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9:20 AM ET, June 21, 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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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The day Trump caved  —  In the face of protests at airports across the country opposing his restrictive travel ban last year, President Donald Trump defended the executive order as a necessary protection from terrorists.  —  When he was confronted with bipartisan outrage and criticism …
Associated Press:
Young immigrants detained in Virginia center allege abuse  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.
Discussion: twitchy.com and Raw Story
New York Times:
In Trump's America, the Conversation Turns Ugly and Angry, Starting at the Top  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has railed against undocumented immigrants in recent days, branding many of them “murderers and thieves” who want to “infest our country.”  Not long ago, he referred to them as …
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Washington Post:
Repugnant  —  REP. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, a Florida Republican …
Haaretz:
Sara Netanyahu Charged With Fraud for Ordering $100k Worth of Meals From Gourmet Chefs  —  The prime minister's wife and a deputy director of the PM's Office are indicted for violating regulations barring the ordering of meals when a cook is on the residence's staff
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The Times of Israel:
Sara Netanyahu indicted for fraudulently charging $100,000 in meals to the state  —  Attorney general files charges after rejecting settlement proposal, noting that the suspected fraud was carried out systematically over a long period, from 2010 to 2013  —  The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday's events as they happen.
Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:
Sara Netanyahu indicted for falsely charging state $100k for meals
Discussion: Fox News
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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Jake Sherman / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Big day in the House, as Trump's sway is put up for a test on immigration  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DON'T TELL THE PRESIDENT! ...  YA CAN'T MAKE IT UP ... The House Rules Committee — which sets parameters for the debate of bills — had to meet last night …
Tara Golshan / Vox:
The House is voting on immigration Thursday. No one seems to know what's going on.
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
UT/TT Poll: Most Texas voters oppose family separation at the border, with greater support among men and Republicans  —  Male Republicans support separating families trying to cross illegally into the U.S. from Mexico, but most other groups — and Texas voters overall — do not …
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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.
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Politico:
Trump administration to seek merger of Education, Labor departments  —  The Trump administration plans to advocate a merger of the Education and Labor departments as part of a sweeping government overhaul, according to two individuals familiar with the proposal who declined to be named because it's not yet public.
Washington Post:
White House to propose merging Labor and Education into one agency as centerpiece of federal government overhaul
Discussion: CNN, MSNBC and Reuters
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 …
Ari Bevacqua / The New York Times Company:
Michelle Alexander Joins The New York Times Opinion Pages as Columnist  —  Today The New York Times announced that Michelle Alexander will join the Opinion pages as a columnist in September.  —  James Bennet, New York Times editorial page editor, said, “Michelle is the author of …
Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Mattis ‘not aware’ of North Korea taking any steps to denuclearize  —  on Wednesday said he is “not aware” of any steps North Korea has taken yet to denuclearize following the historic summit between President Trump  —  and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
No sign of North Korea dismantling nuclear weapons programme, Mattis admits
Discussion: Eurasia Review
Karson Yiu / ABC News:
N. Korea hails ‘unbreakable’ ties with China in Beijing meetings, while Kim Jong Un again calls …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:
Obama cyber chief confirms ‘stand down’ order against Russian cyberattacks in summer 2016  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama White House's chief cyber official testified Wednesday that proposals he was developing to counter Russia's attack on the U.S. presidential election were put on a “back burner” after he was ordered to "
Discussion: Althouse
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Michael Bloomberg: Why I'm Supporting Democrats in 2018  —  Republicans in Congress have had almost two years to prove they could govern responsibly.  They failed.  —  I've never much liked political parties.  I've always believed that we should put country before party.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Will Spend $80 Million on the Midterms. His Goal: Flip the House
NBC News:
Tech companies quietly work with ICE as border crisis continues  —  The contracts highlight how technology companies are putting their innovations to work with the U.S. government in ways that are often not visible to the public.  —  Several high-profile data and tech companies have made millions …
Tom O'Connor / Newsweek:
Russia will take China's side against U.S. in world trade war  —  Russia's economic development minister revealed Tuesday that his government was prepared to side with China in a burgeoning global trade war with the U.S.  —  President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies have led China …
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Raf Casert / Associated Press:   EU to tax Harleys, bourbon and other US goods from Friday
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
WV-03: Why a District Trump Won by 50 Points Is at Risk for GOP  —  A coal country district that voted 73 percent to 23 percent for President Trump might sound like mission impossible for Democrats.  Yet this race could turn out be one of the wildest of the cycle.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
How did Peter Strzok's notorious text stay hidden so long?  —  It was the most damaging of all the damaging texts exchanged between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.  On Aug. 8, 2016, in the second week of the Trump-Russia investigation on which both were working, Page texted Strzok to say …
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Starbucks burned by social-justice appeasement as growth stalls, stock plunges  —  Coffee giant to shutter 150 stores next year instead of 50  —  Starbucks may have appeased progressives with its social-justice workshops and open-bathroom policy, but such moves have failed to caffeinate the company's bottom line.
The Daily Beast:
Ex-CIA Contractor Makes Millions Flying Immigrant Kids to Shelters … The Trump administration has been paying an intelligence contractor millions of dollars to to fly immigrant children to shelters across the United States.  —  MVM, Inc has a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide …
CNN:
Jeff Flake threatens to block Trump's appellate court nominees over Cuba travel, tariffs  —  Trump reverses position on family separations  —  (CNN)Sen. Jeff Flake is warning that he may block votes on the nominations of all of President Donald Trump's pending appellate court nominees unless …
Discussion: MSNBC, The Daily Caller and Roll Call
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: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
Disposable America  —  A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw.  Seriously.  —  A straw is a simple thing.  It's a tube, a conveyance mechanism for liquid.  The defining characteristic of the straw is the emptiness inside it.  This is the stuff of tragedy, and America.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record-High 75% of Americans Say Immigration Is Good Thing  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A record-high 75% of Americans, including majorities of all party groups, think immigration is a good thing for the U.S. — up slightly from 71% last year.  Just 19% of the public considers immigration a bad thing.
Discussion: Political Wire
Erik Hanshew / Washington Post:
A Texas public defender says he can't get answers for the parents who have already lost their children.  —   Erik Hanshew is an Assistant Federal Public Defender in El Paso, Texas.  —  I sat across from my new client, a petite woman from Central America in her late 20s or early 30s …
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump says trade wars are ‘easy.’ Here come the first American casualties.  —  President Trump believes that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.”  So he started one.  —  Now the casualties are beginning to return home from the battlefield, and on Capitol Hill Wednesday …
Discussion: Politico, MSNBC and CNN
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.
Eric Lach / New Yorker:
“We Are at Capacity”: An Asylum Standoff on the Bridge Between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso  —  Around 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a forty-year-old Mexican woman named Angelica walked to the foot of the Paso del Norte—one of the bridges that connects Ciudad Juárez to El Paso …
 
 
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Julia Ioffe / GQ:
The Real Story of Donald Trump Jr.
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John Surico / New York Times:
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Virginia Postrel / Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg:
Trump Plans July Meeting With Vladimir Putin
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
A.O. Scott / New York Times:
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Sarah Halzack / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Frappuccino Sales Tell a Troubling Tale
Discussion: RedState, Eater, Hot Air and CNBC
Axios:
Israeli officials concerned by U.S. pullout from human rights council