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10:10 AM ET, June 21, 2019

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New York Times:
Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, but Then Abruptly Pulls Back  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but pulled back from launching them on Thursday night after a day of escalating tensions.
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Newsweek:
Donald Trump Decided to Strike Iranian Missile System, Then Changed His Mind  —  An ordered military operation against military targets in Iran was called off in the early stages on Thursday, though the reason for holding the strike remains unclear.  —  As reported by the New York Times …
Washington Post:
The U.S. should strive for a stable Iran. Instead, it is suffocating it.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump's Iran strikes U-turn underscores war and peace dilemma
Discussion: The Guardian, Politico and Breitbart
Fox News:
US called off retaliatory strike against Iran in last minute: source
Politico:
Dems see Hope Hicks testimony as huge gift in legal battle with Trump  —  In an exclusive interview, Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler also said Democrats would soon sue former White House Counsel Don McGahn.  —  House Democrats are planning to file a lawsuit within days to force former White …
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David Morgan / Reuters:   Hicks told House panel Trump is serious about foreign help in elections
Associated Press:
Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facility  —  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time.  A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they've been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago.
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Associated Press:
Lawyers claim infants, children are in dangerous situation at border detention site  —  “In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention I have never heard of this level of inhumanity,” said an attorney representing the detained youth.  —  EL PASO, Texas (AP) …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Trump Bets We'll Stop Caring About Migrant Kids
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
NYT reporter flagged Jared Kushner meetings with Russians to FBI  —  A New York Times reporter fed information about Jared Kushner meeting with Russians to the FBI, newly released emails show.  —  Journalist Michael Schmidt sent an email on March 24, 2017, to FBI Assistant Director …
Discussion: Power Line and Mediaite
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden called Booker to quell tensions.  Things only got worse  —  After Sen. Cory Booker appeared on CNN on Wednesday night sounding off on Joe Biden's recent comments surrounding segregationists, the New Jersey Democrat got a phone call — it was the former vice president.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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John F. Harris / Politico:
Grampa Simpson runs for president
Discussion: RedState and Washington Monthly
Washington Post:
Tensions ripple through Biden campaign as his past working relationship with a segregationist …
Maxwell Strachan / HuffPost:
Some White House Reporters Are Throwing Sarah Huckabee Sanders A Goodbye Party  —  White House correspondents and some Trump staffers plan to send Sanders off with “farewell drinks” next week.  —  Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the reporters who cover the White House haven't always had the smoothest relationship.
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:   After Crying ‘Fake News’ For Years, Sanders Is Getting A Party — Thrown By Reporters
Fin Gomez / CBS News:   Sarah Sanders' allies commissioned poll for potential run for Arkansas governor
Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
Ending Private Prisons and Exploitation for Profit  —  Last month Caliburn International — a for-profit company whose subsidiary operates Homestead, the largest detention center for unaccompanied migrant children —  hired John Kelly, Trump's former chief of staff.
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and Fox News
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Ban Private Prisons: They Have ‘No Place in America’
Discussion: Politico
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Dismisses Reparations: 'No Do-Overs...We Won, You Lost, That's That'  —  “As Trump always says, 'you don't get do-overs,' she declared. ”  No do-overs, that's it.  Fox News star Laura Ingraham waded into the ongoing debate over reparations for descendants of slaves during …
Wall Street Journal:
Prosecutors Intensify Scrutiny of Trump Fundraiser Elliott Broidy  —  Federal probe examines foreigners who attended inauguration at invitation of top Trump fundraiser  —  Federal prosecutors have stepped up a criminal investigation into possible efforts by longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy …
Discussion: Political Wire
Olivia Gazis / CBS News:
Justice Dept review of intel in Russia probe fuels fears of politicization  —  A mix of concern, confusion and defiance has spread through elements of the intelligence community as a murky picture emerges of Attorney General William Barr's review of its investigative and analytical work …
Donald Trump / TIME:
Donald Trump's Interview With TIME on 2020: Read the Transcript  —  President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME in the Oval Office on June 17 for a story on his re-election campaign.  —  During the 57-minute conversation, he discussed his Democratic rivals …
Tyler Bridges / www.theadvocate.com:
Support for Trump in Louisiana plunges, poll says; here's how this could help Gov. John Bel Edwards  —  A clear majority of Louisiana voters don't want Donald Trump to win a second term as president, an independent poll shows.  —  The survey by pollster Verne Kennedy also shows …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Trump Administration to Migrant Kids: No Soap for You!  —  Children in Border Patrol custody aren't guaranteed access to basic hygiene or bedding, the Justice Department tells incredulous judges  —  The government is not required to provide migrant children in custody on the border with soap …
Discussion: Splinter and ImmigrationProf Blog
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Nicole Goodkind / Newsweek:
Trump Administration Argues Detained Migrant Children Don't Need Toothbrushes, Soap
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Axios:
Trump isn't matching Obama deportation numbers  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement has deported more immigrants this fiscal year than any full fiscal year of Donald Trump's presidency, but it has yet to reach Barack Obama's early deportation levels, according to new internal Department of Homeland Security figures obtained by Axios.
Discussion: National Review and Political Wire
Chris Lehman / Oregonian:
Oregon governor sends police to find missing Republicans, bring them to Capitol  —  Oregon's Democratic governor, Kate Brown, has dispatched state troopers to find missing Republican senators and bring them back to Salem to legislate.  —  All 11 Republican senators are in hiding …
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Aren't Sure U.S. System Can Fix Long-Term Problems, Poll Finds  —  A majority believes the nation's best years are in the past  —  Americans have little faith the U.S. political system can address long-term challenges and are skeptical the nation remains committed to foundational tenets …
Discussion: Political Wire
Mona Charen / National Review:
Elizabeth Warren's Terrible Plans  —  From taxing the wealthy tax to fining hospitals for black maternal deaths, her ideas don't make sense.  —  Elizabeth Warren is being lauded as the serious candidate in the race.  Her motto, “I have a plan for that,” is accepted as proof that she is thoughtful and conscientious.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Appeals court says Trump family planning restrictions can take effect  —  A federal appeals court this morning said the Trump administration's family planning rules can take effect nationwide while several lawsuits play out, delivering a major blow to Planned Parenthood and states challenging the overhaul.
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Sam Rosenfeld / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's nostalgia for ‘civility’ is nostalgia for the politics of Jim Crow
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
West Virginia is still waiting on a game-changing $84 billion investment from China that was promised in 2017
Discussion: Political Wire
Tom Cotton / Web Exclusives:
The Dictatorship of Woke Capital
Washington Post:
NRA sidelines its top lobbyist, Chris Cox, in latest sign of internal turmoil
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio's humiliating transformation into a Trump fan-boy is complete
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Daily Mail:
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
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