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11:05 AM ET, June 21, 2018

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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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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 …
Discussion: The Week, ABC News, The Root and Vox
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Breitbart
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: 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 …
Joe Simonson / The Daily Caller:
Socialist Activist Who Harassed Homeland Security Secretary Works For The Department Of Justice
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Washington Post:
Repugnant  —  REP. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, a Florida Republican …
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 …
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
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
Discussion: Politico
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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New York Times:   Trump to Propose Government Reorganization, Targeting Safety Net Programs
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Stephanie Ebbs / ABC News:
Supreme Court opens up possibility for online sales tax
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Karl Vick / TIME:
A Reckoning After Trump's Border Separation Policy: What Kind of Country Are We?  —  Central American immigrants detained for possible separation in McAllen, Texas, on June 12 John Moore—Getty Images  —  Presidents have many jobs, and one is telling us who we are.
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: Daily Kos and Raw Story
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Eric Lach / New Yorker:   “We Are at Capacity”: An Asylum Standoff on the Bridge Between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso
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
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
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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.
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
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.
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
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 …
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 …
Kansas City Star:
Missouri Democrat Jason Kander eyeing run for Kansas City mayor  —  WASHINGTON  —  Missouri Democrat Jason Kander is laying the groundwork for a run to succeed Sly James as mayor of Kansas City, The Kansas City Star has learned.  —  A Kander candidacy would drastically change the dynamic …
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
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Unneeded Drugs Killed Hundreds at U.K. Hospital, Inquiry Finds  —  LONDON — As many as 650 patients at a small British hospital died from overdoses of powerful painkillers that they did not need, an investigative panel reported on Wednesday.  —  Officials failed or refused to exercise proper oversight …
Discussion: The Guardian
Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic:
Disposable America  —  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.  —  Over the last several months, plastic straws have come under fire …
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Is About To Bring The Hammer Down On Overseas Fake News Operators  —  The company rolled out new tech it says can help automatically identify pages spreading fake news.  —  Facebook is taking more steps to punish page owners outside of the US that target Americans with financially motivated hoaxes and misinformation.
 
 
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John Harwood / CNBC:
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Tom O'Connor / Newsweek:
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CNN:
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Sarah Halzack / Bloomberg:
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