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11:30 PM ET, June 17, 2018

Top Items:

Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’ — Laura Bush is a former first lady of the United States. — On Sunday, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds of family, I was among the millions of Americans who watched images of children who have been torn from their parents.

Discussion: CNN, RedState, Politico, Axios, The Right Scoop, KTLA, Raw Story, WSVN-TV, twitchy.com, Mediaite and ABC News

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Leading Republicans Join Democrats in Pushing Trump to Halt Family Separations — WASHINGTON — Leading figures of both parties pressured President Trump on Sunday to halt his administration's practice of separating children from their parents when apprehended at the border …

Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Beast, Balloon Juice, NBC News, KTLA, Politico, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo

Washington Post:

Democrats intensify fight for immigrant children — and bludgeon Trump and Republicans ahead of midterms — Democrats expanded their campaign Sunday to spotlight the Trump administration's forced separation of migrant children from their families at the U.S. border, trying to compel a change …

Discussion: HuffPost and NPR

Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:

Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas — McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait away from their parents in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian

Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

Associated Press Uses ‘Cages’ to Describe Chain-Link Partitions in Border Patrol Center — The Associated Press published a report Sunday evening describing chain-link partitions within a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, as “cages” — while other news organizations described them as “fences.”

Discussion: Los Angeles Times

Kabb / WOAI:

12 immigrants ejected, 5 die after car being chased by Border Patrol crashes — BIG WELLS, Texas (KABB/WOAI) - Authorities said five undocumented immigrants are dead following a chase involving Border Patrol agents. — Dimmit County Sheriff Marion Boyd said the crash happened off Highway 85 in Big Wells at about noon.

Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Caller, FOX6Now.com, CBS Baltimore, Weasel Zippers and Daily Wire

Frank Miles / Fox News:
At least 5 dead after SUV carrying illegal immigrants crashes, sheriff says

Discussion: Townhall

Miriam Jordan / New York Times:

'I Can't Go Without My Son,' a Mother Pleaded as She Was Deported to Guatemala — As a growing number of families are being separated as part of the Trump administration's attempt to control illegal immigration, some parents are being deported before recovering their children.

Charles M. Blow / New York Times:

Trump and the Baby Snatchers — This was the lead paragraph of a New York Times report last week: — “The Trump administration said on Friday that it had separated 1,995 children from parents facing criminal prosecution for unlawfully crossing the border over a six-week period that ended last month …

Discussion: Econlib and Mediaite

Ilya Somin / Reason:

“Enforcing the Law” Doesn't Justify Separating Migrant Children from their Parents — The Trump administration recently adopted a “zero tolerance” policy under which undocumented immigrants apprehended by federal officials are forcibly separated from their children.

Discussion: KTLA, America's Voice and CNN

Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:

Melania Trump weighs in on her husband's cruel policy. Where are you, Ivanka? — Melania Trump, the most reticent first lady since Pat Nixon, has done an admirable thing. She has lent her voice to those who oppose the Trump administration's heinous policy of separating migrant children from their parents.

Discussion: Washington Press, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Axios

Daniella Silva / NBC News: First lady Melania Trump makes statement on family separations as protests grow

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post: ‘Zero-tolerance policy means zero humanity:’ Democrats decry Trump immigration policy after tour of detention center

Gregg Re / Fox News:
Democrats gain entry to NJ immigration detention center after arguing with cops, ‘literally banging on the door’

Discussion: Daily Wire, IJR, Weasel Zippers and CNN

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Dem lawmakers make surprise visit to ICE detention center

Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost and ABC News

New York Post:20 minutes ago

Stop breaking up families at the border — House Speaker Paul Ryan says he wants to stop the mass separation of children from their families along the border, but his bid to fix it is pathetic. And President Trump's claim that Democrats need to change the relevant law is no better. — SEE ALSO

Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg: Paul Ryan Has Sacrificed the Rest of His Principles

John Binder / Breitbart:
Lou Dobbs: If Paul Ryan ‘Deceives’ Trump into DACA Amnesty, GOP Will Lose House Majority15 minutes ago

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:

FBI agent removed from Russia probe for anti-Trump texts says he's willing to testify before Congress — The FBI agent who was removed from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election for sending anti-Trump texts intends to testify before the House Judiciary Committee …

Discussion: Power Line, TheBlaze, Fox News, Mediaite, Politico, CNN, The Daily Caller, Law & Crime, twitchy.com, Axios, Washington Free Beacon, emptywheel and The Hill

Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
IG: McCabe Used Strzok's Mistress To Bypass Chain Of Command To Monitor Clinton Probe

Discussion: USA Today, Daily Kos and The Gateway Pundit

Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:

Poll: Republicans Approve of Trump's Family Separation Policy … Nearly every day, voters have been confronted with heart wrenching stories about immigrant children being separated from their parents upon crossing the border into the United States. — The president incorrectly blames …

Discussion: Washington Press, Wall Street Journal and KTLA

Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News: GOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border

Beth Quimby / Press Herald:
Collins says she opposes family separations at border, but calls Democratic bill to stop them too broad

Discussion: New York Magazine

Washington Post:

Trump associate Roger Stone reveals new contact with Russian national during 2016 campaign — MIAMI — One day in late May 2016, Roger Stone — the political dark sorcerer and longtime confidant of Donald Trump — slipped into his Jaguar and headed out to meet a man with a Make America Great Again hat and a viscous Russian accent.

National Journal:

The GOP's Rapid Retreat in the Midwest — Republicans have abandoned Senate races in states Trump carried, and could lose several key governorships as well. Trump's boasting of crashing the blue wall is rapidly becoming ancient history. — One of the biggest red flags …

Axios:

Trump tweets defense of his North Korea summit — President Trump tweeted a defense of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday morning, claiming that he received “so much for peace in the world” and teasing that “more is being added in finals.”

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, AOL and ABC News

New York Times:
A Financier's Profit-Minded Mission to Open a Channel Between Kushner and North Korea

Discussion: Axios and Raw Story

George Packer / New Yorker:

Donald Trump Goes Rogue — In half a week, between Quebec and Singapore, Trump showed that the liberal order is hateful to him, and that he wants out. — When President Trump walked out early from the meeting of the Group of Seven in Charlevoix, Quebec, on June 9th, he left …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

United States Senator Jeff Flake:

Flake, Collins Press DHS, HHS on Immigration Policies — WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) yesterday sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar regarding …

Discussion: Splinter and Axios

NBC 10 Philadelphia:

‘Everybody Ran’: Suspect Dead, 22 Hurt in NJ Festival Shooting — Officials are investigating possible police involvement in the shooting. — Suspect Dead and 22 Hurt in Trenton Festival Shooting — A New Jersey arts and music festival turned deadly early Sunday morning when a barrage …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and twitchy.com