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4:15 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.
Associated Press:
Homeland Security drafts plan to end family separation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is drafting an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together in detention after they are detained crossing the border illegally …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:   Trump Just Signed An Order About Children Being Separated From Families
The Daily Beast:
Trump Stops Separating Immigrant Families After Claiming He Couldn't
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Sean Hannity:
TRUMP STEPS IN: The President Will Sign Executive Order to ‘Keep Families Together’
Discussion: CBS New York
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Trump signs order stopping his policy of separating families at border
Discussion: Task & Purpose and Mediaite
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Trump says he will sign ‘something’ soon to keep immigrant families together
Discussion: Axios, Politico, Breitbart and Splinter
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: 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.
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The Texas Tribune:
Separated migrant children are headed toward shelters with a history of abuse and neglect  —  Taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion to private companies operating shelters accused of serious lapses in care, including neglect and abuse.  —  Taxpayers have paid more than $1.5 billion …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, WPLG-TV and The Week
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Trump admin's ‘tent cities’ cost more than keeping migrant kids with parents  —  Separating migrant kids from their parents will cost the administration more than placing them in permanent structures or keeping them with their parents.  —  WASHINGTON — The cost of holding migrant children …
Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Exclusive: Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation  —  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Stephen Actually Enjoys Seeing Those Pictures at the Border”: The West Wing Is Fracturing Over Trump's Callous Migrant-Family Policy  —  Miller gloats and Sanders sulks as the president—oblivious to the moral problem and political consequences—bulls ahead.
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Splinter:
Here's Stephen Miller's Cell Phone Number, If You Need It  —  The Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their families has been credited primarily to the strenuous efforts of White House adviser Stephen Miller.  Perhaps you would like to call him about it.
Associated Press:   As moral crisis mounts, Ivanka Trump out of sight
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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Mike Bloomberg:
Statement of Mike Bloomberg on the 2018 Midterm Elections
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Politico
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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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
Discussion: The Week and ThinkProgress
Reveal:
Migrant children sent to shelters with histories of abuse allegations
Discussion: Raw Story and The Crime Report
Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
White House can't get its story straight on family separation.  There could be legal consequences.  —  What officials say publicly about family separation as a “deterrent” to migrants could affect whether it holds up in court.  —  WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen called …
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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.
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump urged her husband to end the border separation policy
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
In Trump's world, morality is for losers
Discussion: Hot Air
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.
Axios:
Israeli officials concerned by U.S. pullout from human rights council  —  Israeli foreign ministry officials tell me they are concerned that U.S. withdrawal from the UN human rights council will make it harder to block anti-Israeli initiatives on the council.
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
Global outcry from US allies grows against Trump border policy
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.
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 …
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.
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen heckled by protesters at Mexican restaurant.  Other diners applauded them.  —  Protesters entered a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening to heckle Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen.  She appeared to sit quietly with her head …
Washington Post:
Key nuclear expert departs Trump administration as North Korea negotiations loom  —  A key U.S. official involved in denuclearization talks with North Korea is leaving the White House just as the Trump administration prepares to engage in high-stakes negotiations with the isolated regime, the official confirmed to The Washington Post.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Lawmakers Barred From Talking To Kids At Border Patrol Facilities  —  They also have to give two weeks' notice before visiting a detention facility or they'll be denied access, per a new HHS directive.  —  WASHINGTON Members of Congress who visit detention facilities at the border aren't allowed …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ingrid Schmidt / Hollywood Reporter:
Kim Kardashian West Talks Her First KKW Beauty Store Opening in L.A., Political Activism and More  —  “This is the mall I grew up coming to.  I got my ears pierced here and spent so much time here, so it really is a dream come true.”  —  Prepare to be engulfed by a bustling crowd …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dems Doing Well in Senate, CD03  —  Trump popular, but not decisive factor  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Incumbent Joe Manchin holds a small lead over GOP challenger Patrick Morrisey in the race for U.S. Senate in the deep red state of West Virginia.  Even though Donald Trump is widely popular …
Discussion: The Week
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
REVEALED: Christopher Steele Visited State Department Shortly Before 2016 Election  —  Former British spy Christopher Steele visited the State Department in October 2016 and briefed officials there about his work on the infamous anti-Trump dossier, it was revealed on Wednesday.
Tyler O'Neil / Trending Home:
‘About 60 Organizations’ Are Considering a Lawsuit Against the SPLC Following $3M Nawaz Settlement  —  No fewer than 60 organizations branded “hate groups” or otherwise attacked by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) are considering legal action against the left-wing smear factory …
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
CHYRON MALFUNCTION: ABC Apologizes For Graphic Declaring Manafort Pleaded Guilty to Manslaughter  —  If you were watching ABC News during President Trump's remarks to pool reporters earlier, you may have seen, um, this:  —  As you probably deduced right away, no, Paul Manafort did not plead guilty to manslaughter.
 
 
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