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6:10 PM ET, June 23, 2018

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Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Why a small-town restaurant owner asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave — and would do it again  —  Stephanie Wilkinson was at home Friday evening — nearly 200 miles from the White House — when the choice presented itself.  —  Her phone rang about 8 p.m. It was the chef at the Red Hen …
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TMZ.com:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Kicked Out of Restaurant on Moral Grounds  —  ... On Moral Grounds  —  10:00 AM PT — Her dad, Mike Huckabee, just weighed in on the incident by tweeting ... “Bigotry.  On the menu at Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for the “Hate Plate”.
Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Reviewers pounce on online report Virginia restaurant refused to serve Sarah Sanders  —  Reviewers from both sides of the aisle flooded a Virginia restaurant's Facebook and Yelp pages with one- and five-star reviews after a server at the restaurant claimed his boss kicked out White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Was Asked to Leave Restaurant Over White House Work  —  WASHINGTON — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said she was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant Friday night because of her work in the Trump administration, becoming the latest official …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Red Hen owner reveals she allowed employees to vote on booting Huckabee Sanders out of restaurant — and Sarah lost  —  The owner of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia explained why she ejected White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders from the establishment on Friday evening.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Rory Tingle / Daily Mail:
‘I always do my best to treat people respectfully, including those I disagree with’ …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper  —  LEESBURG, Va. — Gina Anders knows the feeling well by now.  President Trump says or does something that triggers a spasm of outrage.  She doesn't necessarily agree with how he handled the situation.  She gets why people are upset.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI hands House GOP thousands of documents on Russia probe  —  The FBI turned over thousands of documents to Congress this week, including details about its use of informants to glean information on Russian contacts with President Donald Trump's campaign, according to letters the bureau sent to three GOP committee chairmen on Friday.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and emptywheel
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
DOJ gives Congress new classified documents on Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it has given House Republicans new classified information related to the Russia investigation after lawmakers had threatened to hold officials in contempt of Congress or even impeach them.
Wall Street Journal:   Mueller's Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
Schuyler Kropf / Post and Courier:
Katie Arrington alert, talking after surgery following two-car fatal accident Friday night  —  Katie Arrington, who two weeks ago won the Republican 1st Congressional District nomination over Mark Sanford, was in a fatal car accident late Friday, sustaining serious injuries but was alert …
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Drew Tripp / WCIV:   Katie Arrington seriously injured in deadly wrong-way wreck in Charleston County
David Travis Bland / The State:
Katie Arrington, Lowcountry lawmaker, seriously injured in wreck
Discussion: Breitbart
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Border Patrol Agents Shut Down Highways in Maine and New Hampshire With Checkpoints  —  For 11 hours on Wednesday, drivers who wanted to travel through a remote stretch of northern Maine were asked a simple question: Where were you born?  —  Border Patrol agents closed off all southbound lanes …
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Stephanie Leutert / Lawfare:
Who's Really Crossing the U.S. Border, and Why They're Coming  —  Over the past week, the separation of 2,000 children from their parents along the U.S. border has forced immigration into the national spotlight.  President Trump, who initiated the separations and then sought to quash criticism …
Discussion: NewsBusters, Mother Jones and USA Today
Rebecca Hersher / NPR:
3 Charts That Show What's Actually Happening Along The Southern Border
Discussion: Daily Kos
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Report: Trump child detention takes resources away from fighting crime  —  Trump says his cruel border crackdown is needed to stop drug cartels and gangs — but federal prosecutors say his approach is diverting resources they need to combat drug smuggling.  —  Trump's zero-tolerance approach …
Discussion: USA Today
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Washington Post:
‘Every man and woman for themselves’: White House offers discordant messages on migrant separation policy  —  Melania Trump wore a jacket emblazoned with the message “I really don't care, do u?” while trying to show she cared by visiting migrant children.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
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Politico:
Hasty immigration order gives way to West Wing tensions
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
New York Times:
Is the Border in Crisis?  'We're Doing Fine, Quite Frankly,' a Border City Mayor Says  —  BROWNSVILLE, Tex. — The mayor of this Texas border city has been dealing with a crisis.  —  This week, he declared a state of emergency.  Drones filled the skies and emergency vehicles raced down the streets.
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Washington Post:   Two powerful forces collide at the U.S.-Mexico border, as immigration policy meets desperation
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Alexandria renames Jefferson Davis Highway to Richmond Highway  —  The Alexandria City Council unanimously and finally decided Saturday to rename Jefferson Davis Highway to Richmond Highway, after three years of discussion.  The name change will take place Jan. 1.
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Seven Ways Alabama Has Made It Harder to Vote  —  Five years ago, the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act.  Since then, Alabama has enacted a slew of restrictive voting laws and policies.  —  Five years after the Supreme Court invalidated …
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump, again and again, describes a world detached from reality  — Over and over, he painted fundamentally false portraits of people and events to flatter himself, discredit predecessors and rivals, and promote his political objectives.  — Some highlights from Trump's week include …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Britain Has a Russia Collusion Scandal Now.  It Looks Exactly Like Trump's.  —  The most important thing to understand about the Russia scandal is that it perfectly fits a clear pattern of behavior.  What Vladimir Putin is accused of doing to help Donald Trump win the presidency …
Bud Kennedy / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
'I think it's funny': Republican prankster booted from Texas Democratic convention  —  FORT WORTH  —  A Houston-area Republican state representative trying to prank Texas Democrats was forced to leave the state Democratic convention Friday, but not before showing what appeared to be a sidearm.
Discussion: Raw Story and Law & Crime
Derek Robertson / Politico:
Washington, D.C.: the Psychopath Capital of America  —  A new study ranks each state, plus D.C., by their psychopathic tendencies.  The race for first?  It isn't even close.  —  As Washington's shock over winning the Stanley Cup demonstrates, the nation's capital isn't used to being first in anything.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump dubs Nevada Democrat ‘Wacky Jacky’  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Nevada (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is helping Nevada Sen. Dean Heller raise money for his re-election battle and has come up with a new nickname for his Democratic challenger.
Military Times:
Desert Storm memorial to be built on National Mall near Vietnam Wall  —  WASHINGTON — The National Desert Storm War Memorial will be located on the National Mall just steps away from the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, after a federal commission approved the site on Thursday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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