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10:35 PM ET, June 19, 2018

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HuffPost:
Rudy Giuliani Says FBI Questioned Him On Leaks That Hurt Clinton Campaign  —  Trump's lawyer says he talked with two FBI agents in his suite at the Trump International Hotel in D.C.  —  WASHINGTON Rudy Giuliani says FBI agents interviewed him in his room at the Trump International Hotel earlier …
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani to Trump 2020 Campaign Manager Brad Parscale: ‘Keep Quiet’ … Rudy Giuliani would prefer it if his client Donald Trump's political team would stop demanding the president fire his attorney general.  —  “I wish they'd sit back and keep quiet for a while,” Giuliani …
Discussion: Axios, Hot Air, The Guardian and CNN
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
FBI agent Strzok escorted from FBI building Friday  —  Washington (CNN)FBI agent Peter Strzok was escorted from the FBI building Friday as part of the ongoing internal proceedings at the bureau on his conduct, according to a source familiar with the matter.  —  As of Tuesday, the source said, Strzok is still an FBI employee.
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
FBI agent Peter Strzok escorted from building amid internal review
Elizabeth Zwirz / Fox News:
FBI agent Peter Strzok ‘escorted’ from FBI building, lawyer confirms
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Associated Press:
Youngest migrants held in ‘tender age’ shelters  —  Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least three “tender age” shelters in South Texas, The Associated Press has learned.
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Meghan McCain Calls Out First Daughter's Silence on Child Separation: ‘Where Is Ivanka?’  —  On The View this morning, Meghan McCain brought up Ivanka Trump to ask where she's been on this issue of family separation at the border.  —  The outrage over separating children from their parents …
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
President Trump seems to be saying more and more things that aren't true  —  He's done it on Twitter.  He's done it in the White House driveway.  And he's done it in a speech to a business group.  —  President Trump — a man already known for trafficking in mistruths and even outright lies …
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Wants Trump to Pay His Legal Fees  —  Former personal lawyer for Trump hires New York attorney Guy Petrillo  —  Michael Cohen has hired New York lawyer Guy Petrillo to represent him in a federal investigation into his business dealings, and has told associates he wants President Donald Trump …
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CNN:
Trump's personal attorney is ‘willing to give info’ about the President  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen has signaled to friends that he is “willing to give” investigators information on the President if that's what they are looking for …
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Breaking: Michael Cohen, Holding His Cards Close to the Vest, Has Hired a New Lawyer  —  The president's former attorney, who parted with his lawyers last week, has now hired Guy Petrillo, who served as the chief of the criminal division in the S.D.N.Y. from 2008 to 2009.  —  BY - EMILY JANE FOXJune 19, 2018,
Discussion: CNBC and Talking Points Memo
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer rejects GOP proposal to address border crisis  —  Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer  —  (N.Y.) on Tuesday dismissed a legislative proposal backed by Republican leaders to keep immigrant families together at the border, arguing that President Trump  —  could fix the problem more easily with a flick of his pen.
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Mariam Khan / ABC News:
Senate Republicans buck Trump and back bill to halt immigrant family separations
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
The Hill:
Trump vows to stand with House GOP ‘1,000 percent’ on immigration
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Los Angeles Times:   Republicans in Congress look for way out of border crisis as Trump publicly stands his ground
CBS News:
Members of Sessions' church accuse him of child abuse for border policies  —  Hundreds of United Methodists have brought church law charges against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is a member of the denomination.  In a June 18 statement, more than 600 members of the denomination …
Discussion: al.com, Mother Jones, Vox and HuffPost
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Over 600 United Methodist clergy, laity file church complaint against Sessions, a Methodist
Eric Boehlert / Shareblue Media:
Jeff Sessions' own church charges him with child abuse
George Takei / Foreign Policy:
‘At Least During the Internment ...’ Are Words I Thought I'd Never Utter
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Exclusive: US officials likely lost track of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant kids  —  WASHINGTON  —  The Trump administration has likely lost track of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children, thousands more than lawmakers were alerted to last month, according to a McClatchy review of federal data.
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Commerce Secretary Shorted Stock as Negative Coverage Loomed  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross Jr. shorted stock in a shipping firm — an investment tactic for profiting if share prices fall — days after learning that reporters were preparing a potentially negative story about his dealings with the Kremlin-linked company.
Discussion: Forbes
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Shawn Donnan / Financial Times:
Wilbur Ross sale of Putin-linked shipping group shares revealed
Discussion: BloombergQuint and Forbes
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
U.S. Plans to Withdraw From UN Human Rights Council Today  — Haley has said panel wages ‘pathological’ anti-Israel campaign  — U.K.'s Johnson has said council is flawed but has value  —  The Trump administration plans to announce its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council …
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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:   Sens. McCain, Coons urge Trump to withdraw migration nominee
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Former ICE Director: Some migrant family separations are permanent  —  “You could be creating thousands of immigrant orphans in the U.S.,” said ex-Acting Director John Sandweg.  —  WASHINGTON — The former head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told NBC News that migrant parents separated …
Associated Press:
With eyes on midterms, Trump embraces immigration fight  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling the shots as his West Wing clears out, President Donald Trump sees his hard-line immigration stance as a winning issue heading into a midterm election he views as a referendum on his protectionist policies.
BuzzFeed:
One Of Trump's Top Aides Is Leaving The White House  —  The White House announced Joe Hagin's plan to leave government a day after a BuzzFeed News report.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  Joe Hagin, a top aide to President Donald Trump, will be leaving the White House next month …
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New York Times:   Bush Veteran Joseph Hagin to Leave Trump White House Post
Esther Fung / Wall Street Journal:
Florida Officials Approve Plan to Build Largest U.S. Mall  —  Residents, other mall owners raise concerns about traffic, environmental impact and possible subsidies  —  At a time when store closures are accelerating and struggling malls pockmark the country, county commissioners in Florida …
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Buyers tied to Russia, former Soviet republics paid $109 million cash for Trump properties
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
‘Pro-Life,’ Pro-Family Groups Are MIA On Family Separations At The Border  —  “We refrain from public comment on immigration,” said the president of SBA List, whose mission is to “encircle the vulnerable ones who need us.”  —  WASHINGTON Conservative groups that promote themselves as …
Gabriel Malor / The Federalist:
Democrats' Border Separation Bill Would Let Nearly All Parents Who Commit Federal Crimes Get Off Scot-Free  —  Every Senate Democrat has signed on to cosponsor a bill written so carelessly that it does not distinguish between foreign children at the border and U.S. citizen children.
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Casey Michel / ThinkProgress:
Russians and the American right started plotting in 1995.  We have the notes from the first meeting.  —  New documents obtained by ThinkProgress show how Russian and American fundamentalists first began their collaboration.  —  In a congressional hearing last fall, Glenn Simpson …
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Watch This White Woman Explain to a Black Woman Why Slavery Wasn't So Bad  —  After using census reports and cherry-picked facts, a resident of Cobb County, Ga., recently surpassed the record held by Roseanne Barr and Rachel Dolezal on the Becky-ometer, a scientific tool used to measure the caucasity of white women.
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Manafort in ‘solitary confinement’ to avoid attack by someone intent on ‘street cred,’ Trump ex-lawyer says  —  Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is being held in “solitary confinement” after his bail was revoked, in an “outrageous violation” of his civil liberties, former Trump lawyer John Dowd told Fox News on Tuesday.
Discussion: VICE, Mediaite and Fortune
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A team of political activists huddled at a Hardee's one rainy Saturday, wolfing down a breakfast of biscuits and gravy.  Then they descended on Antioch, a quiet Nashville suburb, armed with iPads full of voter data and a fiery script.
Discussion: New Republic, Hit & Run and Econlib
Bloomberg:
Trump's Immigrant Child Detentions Mean $458 Million for Nonprofit  — Southwest Key paid to house immigrant children on U.S. behalf  — Group runs former WalMart Inc. store turned detention center  —  The Trump administration plans to pay a Texas nonprofit nearly half a billion dollars …
Discussion: Houston Chronicle
 
 
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