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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.
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Roger Stone: Russian wanted Trump to pay $2M for dirt on Clinton during the campaign — Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone — said that he met with a Russian man during the 2016 campaign who wanted President Trump — to pay $2 million for damaging information on Hillary Clinton
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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.”
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A Financier's Profit-Minded Mission to Open a Channel Between Kushner and North Korea — The American businessman, who lives in Singapore, took advantage of an unusual opening in an administration where matters of policy and business often seem to blur. — WASHINGTON — An American financier …

Skepticism remains — but has eased — on North Korea's nuclear intentions (POLL)
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Politico and One America News Network


Not necessary to justify separating kids, parents at border, 'it's zero tolerance': Bannon — Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said President Donald Trump doesn't need to “justify” the policy of separating children from parents who are caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border …
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Report: Trump Adviser Stephen Miller Pushed for Border Separation Policy
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The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Mediaite, Washington Press and TheBlaze

Trump Again Falsely Blames Democrats for His Separation Tactic


Column: Obama's silky lie and FBI bias in the Clinton investigation — According to the FBI inspector general's report, before former (and fired) FBI Director James Comey took it upon himself to publicly criticize Hillary Clinton over her private email server, a draft of his public address was heavily edited.
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Why The IG Report Undermines Mueller's Obstruction Investigation — Below is my column on the implications of the IG report for the obstruction allegations being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. I have previously written how the most likely explanation for actions taken …
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The Daily Caller, NewsBusters and The Hill


Ashley Parker, Michael Bender — Ashley Rebecca Parker and Michael Charles Bender were married June 16 at their home in Washington. Justine Parker, the bride's sister who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. — The bride, 35, and groom, 40, are Washington-based reporters covering …


Corey Stewart, Virginia Senate Nominee, Evokes Trump on Racial Issues — Mr. Stewart, a Minnesota transplant who has defended the Confederacy and praised white nationalists, has seized opportunities to gain media attention, especially with harsh remarks about immigrants.


These Harvard kids got the lesson of their life in the Heartland — On a blustery afternoon in April, I filed into a van along with 10 students from Harvard. We had just spent the last two days in Chicopee, Mass., where we had chatted with the police chief and his force, the mayor and his staff …


Here's How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border — If you're horrified by news of families being separated at the borders, here's a bit of news you can use. — First, the policy: It helps to be incredibly clear on what the law is, and what has and has not changed.


New Jersey arts festival shooting leaves 22 injured, 1 suspect dead, officials say — Nearly two dozen people were injured after gunfire broke out early Sunday during a fight at an all-night art event in New Jersey's capital city, leaving one suspect dead and authorities investigating if any others were involved.
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CNN, Homicide Watch Trenton, USA Today, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller and Splinter


United Methodist Church urges Sessions to halt migrant family separations — The United Methodist Church this week criticized the Department of Justice for the Trump administration's immigration policies of separating migrant families and denying asylum to those fleeing domestic abuse and gang violence.
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Political Wire and GBCS
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Boston Globe suspends columnist accused of embellishing Boston Marathon bombings story — Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen has been suspended without pay for three months after “serious violations” in remarks he made about the Boston Marathon bombings — a penalty his union says he's going to fight.


‘America is better than this’: What a doctor saw in a Texas shelter for migrant children — The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground for children. Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons. To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked …


New York's Case Against Trump May Be Prophetic — Why the complaint involving the president's foundation is a road map for Mueller. — The report released by the inspector general of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday painted a vivid picture of the past.


DHS: Nearly 2,000 Children Separated From Adults At Border In 6 Weeks — The Department of Homeland Security says 1,995 minors were separated from their “alleged adult guardians” at the southern border in just over a monthlong period. — A DHS spokesman said the separations occurred between April 19 …
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Immigrant children's shelter considered for downtown Houston
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Off the Kuff, NPR and The Texas Tribune


Leave.EU faces new questions over contacts with Russia — MPs say latest revelations show Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore may have misled parliament — A leader of the Leave.EU campaign suggested sending a “message of support” to the Russian ambassador after the then foreign secretary …
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Talking Points Memo and The Daily Beast
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