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8:00 PM ET, June 20, 2018

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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows:  —  Section 1.
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New York Times:
Trump Plans Executive Order to End Family Separation  —  President Trump is preparing to issue an executive order as soon as Wednesday that ends the separation of families at the border by indefinitely detaining parents and children together, according to a person familiar with the White House plans.
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Torn from immigrant parents, 8-month-old baby lands in Michigan  —  The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics says migrant children being separated from their parents at the border are suffering from child abuse.  Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge has more.  Buzz60  —  CONNECT
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Trump admin's ‘tent cities’ cost more than keeping migrant kids with parents
Associated Press:
Homeland Security drafts plan to end family separation
Dara Lind / Vox:
The executive order Trump claims will end family separation, explained
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Washington Post:
Trump reverses course, signs order ending his policy of separating families at the border
David French / National Review:
By Its Terms, Trump's Executive Order Restores Catch-and-Release
Discussion: New York Times, Vox and Snopes.com
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump signs order that he says will keep migrant families together
Discussion: Engadget and The Gateway Pundit
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms.  His Goal: Flip the House  —  Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has decided to throw his political clout and personal fortune behind the Democratic campaign to take control of the House of Representatives this year …
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Pew Research Center:
Voters More Focused on Control of Congress - and the President - Than in Past Midterms  —  GOP leads on economy, Democrats on health care, immigration  —  The congressional elections are more than four months away, but voter engagement is high when compared with comparable points in previous midterm cycles.
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Senate rejects billions in Trump spending cuts as two Republicans vote ‘no’  —  The Senate on Wednesday rejected billions in spending cuts proposed by the Trump administration as two Republicans joined all Democrats in voting no.  —  The 48-50 vote rebuffed a White House plan to claw …
Discussion: RedState, The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
Grace Sparks / CNN:   CNN Poll: Support for Democrats ticks up and they retain enthusiasm advantage
Mike Bloomberg:
Statement of Mike Bloomberg on the 2018 Midterm Elections
Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Socialist Activist Who Harassed Homeland Security Secretary Works For The Department Of Justice  —  One of the activists who chased Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen out of a Mexican restaurant Tuesday night over the Trump administration's immigration policies is an employee of the Department of Justice …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump and Kirstjen Nielsen's embarrassing surrender on separating families at the border  —  The Trump administration insisted it didn't have a policy of separating children from their parents at the border.  It said that it was merely following the law.  And it said “Congress alone can fix” the mess.
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:   Nielsen's career forever linked to family border separations
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen heckled by protesters at Mexican restaurant. Other diners applauded them.
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:   White House can't get its story straight on family separation. There could be legal consequences.
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:   Who are the protesters who crashed Kirstjen Nielsen's dinner and what are they planning next?
Reveal:
Immigrant children forcibly injected with drugs, lawsuit claims  —  President Donald Trump's zero tolerance policy is creating a zombie army of children forcibly injected with medications that make them dizzy, listless, obese and even incapacitated, according to legal filings that show immigrant children …
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Roque Planas / HuffPost:
Migrant Children Drugged Without Consent At Government Centers, Court Documents Show  —  The allegations center on a mental health facility in Texas that has had problems in the past.  —  Staff working on the behalf of the Office of Refugee Resettlement are routinely drugging detained child migrants …
Discussion: The Crime Report
Wall Street Journal:
Publisher of National Enquirer Subpoenaed in Michael Cohen Probe  —  Prosecutors eye whether company coordinated with ex-Trump lawyer on payment to bury affair allegation  —  Federal authorities have subpoenaed the publisher of the National Enquirer for records related to its $150,000 payment …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A GOP strategist abandons his party and calls for the election of Democrats
Discussion: twitchy.com, Mediaite and Daily Wire
Eliana Larramendia / ABC News:
Michael Cohen resigns from RNC committee post, sources say  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime confidant and former personal attorney, has resigned from his post as deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee's Finance Committee, sources close to the RNC told ABC News.
Gray Matters / Houston Chronicle:
Flight attendant: I won't work flights that separate immigrant kids from families  —  For the past 29 years I have been a flight attendant for a major U.S. airline.  Several weeks ago, I worked two flights (one to San Antonio and the other to McAllen) which proved to be two of the most …
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news.aa.com:
Statement on Recent Reports of Separated Families
The Intercept:
Scott Pruitt Has Spent a Total of $4.6 Million on Security, New Disclosures Show — Including $1,500 on “Tactical Pants”  —  Scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has now spent more than $4.6 million from public coffers on security, according to documents obtained …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
White House to Propose Merging Education, Labor Departments  —  Plan seen as part of a broader government reorganization effort.  —  The White House plans to propose merging the Departments of Labor and Education as part of a broader reorganization of the federal government, according to a person with knowledge of the proposal.
Benny Johnson / The Daily Caller:
Melania Calls Secret Service After Actor Peter Fonda Calls For Barron Trump To Be Kidnapped  —  The Office of the First Lady has notified the Secret Service after actor Peter Fonda called for kidnapping Melania and Donald Trump's son, Barron, The Daily Caller has learned exclusively.
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Daily Mail:   Peter Fonda apologizes to Trumps for ‘highly inappropriate and vulgar’ …
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
‘Unite the Right’ organizer gets approval for rally anniversary event in D.C.  —  An organizer of last year's deadly white supremacist gathering in Charlottesville has received initial approval from the National Park Service to hold a rally across from the White House on Aug. 12, the anniversary of last year's event.
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Michael Quander / WUSA:
‘White Civil Rights Rally’ application approved for DC
Discussion: DCist, Raw Story and The Root
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Giuliani's act of love sets off GOP furor  —  The bizarre tale of the ex-New York mayor's support for an obscure House candidate in Louisiana.  —  Rudy Giuliani's love life is causing trouble for the White House.  —  In a move that blindsided the West Wing and sent Hill Republicans into a tizzy …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sherman Smith / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Kobach's office tells counties to keep enforcing proof of citizenship law  —  Sherman Smith sherman_news  —  The elections director for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach told county clerks in a conference call Tuesday to continue enforcing a proof of citizenship law that a federal judge ruled unconstitutional.
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John Hanna / Associated Press:   APNewsBreak: Kobach sought pardon for VP of corporate donor
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Twitter Is Locking Accounts For Tweeting Stephen Miller's Phone Number  —  Merely linking to a story published by a mainstream media outlet is enough to get your Twitter account locked. … Another day, another test of the limits of Twitter's harassment rules.
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Obama finally speaks out on Trump's family separation  —  “Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms, or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?”  —  Former President Barack Obama offered a sharp criticism …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trumpism, Realized
Discussion: America's Voice
 
 
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New York Daily News:
De Blasio: 239 immigrant children separated at border are in East Harlem
Sarah Halzack / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Frappuccino Sales Tell a Troubling Tale
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState and TheBlaze
Christopher Brennan / New York Daily News:
American senators to visit Russia at end of month: report
Nick Penzenstadler / USA Today:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits cost Coast Guard nearly $20M
BBC:
Hungary passes ‘Stop Soros’ law banning help for migrants
Discussion: Politico
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senate Nominee Cramer Compares Cages For Migrant Kids To Playgrounds
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:
Protesters shut down Portland ICE facility
Discussion: Washington Press and Splinter
 Earlier Items: 
Bruce Springsteen:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
REVEALED: Christopher Steele Visited State Department Shortly Before 2016 Election
Sky News:
Donald Trump to meet the Queen during working visit to UK, says US ambassador
Discussion: Axios, The Daily Beast and Towleroad
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dems Doing Well in Senate, CD03
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The Guardian:
US lobbyist for Russian oligarch visited Julian Assange nine times last year
 

 
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