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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.
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Julia Ioffe / GQ:
The Real Story of Donald Trump Jr.  —  All he ever wanted was to make his dad proud, but things have never turned out quite right for Donald Trump Jr. Even now, despite finding his purpose as a bombastic star of the far right, Junior's personal life is in shambles and the specter of Robert Mueller looms large.
Nikki Schwab / New York Post:
Protester yells ‘fascist’ at Stephen Miller dining in Mexican restaurant  —  SEE ALSO  —  Maybe grab a burger next time.  —  White House adviser Stephen Miller was accosted at a Mexican restaurant by a patron calling him a “fascist” — two nights before Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Splinter
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Lisa Belkin / Yahoo:
Trump aide Stephen Miller, meet your great-grandfather, who flunked his naturalization test  —  A photo of Nison (aka Max) Miller stares out from the screen, sullen and stern, in faded black and white.  “Order of Court Denying Petition” is the title of the government form dated “14th November 1932 …
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 …
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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:   House Republicans threaten DOJ, FBI officials with contempt in documents fight
Associated Press:
Trump defends his hard-line immigration policies to cheers  —  DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Hours after reversing himself to end the forced separations of migrant families, President Donald Trump returned to the warm embrace of his supporters at a raucous rally to defend his hard-line immigration policies …
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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.
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
Discussion: Townhall and NPR
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The Times of Israel:   Sara Netanyahu indicted for fraudulently charging $100,000 in meals to the state
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
It's possible I'll be indicted  —  said Thursday that it's possible he'll be indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller  —  “I acknowledge it is a possibility,” Stone said in an interview on Hill.TV's “Rising.”  —  Stone, however, pushed back that he is “concerned” about being charged, noting that that would suggest culpability.
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 …
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 …
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court opens the door to online sales taxes  —  The Supreme Court today paved the way for states to begin collecting sales taxes from online vendors.  In a 5-4 decision, the court threw out a precedent that had blocked online sales taxes.  —  Why it matters: Online retailers likely …
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Supreme Court says states can collect online sales tax, consumers likely to pay more
Discussion: Politico and atg.sd.gov
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.
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
White House to Propose Merging Education, Labor Departments
Molly Ball / TIME:
Trump Backed Down, But the Crisis at the Border Is Far From Over  —  Olivier Douliery—Abaca Press/Sipa USA/AP  —  It is a crisis Donald Trump created and always had the power to solve.  At detention facilities across the country, children are penned in cages, crying out piteously …
Julia Reinstein / BuzzFeed:
Where Is This Little Girl?  The Government Won't Say.  —  The little girl has been on the front cover of newspapers and magazines.  Her whereabouts remain a mystery.  —  Public outrage towards the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the border reached a fever pitch this week …
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 …
Annie Correal / New York Times:
First Step to Helping Children Sent to New York: Find Them  —  As reports came in of hundreds of children sent quietly to New York after being separated from their families at the southern border, consular officials from Central American countries scrambled to help.
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
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: The Resurgent and Althouse
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Yes, Obama separated families at the border, too  —  WASHINGTON  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama separated parents from their children at the border.  —  Obama prosecuted mothers for coming to the United States illegally.  He fast tracked deportations.  And yes, he housed unaccompanied children in tent cities.
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 …
Ashley Balcerzak / Center for Public Integrity:
Democratic super PAC hits jackpot with Chinese company stock  —  Private prisons, gun advocates also have busy spring, new disclosures show  —  A receptionist works behind the logo for Baidu.com, a Chinese language search engine, at the company's office in Beijing, in this July 28, 2005, file photo.
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.
Discussion: Sean Hannity and Eater
Mark Naymik / Plain Dealer:
Bahama Breeze in Orange Village calls police on black sorority over bill dispute  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - An African-American sorority member accused the Bahama Breeze Restaurant in Orange Village of racial profiling because the manager called police Tuesday at the end of a sorority gathering.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
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.
Discussion: New York Times, CNBC and Axios
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 …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller worried ‘widespread media attention’ may have biased jurors  —  ‘Such publicity increases the possibility that jurors will form biases,’ Mueller's team wrote in a filing.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team wants to use a written questionnaires to gauge whether …
Discussion: ABC News
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Senate 2018: Two Rust Belt Ratings Move in the Democrats' Direction  —  Pennsylvania and Wisconsin look more and more like Republican reaches  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — The Crystal Ball has new ratings in the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin U.S. Senate contests, both in Democrats' direction.
Discussion: Vox
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
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
CNN: Putin And Trump Set To Meet In Mid-July  —  After musing that Russian President Vladimir Putin should rejoin the G-7 group of economic allies and suggesting publicly that he'd like to meet with Putin again, President Donald Trump is set to meet with Putin in mid-July, CNN reported Thursday.
Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice
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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CNN:
Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand Prime Minister gives birth to a baby girl
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Leaked Internal Memo Reveals the ACLU Is Wavering on Free Speech
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
International Rescue Committee:
IRC Statement on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates humanitarian aid and relief plan for Yemen
New York Times:
Horrific Details on Syria Chemical Attacks Left Out, for Now, From U.N. Report
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Unneeded Drugs Killed Hundreds at U.K. Hospital, Inquiry Finds
Discussion: The Guardian
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Is About To Bring The Hammer Down On Overseas Fake News Operators
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Italian PM will attend migration summit after text dropped
John Harwood / CNBC:
How the GOP morphed from the party of Reagan to the party of Trump
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Disposable America  —  A straw is a simple thing.
Tom O'Connor / Newsweek:
Russia will take China's side against U.S. in world trade war
David Wasserman / The Cook Political Report:
WV-03: Why a District Trump Won by 50 Points Is at Risk for GOP
Erik Hanshew / Washington Post:
A Texas public defender says he can't get answers for the parents who have already lost their children.
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