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Ginger Thompson / ProPublica:
Listen to Children Who've Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border  —  The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening.  Many of them sound like they're crying so hard, they can barely breathe.
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NBC News:
All four living former first ladies condemn Trump border policy  —  Hillary Clinton denounced the administration for citing the Bible, saying, “Jesus Christ said, ‘Suffer the little children unto me’ not ‘let the little children suffer.’”  —  All four living former first ladies …
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Texas deputy sexually assaulted undocumented immigrant's child, sheriff says  —  “The details of the case are quite frankly heartbreaking, disturbing, disgusting and infuriating all at the same time.”  —  A Texas sheriff's deputy was being held Monday on a charge of “super aggravated sexual assault” …
Politico:   Nielsen becomes face of Trump's border separations
Marc Fortier / NBC10 Boston:
Gov. Charlie Baker Won't Send National Guard to Border, Citing ‘Cruel and Inhumane’ Actions of Trump Administration  —  Fact Check: Dems Not Responsible for Families Separated at Border  —  Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he will not send the Massachusetts National Guard …
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Linda Qiu / New York Times:   Kirstjen Nielsen Justifies Family Separation by Pointing to Increase in Fraud.  But the Data Is Very Limited.
New York Times:
Trump Repeats Falsehood That Democrats Are to Blame for Separating Migrant Families
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Exclusive Poll Results  —  Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Poll  —  Beijing Is Holding U.S. Citizens ‘Hostage’ in China  —  Exit bans are a new tool in China's global coercion campaign.  —  By BETHANY ALLEN-EBRAHIMIAN6.18.18 4:48 AM ET
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump threatens additional tariffs on $200b worth of Chinese goods
New York Times:
Forget Tax Cuts.  Trump Wants to Rally G.O.P. Base Over Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — As Republicans try to keep their midterm election strategy focused on the economy, tax cuts and falling unemployment, President Trump sent his clearest signal yet on Monday that he intends to make divisive …
Discussion: CNN
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Lies, China And Putin: Solving The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Fortune  —  Amid President Trump's headaches confirming cabinet secretaries, from neophyte Rex Tillerson to conflict-prone Scott Pruitt to unprepared Betsy DeVos, all of whom squeezed through, Wilbur Ross was a tonic.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Joshua Adam Schulte Charged With The Unauthorized Disclosure Of Classified Information And Other Offenses Relating To The Theft Of Classified Material From The Central Intelligence Agency  —  Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers …
Discussion: Politico
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Government Has No Plan for Reuniting the Immigrant Families It Is Tearing Apart  —  A few days ago, Emily Kephart, a program coördinator at an immigrant-rights group called Kids in Need of Defense, set out to try to find a six-year-old Guatemalan girl who had been separated from her father …
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
US Isn't Just Separating Children From Their Parents. It Also Has No Plan For Reuniting Them.
Discussion: Law & Crime
John Hendel / Politico:
Senate rejects Trump's rescue of Chinese firm ZTE  —  The Senate voted Monday to reimpose the U.S. ban on Chinese telecom giant ZTE, in a rebuke to President Donald Trump and his efforts to keep the company in business.  —  The provision targeting ZTE was part of the National Defense Authorization Act …
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Wall Street Journal:   Senate Rebukes Trump With Vote to Reinstate ZTE Sales Ban
Washington Post:
Trump defiant as crisis grows over family separation at the border  —  The Trump administration's move to separate immigrant families at the border and detain children apart from their parents spiraled into a humanitarian and political crisis Monday as the White House struggled to contain the growing public outcry.
Mike Morken / valleynewslive.com:
New poll shows close race for U.S. Senate Race in North Dakota  —  (Valley News Live) Fargo An exclusive statewide poll by Valley News Live and Mason-Dixon Polling shows, that not even a week after North Dakota's primary, the race for the U.S. Senate is tightening.
Quilliam:
Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. Admits It Was Wrong, Apologizes to Quilliam and Maajid Nawaz for Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists, and Agrees to Pay $3.375 Million Settlement  —  MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. has apologized to Quilliam and its founder Maajid Nawaz …
Senator Ben Sasse:
Many Nebraskans this weekend asked me about the kids at the border.  Here's a short version of what I told them.  This is a bit over-simplified, but these are broad brushstrokes of how I understand the situation at present:  —  1) Family separation is wicked.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump aides plan fresh immigration crackdowns before midterms  —  White House policy adviser Stephen Miller wants to make sure the president can show he's doing something about immigration.  —  Top aides to President Donald Trump are planning additional crackdowns on immigration …
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk emails employees about ‘extensive and damaging sabotage’ by employee  — Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an e-mail to all employees on Sunday night alleging there was a saboteur within the company's ranks.  — Musk alleged this employee tweaked code on internal products and sent company data out without authorization.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S., South Korea Cancel Major War Game Planned for August  —  Move comes after President Trump's promise at Singapore summit to halt maneuvers on Korean Peninsula  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon said Monday that it had agreed with South Korea to cancel an important military exercise …
Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic:
Watch the U.S. Turn Away Asylum Seekers at the Border  —  “The [narcos] threatened to kill every last person in our house—even the dog,” says Wayner Berduo, a young Guatemalan asylum seeker at the U.S.-Mexican border, in a new documentary from The Atlantic.
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Pew Research Center:
Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in the News  —  The politically aware, digitally savvy and those more trusting of the news media fare better; Republicans and Democrats both influenced by political appeal of statements  —  In today's fast-paced and complex information environment …
Discussion: National Review
TheDenverChannel.com:
Gov. Hickenlooper signs order barring use of state resources to separate immigrant kids from parents  —  Members of Congress back measure to end policy  —  DENVER - Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday signed an executive order that aims to prevent state agencies from separating children …
Discussion: Denver Post and Breitbart
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Has Trump finally gone too far?  —  Up until now, Trumpism has been a largely victimless crime.  Or, to be exact, one whose victims were largely speculative and unnamed.  —  President Trump has been doing great damage to the fabric of our democracy with his venomous attacks on the free press …
Wichita Eagle:
Judge strikes down Kansas voter law, orders Kobach to take classes  —  TOPEKA  —  A federal judge has struck down a Kansas voter citizenship law that Secretary of State Kris Kobach had personally defended.  —  Judge Julie Robinson also ordered Kobach, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor …
Matthew Diebel / USA Today:
Giant Hogweed, a plant that can cause burns and blindness, found in Virginia  —  Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the location of the Staunton district.  —  A huge weed that can cause third-degree burns and even blindness has been found in Virginia.
Discussion: Boing Boing and AOL
Harry Enten / CNN:
Moderate GOP voices on immigration are at risk of a November wipeout in the House  —  CNN goes inside immigration processing center  —  (CNN)House Republicans are at risk of losing several of their members in the midterm elections who are more moderate on the issue of immigration.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Call to suspend Mueller probe was just posturing, Giuliani says  —  President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said on Monday that he was actually just bluffing last week when he called for Justice Department leaders to suspend special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation within 24 hours.
Lisa Robinson / WBAL:
Some question sign posted at Baltimore Dunkin Donuts store  —  Sign asks customers to report employees who shout in languages other than English  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  BALTIMORE —  A sign seen posted at a Dunkin Donuts in Baltimore asks customers to report employees shouting in languages other than English.
Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
The End of Civil Rights  —  The fires on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, had barely stopped burning when the Department of Justice released an extraordinary report on the city's police department.  In the findings of the 2015 investigation of the Ferguson Police Department …
Mathieu Gorse / Yahoo:
Spain's new government to remove Franco's remains from mausoleum  —  The massive Valley of the Fallen mausoleum near Madrid, where the remains of former Spanish dictator Franco rest  —  Madrid (AFP) - Spain's new Socialist government is determined to remove the remains of Francisco Franco …
 
 
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Victor Balta / The Guardian:
‘Homophobic and not very clever’: why puto chants haunt Mexican football
Discussion: NPR, Daily Wire and Reuters
Frank Jordans / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump is wrong about crime in Germany
Anna Ahronheim / Jerusalem Post:
Former minister arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Russia cuts Treasury holdings in half as foreigners start losing appetite for US debt
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Post:
The stunning evidence of Harvard's racism
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Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
Sources: Illegals Increasingly Use Other People's Children To Claim Asylum
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Sarah Kendzior / Globe and Mail:
The unspeakable cruelty of Trump's child-migrant camps
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Horowitz / Conservative Review:
The immorality of the open-borders Left
Discussion: Power Line
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Baker rescinds National Guard offer over family separations
Discussion: ABC News
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
New York's Health Department Plans to Recommend Legalizing Marijuana
Discussion: VICE
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
DOJ watchdog investigating Comey's memo leaks
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and The Daily Signal
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Job Approval at 45%, Tying Personal Best
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Norman Pearlstine Named Editor of The Los Angeles Times
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Justice Kennedy Still Won't Rule on Gerrymandering
BuzzFeed:
A Top Trump Aide Worked In Libya With Key Backers Of An Alleged “Sex Cult”
Discussion: Raw Story