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11:35 PM ET, June 16, 2018

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New York Times:
How Trump Diverged From Other Presidents and Embraced a Policy of Separating Migrant Families  —  WASHINGTON — Almost immediately after President Trump took office, his administration began weighing what for years had been regarded as the nuclear option in the effort to discourage immigrants from unlawfully entering the United States.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Again Falsely Blames Democrats for His Separation Tactic  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Saturday repeated his false assertion that Democrats were responsible for his administration's policy of separating migrant families apprehended at the border, sticking to a weekslong refusal …
Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
United Methodist Church urges Sessions to halt migrant family separations  —  The United Methodist Church this week criticized the Department of Justice for the Trump administration's immigration policies of separating migrant families and denying asylum to those fleeing domestic abuse and gang violence.
Discussion: The Week
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
‘America is better than this’: What a doctor saw in a Texas shelter for migrant children  —  The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground for children.  Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons.  To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked …
Discussion: Palmer Report, NPR and Splinter
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Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigrant children's shelter considered for downtown Houston
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:   Was a breastfeeding infant really taken from an immigrant mother? …
Julián Aguilar / The Texas Tribune:
Trump administration opens tent city near El Paso to house separated immigrant children
Discussion: Jezebel
The Guardian:
Leave.EU faces new questions over contacts with Russia  —  MPs say latest revelations show Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore may have misled parliament  —  A leader of the Leave.EU campaign suggested sending a “message of support” to the Russian ambassador after the then foreign secretary …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:   Arron Banks, Brexit and the Russia connection
globalnews.ca:
More Americans side with Justin Trudeau than Donald Trump in trade spat: Ipsos poll  —  Most Canadians and Americans approve of how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is handling the situation on tariffs, trade and U.S. President Donald Trump.  —  That's according to two Ipsos polls, for Global News and Reuters.
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Josh Barro / Business Insider:   Trump's bully-and-threaten approach to dealmaking is not so artful
Bloomberg:   Canadian Officials Rush to Support U.S. Envoy After Death Threat
Salena Zito / New York Post:
These Harvard kids got the lesson of their life in the Heartland  —  On a blustery afternoon in April, I filed into a van along with 10 students from Harvard.  We had just spent the last two days in Chicopee, Mass., where we had chatted with the police chief and his force, the mayor and his staff …
Washington Post:
‘Prepared for war’: As Mueller moves to finalize obstruction report, Trump's allies ready for political battle  —  President Trump's lawyers and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III are hurtling toward a showdown over a year-long investigation into the president's conduct …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Raw Story
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
New York's Case Against Trump May Be Prophetic  —  Why the complaint involving the president's foundation is a road map for Mueller.  —  The report released by the inspector general of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday painted a vivid picture of the past.
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Psychos on the Potomac  —  WASHINGTON — A new study from Southern Methodist University says the nation's capital has more psychopaths per person than anyplace else in the country.  —  No surprise there.  —  Psychopathy is defined in the study as a “Temperamental and Uninhibited Region.”
Washington Post:
For Pruitt, gaining Trump's favor — and keeping it — came through fierce allegiance  —  In the run-up to the decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement last May, President Trump wanted the opinion of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
This Video Showing A Border Patrol SUV Hitting A Native American Man And Speeding Away Is Going Viral  —  In a video that's been going viral, a US Border Patrol SUV is seen hitting a Native American man in Arizona and speeding away.  —  Indivisible Tohono  —  U.S Border Patrol ran …
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and Mediaite
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Cardinal Dolan hits Sessions's use of the Bible to defend family separation: There's ‘no Bible passage’ that would justify it  —  Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Friday fired back at Attorney General Jeff Sessions  —  for using the Bible to defend the Trump administration's policy of separating families …
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Politico:
Trump's little-known pick to lead consumer bureau sets up fight with Congress  —  President Donald Trump selected Kathy Kraninger, a little-known White House budget official, as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up what is likely to be a bruising battle …
Discussion: ABC News
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Beauty pageant contestants aren't #MeToo victims  —  Last week the 96-year-old Miss America competition decided to drop the swimsuit portion of their event.  The move is widely regarded as a consequence of the MeToo movement, a way to stop the degradation of women.
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
In nearly 500 pages of answers, Facebook stonewalls some senators' questions  —  Written answers follow CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before two Senate committees.  —  Earlier this week, Facebook submitted nearly 500 pages worth of written responses to dozens of US senators' questions stemming …
Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Rob Reiner denounces Robert De Niro, celebrities for anti-Trump remarks  —  Director Rob Reiner denounced Robert De Niro and other celebrities for their remarks against President Trump  —  , saying it only helps the president.  —  During an exclusive interview with The Hill's new TV show …
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Alessandra Scotto di Santolo / Daily Express:
‘We might have a new situation’ German MP predicts Merkel could be OUSTED end of NEXT WEEK  —  GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel could lose her powerful seat in the heart of Europe as soon as next week amid clashes within her coalition Government over EU migration policies, claimed German MP Kai Whittaker.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Family separations could double, says Border Patrol chief in Rio Grande Valley  —  EDINBURG, TEX. — As outrage mounts over the Trump administration's separation of hundreds of migrant children from their parents, the person overseeing that zero-tolerance policy on the busiest stretch …
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Russian state TV touts Trump on Crimea: ‘Crimea is ours!  Trump is ours!’  —  Russian state media is celebrating after Trump told G7 leaders that Crimea belongs to Russia because everyone who lives there speaks Russian.  —  Russian state TV is celebrating after seeing the recent report …
Des Moines Register:
China tariffs on U.S. soybeans could cost Iowa farmers up to $624 million  —  Perhaps Iowa farmers' biggest fear is becoming a harsh reality: The escalating U.S.-China trade dispute erupted Friday, with each country vowing to levy 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion in goods.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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USA Today:
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Associated Press:
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Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Breitbart traffic declines for seventh straight month
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul Manafort is in the klink. It's OK to be pleased
NBC News:
This man is running Russia's newest propaganda effort in the U.S. — or at least he's trying to
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Discussion: Washington Press
Aris Folley / The Hill:
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Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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