ‘Keep Quiet’
Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani to Trump 2020 Campaign Manager Brad Parscale: ‘Keep Quiet’
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Hot Air, AOL, The Guardian, CNBC and Conservative News Today
John Wagner / Washington Post:
‘Kangaroo court’: Giuliani says he would be crazy to let Trump be interviewed by Mueller's team
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Strzok escorted from FBI building
Strzok escorted from FBI building
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Washington Times, CBS News and USA Today
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
FBI agent Strzok escorted from FBI building Friday
FBI agent Strzok escorted from FBI building Friday
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Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, The Hill, TheBlaze, The Right Scoop, Talking Points Memo and National Review
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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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, New Republic, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, AOL, Vox, VICE News, Balloon Juice, MSNBC, The Daily Caller and IJR
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Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Wants Trump to Pay His Legal Fees — Former personal lawyer for Trump hires New York attorney Guy Petrillo — Michael Cohen has hired New York lawyer Guy Petrillo to represent him in a federal investigation into his business dealings, and has told associates he wants President Donald Trump …
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Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Corey Lewandowski on undocumented child with Down syndrome separated from mother: ‘Womp womp’ — Washington (CNN)Corey Lewandowski dismissed the story of a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was reportedly separated from her mother after crossing the border illegally.
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The Resurgent, Boston Magazine, HuffPost, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Deadline, The Week, New Republic, Raw Story and TheBlaze
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Laignee Barron / TIME:
Corey Lewandowski Mocks Story About 10-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Separated From Her Mother at the Border
Corey Lewandowski Mocks Story About 10-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Separated From Her Mother at the Border
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Washington Post, New York Times, MSNBC and Political Wire
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
A 10-Year-Old Girl With Down Syndrome Was Separated From Her Mother At The Border
A 10-Year-Old Girl With Down Syndrome Was Separated From Her Mother At The Border
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Talking Points Memo and Gizmodo
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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AOL, America's Voice and Motherboard
CNN:
What Trump supporters think of family separations at the border — Mesa, Arizona (CNN)As the Trump administration has ramped up the practice of separating children from their parents at the border with no clear plan for reuniting them, critics have been unsparing, calling it “government-sanctioned child abuse.”
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Raw Story, ThinkProgress, KFOR-TV and Media Matters for America, more at Mediagazer »
SOM - State of Michigan:
MDCR Statement on President Trump's Zero Tolerance Policy and its Impact on Michigan — Contact: Vicki Levengood - levengoodv@michigan.gov, 517-241-7978 — Lansing, MI-The Michigan Department of Civil Rights today announced that the Department is actively engaged in assessing the impact …
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Daily Kos, Raw Story and New Republic
Politico:
House GOP: Trump's immigration plea may fall short — In a freewheeling address behind closed doors, the president promised Republicans he'd support legislation that he panned just days ago. — President Donald Trump told House Republicans to send him an immigration bill dealing with Dreamers …
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MSNBC, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Associated Press, The Week, Breitbart, VICE News and Washington Post
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Jeff Sessions / USA Today:
We don't want to separate parents from kids — What we want is a safe, lawful system of immigration. We want to build a wall to prevent illegal entry. Congress could make that happen quickly: Opposing view — CONNECT — Some years ago, it was decided that law enforcement might arrest adults …
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CNN
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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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Axios and NTK Network
Washington Post:
‘The good times for illegals are over’: Trump finds allies in Europe's anti-immigration movement — President Trump's decision to endorse a “zero-tolerance” border policy aligns his administration squarely with the populist, anti-immigration movement that has swept Europe and brought hard-right leaders …
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The Daily Caller and National Review
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
President Trump seems to be saying more and more things that aren't true — He's done it on Twitter. He's done it in the White House driveway. And he's done it in a speech to a business group. — President Trump — a man already known for trafficking in mistruths and even outright lies …
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Here Are Horrifying Photos Of Obama's Illegal Alien Facilities The Media Refuses To Show You — The media and political class become more and more outraged over the Trump administration's decision to detain and prosecute immigrants illegally crossing the border.
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Washington Examiner
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Businesses have made millions off Trump's child separation policy — WASHINGTON — President Trump's controversial child separation policy is being carried out with the help of private businesses who have received millions of dollars in government contracts to help run the shelters …
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Splinter and miamiherald
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 …
Douglas Hanks / miamiherald:
Eileen Higgins wins Miami-Dade commission seat in upset over Zoraida Barreiro — Political newcomer Eileen Higgins won a seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission on Tuesday, defeating the better-funded campaign of the former commissioner's wife to scramble the conventional wisdom …
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Washington Press
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer rejects GOP proposal to address border crisis — Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer — (N.Y.) on Tuesday dismissed a legislative proposal backed by Republican leaders to keep immigrant families together at the border, arguing that President Trump — could fix the problem more easily with a flick of his pen.
Washington Post:
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, has been removed from ministry after a sex abuse allegation — The former archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, has been removed from ministry in response to allegations that he sexually abused a teen 50 years ago while he was a priest in New York.
Associated Press:
With eyes on midterms, Trump embraces immigration fight — WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling the shots as his West Wing clears out, President Donald Trump sees his hard-line immigration stance as a winning issue heading into a midterm election he views as a referendum on his protectionist policies.
New York Times:
Criticism of Fox News Comes From Within Murdoch Empire — For years, the Murdoch family has been able to maintain a separation between its Fox News network and its sprawling entertainment empire. — But that corporate buffer seems to be disintegrating, with several prominent creators …
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Poll: McSally holds 14-point lead in Arizona GOP Senate primary — (R-Ariz.) surged into first place with a commanding 14-point lead in Arizona's closely watched GOP Senate primary, according to a new poll. — A poll conducted by Phoenix-based OH Predictive Insights (OHPI) …
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Outside the Beltway
Jonathan Stearns / Bloomberg:
EU Retaliation Against U.S. Over Metal Tariffs to Start June 22 — The European Union triggered the first phase of retaliation against the U.S. over its metal-import tariffs imposed on national-security grounds, making good on more than three months of threats to hit American goods with tit-for-tat levies.
miamiherald:
Nelson, Wasserman Schultz blocked from entering immigrant children shelter in Homestead — Amid uproar over the federal government's break-up of families caught illegally crossing the U.S. border, state and federal lawmakers were denied entry Tuesday to a shelter in Homestead …