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Daily Mail:
Melania Trump wears $39 jacket with 'I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?' scrawled across the back as she boards a plane to visit immigrant children being held at the Texas border — The first lady wore the khaki green Zara jacket upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland but changed before she disembarked the plane in Texas
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Daily Mail:
Melania makes a surprise visit to the Texas border to visit detained children and ‘thank law enforcement and social service providers’ - as her husband claims there is a ‘massive child smuggling industry’ — First Lady visits a shelter for children in McAllen, Texas, the day after her …
CNN:
Melania Trump pressed the President to keep families together
Melania Trump pressed the President to keep families together
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Politico, ABC News, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
First lady Melania Trump visits child detention center in Texas
First lady Melania Trump visits child detention center in Texas
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Townhall, Fox News Insider, IJR and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Trump administration will stop prosecuting migrant parents who cross the border illegally with children, official says — The dramatic about-face comes just one day after President Trump signed an executive order ending his administration's widely denounced practice of separating families apprehended at the Mexico border.
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Border Patrol will stop referring migrant parents who cross into the U.S. illegally with children for prosecution, official says — This story has been updated to clarify how migrant parents will be processed going forward. An earlier verision incorrectly stated the Trump administration …
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Washington Post:
Pentagon asked to make room for 20,000 migrant children on military bases — The Trump administration is considering housing up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military bases in coming months, according to lawmakers and a Defense Department memo obtained by The Washington Post.
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Axios and The Daily Beast
Julia Ioffe / GQ:
The Real Story of Donald Trump Jr. — All he ever wanted was to make his dad proud, but things have never turned out quite right for Donald Trump Jr. Even now, despite finding his purpose as a bombastic star of the far right, Junior's personal life is in shambles and the specter of Robert Mueller looms large.
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — ‘Oedipal Impulses’: GQ Magazine Asks Donald Trump Jr. if He Wants to Have Sex with His Mother
Exclusive — ‘Oedipal Impulses’: GQ Magazine Asks Donald Trump Jr. if He Wants to Have Sex with His Mother
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Associated Press:
Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse — WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Corey Lewandowski dropped by speakers bureau — Corey Lewandowski: I was mocking Democrat, not girl — Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been dropped by his speakers bureau after dismissing the story of a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome who was reportedly separated …
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Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Protester yells ‘fascist’ at Stephen Miller dining in Mexican restaurant — SEE ALSO — Maybe grab a burger next time. — White House adviser Stephen Miller was accosted at a Mexican restaurant by a patron calling him a “fascist” — two nights before Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen …
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Lisa Belkin / Yahoo:
Trump aide Stephen Miller, meet your great-grandfather, who flunked his naturalization test — A photo of Nison (aka Max) Miller stares out from the screen, sullen and stern, in faded black and white. “Order of Court Denying Petition” is the title of the government form dated “14th November 1932 …
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Callie Ferguson / Bangor Daily News:
Border patrol agents question drivers at I-95 checkpoint about citizenship — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents set up a checkpoint Wednesday on Interstate 95, stopping drivers and asking them questions about their citizenship before letting them proceed.
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Joshua Matz / Take Care Blog:
The Imminent Demise of Chevron Deference? — One of the most important doctrines in administrative law—indeed, arguably in all of law—is known as “Chevron deference.” Arising from the Supreme Court's decision in Chevron USA Inc. v. NRDC, 467 U. S. 837 (1984), this doctrine provides …
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Bernie Becker / Politico:
Supreme Court hands states a victory in tax case that may cost consumers
Supreme Court hands states a victory in tax case that may cost consumers
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Axios, Washington Post and atg.sd.gov
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Yes, Obama separated families at the border, too — WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama separated parents from their children at the border. — Obama prosecuted mothers for coming to the United States illegally. He fast tracked deportations. And yes, he housed unaccompanied children in tent cities.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
House delays vote on immigration bill in face of likely defeat — House GOP leaders, staring down an embarrassing defeat, postponed a vote on a “compromise” immigration proposal until Friday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced following a hastily called meeting of top Republicans.
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Tara Golshan / Vox:
Trump undermined House Republicans' entire immigration debate in one tweet
Trump undermined House Republicans' entire immigration debate in one tweet
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HuffPost, Weekly Standard and Breitbart
Haaretz:
Sara Netanyahu Charged With Fraud for Ordering $100k Worth of Meals From Gourmet Chefs — The prime minister's wife and a deputy director of the PM's Office are indicted for violating regulations barring the ordering of meals when a cook is on the residence's staff
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Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:
Sara Netanyahu indicted for falsely charging state $100k for meals
Sara Netanyahu indicted for falsely charging state $100k for meals
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Sara Netanyahu Indicted on Fraud Charges in Israel
Sara Netanyahu Indicted on Fraud Charges in Israel
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Outside the Beltway
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Leaked Internal Memo Reveals the ACLU Is Wavering on Free Speech — The American Civil Liberties Union will weigh its interest in protecting the First Amendment against its other commitments to social justice, racial equality, and women's rights, given the possibility that offensive speech might undermine ACLU goals.
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Axios and Wall Street Journal
Ari Bevacqua / The New York Times Company:
Michelle Alexander Joins The New York Times Opinion Pages as Columnist — Today The New York Times announced that Michelle Alexander will join the Opinion pages as a columnist in September. — James Bennet, New York Times editorial page editor, said, “Michelle is the author of …
Karl Vick / TIME:
A Reckoning After Trump's Border Separation Policy: What Kind of Country Are We? — Central American immigrants detained for possible separation in McAllen, Texas, on June 12 John Moore—Getty Images — Presidents have many jobs, and one is telling us who we are.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Democrats Plan New Effort to Target Minority Voters — The Democratic National Committee is undertaking an expansive, multimillion dollar strategic plan to motivate voters who typically sit out midterm elections, with a particular focus on engaging nonwhite communities through new investments …
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Axios
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Graydon Carter is launching his own media company — Revenge may just be the sweetest victory for Graydon Carter. — The legendary magazine editor, less than a year after stepping away from Vanity Fair, is close to launching his own media company, The Post has learned.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Confused about his brand of populism, Trump wants to be ‘the elite’ — Most of Donald Trump's remarks at a campaign rally in Minnesota last night were predictable - the president shared his usual grievances - but towards the end of his speech, the Republican shared a thought I haven't heard him make before.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, MarketWatch and New Republic
Molly Ball / TIME:
Trump Backed Down, But the Crisis at the Border Is Far From Over — Olivier Douliery—Abaca Press/Sipa USA/AP — It is a crisis Donald Trump created and always had the power to solve. At detention facilities across the country, children are penned in cages, crying out piteously …
Media Matters for America:
Sinclair “must-run” segment on family separation policy and child detention attacks the media — Sinclair's Boris Epshteyn: Media have “seized on this issue to make it seem as if those who are tough on immigration are somehow monsters” — Audiences across the country are watching a segment …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
How did Peter Strzok's notorious text stay hidden so long? — It was the most damaging of all the damaging texts exchanged between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. On Aug. 8, 2016, in the second week of the Trump-Russia investigation on which both were working, Page texted Strzok to say …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record-High 75% of Americans Say Immigration Is Good Thing — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A record-high 75% of Americans, including majorities of all party groups, think immigration is a good thing for the U.S. — up slightly from 71% last year. Just 19% of the public considers immigration a bad thing.
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Shareblue Media, MSNBC, Washington Post and Political Wire
Cynthia Sewell / Idaho Statesman:
$192,000 for his wife. 81 uses of a lobbyist's home. Crapo election funds draw scrutiny — Lax campaign finance reporting and ongoing payments to family have prompted new scrutiny of Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo's election funds. — In 9 of the past 11 years, Crapo's elections staff failed …
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures Classics Condemns Peter Fonda, But Will Still Release His New Film — YOUTUBE — The distributor is moving forward with plans to open ‘Boundaries’ even as it calls the actor's remarks “abhorrent, reckless and dangerous.” — In the wake of Peter Fonda's incendiary tweet …
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Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
Where Is This Little Girl? The Government Won't Say. — The little girl has been on the front cover of newspapers and magazines. Her whereabouts remain a mystery. — Public outrage towards the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the border reached a fever pitch this week …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
It's possible I'll be indicted — said Thursday that it's possible he'll be indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller — “I acknowledge it is a possibility,” Stone said in an interview on Hill.TV's “Rising.” — Stone, however, pushed back that he is “concerned” about being charged, noting that that would suggest culpability.
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Atlantic:
The Lesson Democrats Have Yet to Learn on Immigration — As news cycle after news cycle fills with stories about children ripped away from their parents' embrace at the U.S. border, you could forgive many Democrats for thinking that the best way for them to beat President Trump on immigration is to just say, “We're not that guy.”
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