DNA testing is being conducted as part of the process to reunite children who were separated from their parents at the border, a federal official with knowledge of the reunifications told CNN. Source: CNN
The government is refusing to release new stats on migrant children from separated families
How many immigrant families have been reunited since a judge ordered the US government to halt most family separations at the border? Source: CNN
Moms' letters describe conditions at detention facilities
In the letter, she calls the facility “la perrera” — the kennel or dog pound — because of the chain-link cages she and others were held in. Source: CNN
Scandal-plagued EPA boss 'inching' toward the door
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, facing additional reporting about his many controversies, is “inching forward to the tipping point,” a senior administration official said. Source: CNN
Opinion: My dad's a refugee who supports Trump
For passers-by, it looked like a normal scene of a dad grabbing breakfast with his daughter. But I had my reporter hat on. A conversation earlier in the week, where we discussed children being separated from their parents at the border, prompted the interview. Source: CNN
Opinion: Liberals can't handle the Asian factor in affirmative action
If you doubt that affirmative action policies in college admissions need a bright dose of sunlight, just read the first sentence of The New York Times story that purported to reveal a new Justice Department initiative to examine those policies. The story, which the administration has disputed, asserts that the aim of the Trump administration is to investigate and sue …
The forgotten history of affirmative action
Racial discrimination and police brutality sparked riots in the 1960s, and affirmative action was used to calm the unrest, historian Mark Naison says. Source: CNN
Trump administration to rescind Obama-era policies that promoted race to diversify schools, source says
The Trump administration is planning to rescind a set of Obama-era policies that promote using race to achieve diversity in schools, a source familiar with the plans tells CNN. Source: CNN
Opinion: Cohen may no longer be on Trump's side
Michael Cohen, who once famously asserted he would “take a bullet” to protect the President, has apparently reversed course — now that the gun is locked and loaded, so to speak. Source: CNN
Reporter to Sarah Sanders: Why did Trump lie?
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defends President Donald Trump’s contradicting June tweets on the immigration bill, placing blame for its failure on Democrats. Source: CNN