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U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley ... The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Zero Tolerance
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy amid mounting pressure from Democrats and Republicans to stop the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Locked Up
A federal judge ordered former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to jail to await trial.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: A Crack in the Trump Foundation
A new lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general alleges that the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its board of directors engaged in a years-long pattern of illegal behavior.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Cohen Flip?
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is reportedly parting ways with the lawyers who are representing him in a federal investigation into his business dealings, and is likely to cooperate with federal prosecutors.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Merger Moves
A federal judge approved AT&T’s proposed $85 billion purchase of Time Warner.
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Joseph Nair / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Cogito, Ergo Summit
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are expected to meet on Tuesday morning in Singapore, marking the first-ever meeting between a sitting American president and a North Korean leader.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Nobody Leaves Russia Out of the Summit
As President Trump prepared to leave for the annual G7 summit in Canada, he said that Russia should be readmitted to the group.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Donald-May-Care
During a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump said he doesn’t have to “prepare very much” for the upcoming meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
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Evan Agostini / Invision / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Kommuted
President Trump commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman serving a life sentence for drug possession and money laundering.
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David Zalubowski / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Chick-fil-EPA
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly enlisted an aide to help his wife get a job with Chick-fil-A.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Once Upon a Mattress
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly instructed an aide to perform several personal tasks, including purchasing a used mattress from the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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Al Drago / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Expensive Pen Agency
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens in 2017.
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mpi86 / MediaPunch / IPX / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: I Beg Your Pardon?
Trump pardoned conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to violating federal campaign-finance laws.
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Evan Agostini / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Other Kim-Trump Summit
Kim Kardashian is expected to meet with Trump and senior adviser Jared Kushner at the White House.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Roseanne Barred
ABC canceled the show Roseanne hours after its star, Roseanne Barr, posted a racist tweet about former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Zero Summit Game
President Trump seemed to suggest the United States’ historic meeting with North Korea is back on the table, after he cancelled it on Thursday.
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Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Dear Jong Un Letter
President Trump cancelled his June 12 meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, writing in a letter that Kim “has lost a great opportunity for lasting peace and great prosperity and wealth.”
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Thou Shalt Not Block
A federal judge ruled that it’s unconstitutional for President Trump to block people from his Twitter account.
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Christopher Aluka Berry / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: A Tale of Two Staceys
Two progressive women—Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans—are running in Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Obama Pivots to Video
Netflix announced that former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama signed a multi-year deal with the company.
