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Trump Wants to Replace Family Separation With Indefinite Detention. He Probably Can't.

These Republican Candidates Think Family Separation Is a Winning Issue
Kara Voght
Have You Ever Worked With Migrant Children? We Want to Hear From You
Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn
Trump’s Secretary of State Is Apparently Clueless About This Week’s News
Sophie Murguia
The Trump Administration Kept Changing Its Story on Child Separation
Vishakha Darbha

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Roberto Parada

Solar Is the Future. Donald Trump Tied a Bow on It and Gave It to China.

And now the Chinese are gaining on the West in the most important arena of all: innovation.

The Russian Connection

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New Report Shows Another Contact Between Trump Associates and a Russian Peddling Dirt On Clinton

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Of Course Trump Is Using the Inspector General’s Report to Attack the Russia Probe

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Featured Investigations

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How the King of New York Kosher Restaurants Helped Qatar Win Over American Jewish Leaders

Hannah Dreyfus and Dan Friedman
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She Was Enslaved by Salvadoran Guerrillas. That Makes Her Ineligible for Asylum.

Noah Lanard

Podcasts

Dan Pfeiffer Doesn’t Believe That the Pope Endorsed Trump
Jun. 20, 2018 10:24 AM

Tell Us Why You Quit Meat
Jun. 15, 2018 6:00 AM

Kevin Drum

Quote of the Day: Stephen Miller Enjoys the Pictures
Jun. 20, 2018 4:11 PM
Lunchtime Photo
Jun. 20, 2018 3:30 PM
Deutsche Bank Sets New Record For Worst Financial Model Ever
Jun. 20, 2018 1:39 PM
We Are Hurting the Feelings of Moral Cretins and it Must Stop
Jun. 20, 2018 12:29 PM
Whose Side Are You On?
Jun. 20, 2018 11:45 AM

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Ed Kashi/VII

They Came Here Seeking Freedom and Were Imprisoned Instead. Look at Their Faces.

They’ve been forced to endure physical, mental, and emotional abuse.

Text by Julie Winokur; Photographs by Ed Kashi/VII for Newest Americans