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12:30 PM ET, June 17, 2018

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Washington Post:
Trump associate Roger Stone reveals new contact with Russian national during 2016 campaign  —  MIAMI — One day in late May 2016, Roger Stone — the political dark sorcerer and longtime confidant of Donald Trump — slipped into his Jaguar and headed out to meet a man with a Make America Great Again hat and a viscous Russian accent.
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Roger Stone: Russian wanted Trump to pay $2M for dirt on Clinton during the campaign  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone  —  said that he met with a Russian man during the 2016 campaign who wanted President Trump  —  to pay $2 million for damaging information on Hillary Clinton
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Axios:
Trump tweets defense of his North Korea summit  —  President Trump tweeted a defense of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday morning, claiming that he received “so much for peace in the world” and teasing that “more is being added in finals.”
Discussion: ABC News, AOL and The Daily Caller
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New York Times:
A Financier's Profit-Minded Mission to Open a Channel Between Kushner and North Korea  —  The American businessman, who lives in Singapore, took advantage of an unusual opening in an administration where matters of policy and business often seem to blur.  —  WASHINGTON — An American financier …
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Skepticism remains — but has eased — on North Korea's nuclear intentions (POLL)
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Not necessary to justify separating kids, parents at border, 'it's zero tolerance': Bannon  —  Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said President Donald Trump doesn't need to “justify” the policy of separating children from parents who are caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border …
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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Bannon: 'I couldn't be prouder' of Trump
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:   Steve Bannon: Donald Trump Doesn't Lie, and Never Has ‘To My Knowledge’
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Obama's silky lie and FBI bias in the Clinton investigation  —  According to the FBI inspector general's report, before former (and fired) FBI Director James Comey took it upon himself to publicly criticize Hillary Clinton over her private email server, a draft of his public address was heavily edited.
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Why The IG Report Undermines Mueller's Obstruction Investigation  —  Below is my column on the implications of the IG report for the obstruction allegations being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.  I have previously written how the most likely explanation for actions taken …
Associated Press:   AP FACT CHECK: Trump on FBI, phantom law on migrant kids
New York Times:
Ashley Parker, Michael Bender  —  Ashley Rebecca Parker and Michael Charles Bender were married June 16 at their home in Washington.  Justine Parker, the bride's sister who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated.  —  The bride, 35, and groom, 40, are Washington-based reporters covering …
New York Times:
Corey Stewart, Virginia Senate Nominee, Evokes Trump on Racial Issues  —  Mr. Stewart, a Minnesota transplant who has defended the Confederacy and praised white nationalists, has seized opportunities to gain media attention, especially with harsh remarks about immigrants.
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Report: Trump Adviser Stephen Miller Pushed for Border Separation Policy  —  White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind President Trump's decision to enforce the family separation policy at U.S. borders, according to The New York Times.  Unlike Trump, who has publicly claimed …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Again Falsely Blames Democrats for His Separation Tactic
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Psychos on the Potomac
Discussion: Washington Press and CNN
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: Political Wire and GBCS
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Cardinal Dolan hits Sessions's use of the Bible to defend family separation: There's 'no Bible passage …
Discussion: Breitbart
Slate:
Here's How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border  —  If you're horrified by news of families being separated at the borders, here's a bit of news you can use.  —  First, the policy: It helps to be incredibly clear on what the law is, and what has and has not changed.
Fox News:
New Jersey arts festival shooting leaves 22 injured, 1 suspect dead, officials say  —  Nearly two dozen people were injured after gunfire broke out early Sunday during a fight at an all-night art event in New Jersey's capital city, leaving one suspect dead and authorities investigating if any others were involved.
Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Woman shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ attacks 2 with box cutter at supermarket in France  —  A woman who allegedly shouted “Allahu akbar” attacked two people with a box cutter at a supermarket in southern France on Sunday before she was arrested, local media reported.
Boston Herald:
Boston Globe suspends columnist accused of embellishing Boston Marathon bombings story  —  Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen has been suspended without pay for three months after “serious violations” in remarks he made about the Boston Marathon bombings — a penalty his union says he's going to fight.
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: NBC News, HuffPost, NPR and Splinter
Brian Naylor / NPR:
DHS: Nearly 2,000 Children Separated From Adults At Border In 6 Weeks  —  The Department of Homeland Security says 1,995 minors were separated from their “alleged adult guardians” at the southern border in just over a monthlong period.  —  A DHS spokesman said the separations occurred between April 19 …
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Katy Vine / Texas Monthly:   What's Really Happening When Asylum-Seeking Families Are Separated?
Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigrant children's shelter considered for downtown Houston
Discussion: Off the Kuff, NPR and The Texas Tribune
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 …
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:   Arron Banks, Brexit and the Russia connection
 
 
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Phoebe Southworth / Daily Mail:
Less than one in 20 street robberies and burglaries are being solved by police, new figures reveal
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
GOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Slow-moving White House communications shakeup sinks morale
Marco Rubio / The Federalist:
Fathers Deserve More Than Stuff For Father's Day. They Deserve Respect
New York Times:
Just the Fear of a Trade War Is Straining the Global Economy
Discussion: Axios
Tara Palmeri / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani differs with Donald Trump on IG report: 'I don't think it exonerates him'
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope: Abortion is ‘white glove’ equivalent to Nazi crimes
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Politico:
Trump's little-known pick to lead consumer bureau sets up fight with Congress
Discussion: ABC News
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Family separations could double, says Border Patrol chief in Rio Grande Valley
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