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1:45 PM ET, June 18, 2018

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Laura Bush / Washington Post:
Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’  —  Laura Bush is a former first lady of the United States.  —  On Sunday, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds of family, I was among the millions of Americans who watched images of children who have been torn from their parents.
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Family separation policy starts dividing Republicans  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as Democrats turn up the pressure.  —  Former first lady Laura Bush called the policy “cruel” …
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 …
Nick Cumming-Bruce / New York Times:
U.N. Rights Chief Tells U.S. to Stop Taking Migrant Children From Parents
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.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Poll: Republicans Approve of Trump's Family Separation Policy … Nearly every day, voters have been confronted with heart wrenching stories about immigrant children being separated from their parents upon crossing the border into the United States.  —  The president incorrectly blames …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump team cannot get its story straight on separating migrant families
Discussion: ABC News, New York Magazine and AOL
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Attacks Germany's Refugee Policy, Saying U.S. Must Avoid Europe's Immigration Problems  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump warned on Monday that the United States must avoid the immigration problems facing Europe and attacked the policies of Germany, one of America's closest allies.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sidesteps decision on partisan gerrymandering in rulings on Wisconsin, Maryland cases  —  The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a decision on when partisan gerrymandering goes too far, ruling against the challengers of a Republican-drawn map in Wisconsin and a Democratic redistricting in Maryland.
Discussion: ABC News, The Week and Political Wire
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David Siders / Politico:
Shell-shocked Democrats regroup in Wisconsin  —  Donald Trump's stunning 2016 victory in the state sparked an urgent recovery mission.  —  OSHKOSH, Wis. — Donald Trump's romp through white, working class America in 2016 was nowhere more traumatic for Democrats than in Wisconsin …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:   Justice Kennedy Still Won't Rule on Gerrymandering
Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Sidesteps Major Legal Issues in Gerrymandering Cases
Discussion: Mother Jones
CNN:
Supreme Court sidesteps partisan gerrymandering cases, let maps stand for now
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Kim Jong Un More Popular Than Pelosi Among Republicans: Exclusive Poll Results … Self-identified Republicans now have a marginally more favorable view of Kim Jong Un than they do for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), according to a new Ipsos poll done exclusively for The Daily Beast.
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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Reaches 12-Year High  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thirty-eight percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States today, similar to last month's 37% satisfaction rate but marking the numerical high since a 39% reading in September 2005.
Discussion: Townhall, RedState and NTK Network
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 …
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Jack Crowe / National Review:
SPLC Apologizes, Pays Settlement to Islamic Reformer It Wrongly Labeled ‘Anti-Muslim Extremist’
Discussion: Jihad Watch
The Daily Beast:   SPLC Pays $3.3 Million Settlement to Counter-Extremism Group It Called ‘Anti-Muslim’
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.
Dana Branham / Dallas Morning News:
Texas deputy accused of sexually assaulting 4-year-old threatened her mother with deportation, sheriff says  —  A Texas sheriff's deputy accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl threatened the victim's mother into staying quiet about the assaults, authorities said Sunday.
Discussion: VICE News, Law & Crime and Raw Story
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Deputy accused of sexually assaulting girl, 4, threatening to have mother deported if she spoke up
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:   Texas deputy sexually assaulted undocumented immigrant's child, sheriff says
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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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Facing outcry over family separations, DHS chief says, ‘We will not apologize’
Discussion: The Guardian, AOL and El Paso Times
Amanda McGowan / wgbh.org:   Baker Cancels National Guard Deployment To Border, Citing ‘Inhumane’ Treatment Of Children And Families
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Exclusive: Trump admin thought family separations would deter immigrants.  They haven't.  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy that has resulted in thousands of family separations at the border hasn't deterred immigrants from trying to enter the country illegally …
Washington Examiner:
Don't become the party of Trump  —  “Complacency is our enemy,” Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel wrote on Twitter on Thursday morning.  “ Anyone that does not embrace the @realDonaldTrump agenda of making America great again will be making a mistake.”
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Stanley B. Greenberg / New York Times:   Riling Up the Base May Backfire on Trump
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What do Republicans suspect really happened in the FBI Trump-Russia investigation?  —  The struggle to uncover the FBI's conduct in the Trump-Russia probe has made some congressional investigators deeply suspicious of the bureau.  But what do those investigators think the FBI actually …
Michael Hawthorne / Chicago Tribune:
Trump Tower, one of largest users of Chicago River water, has never met EPA rules for protecting fish, records show  —  A view of Trump International Hotel & Tower from across the Chicago River on June 6, 2018.  (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)  —  Fishing piers and floating gardens welcome anglers …
Discussion: Raw Story
Trent Baker / Breitbart:
Coulter Warns Trump on Immigration, Border: 'Don't Fall for the Actor Children'  —  Sunday on Fox News Channel's “The Next Revolution,” conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter advised President Donald Trump not to “fall for the actor children” at the border and cited …
BuzzFeed:
A Top Trump Aide Worked In Libya With Key Backers Of An Alleged ‘Sex Cult’  —  Joe Hagin saw Libyan expatriate Basit Igtet as a golden goose.  Igtet was more than that.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  Joseph Whitehouse Hagin, President Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff for operations …
Chris Perez / New York Post:
Trump supporter disrupts De Niro's musical with ‘Keep America Great’ flag  —  A Trump supporter tried disrupting a performance of the Robert De Niro-directed “A Bronx Tale: The Musical” on Saturday — standing up during the curtain call and displaying a “Keep America Great!” flag toward the audience.
 
 
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Yoka Verdoner / The Guardian:
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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Former Israeli Minister Who Smuggled Ecstasy Now Accused of Spying for Iran
Michal Kranz / Business Insider France:
Meet Stephen Miller, the 32-year-old White House adviser who convinced Trump to start separating …
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