-Written by Elaine Godfrey (@elainejgodfrey)
Today in 5 Lines
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President Trump again defended his administration’s “zero tolerance” policy ahead of a meeting with Republicans on Capitol Hill Tuesday evening to discuss immigration.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that his Republican colleagues support legislation to end the practice of separating families at the border, adding that a bill “would need to be a narrow agreement to fix the problem we all agree needs to be fixed.”
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Joe Hagin, the White House deputy chief of staff for operations who led the planning for Trump’s meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has resigned.
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UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council.
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Voters in the nation’s capital are heading to the polls for the D.C. primary election, where the mayor, attorney general, and several lawmakers are up for reelection. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
Today on The Atlantic
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A Troll Succeeds: Reports about children being separated from their parents at the border have prompted online outrage and even protests. That’s exactly what Stephen Miller wants. (McKay Coppins)
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How Did the GOP Get Here?: The party that is supposed to stand for family values is defending a government agency separating children from their parents, writes Bethany Mandel.
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The Happiness Gap: A new mental-health study found that as rich Americans have gotten happier since the 1990s, low-income Americans saw decreases in positive feelings and life satisfaction. (Olga Khazan)
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Inside a Mass Trial: Under the Trump administration’s new policy to prosecute illegal immigrants, large-scale criminal hearings have become the norm. (Russell Berman)