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President Donald Trump defended the detention conditions for migrant families who cross the border illegally, arguing his administration does a “much better job” than the Obama administration. Source: CNN

What began as a new Trump administration policy, enacted in mid-April, has turned to a crisis that resulted in the separation of immigrant children from their parents. CNN’s Victor Blackwell discusses the decisions that lead to the policy. Source: CNN

On Wednesday morning, White House cooks were flipping steaks and unboxing popcorn machines ahead of the yearly congressional picnic. Within the hour, the picnic was scrubbed, the steaks on ice, and the popcorn machines trucked away. Source: CNN

Two of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers on the Russia investigation broke ranks with their client this week on an entirely unrelated topic, rejecting his now-abandoned practice of separating undocumented immigrant families at the border. Source: CNN

CNN’s Chris Cuomo states his case for caring about the thousands of children separated from their families. Source: CNN

The week is ending the way it started — with lots of confusion about the policy that resulted in separating immigrant children from their parents. Source: CNN

President Donald Trump has taken almost every possible Republican position on immigration in the span of a week as he’s tried to deal with the crisis he created of separating thousands of children from their parents at the border. Source: CNN

For weeks, House Republican leaders have been working behind closed doors to thread the needle on an immigration bill that could secure the support of the bulk on their conference. Source: CNN

Most Americans continue to believe that the Russian effort to influence the 2016 presidential election is a serious matter that should be investigated, but the constant criticism by President Donald Trump of special counsel Robert Mueller is taking its toll, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS released Friday. Source: CNN

A woman who has fostered more than 100 children describes the increased trauma she is seeing in kids affected by the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance policy.” Source: CNN