Sarah Sanders Says She Was Told to Leave Virginia Restaurant

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was booted from a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump, setting off a fierce debate about whether politics should play a role in how administration officals are treated in public. Sanders tweeted that she was told by the owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, that she had to "leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left."

DOJ: Trump’s immigration crackdown ‘diverting’ resources from drug cases

Federal prosecutors in California have taken steps to make it harder to prosecute people smuggling drugs so it can bring more cases against immigrants DOJ: Trump's immigration crackdown 'diverting' resources from drug cases Federal prosecutors in California have taken steps to make it harder to prosecute people smuggling drugs so it can bring more cases against immigrants Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2tnHfvQ A security officer closes a gate to the Tornillo Port of Entry as mayors and others try and enter to visit with immigrant minors who are housed there June 21, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas.

Criminal referrals at border halted

President Donald Trump's executive order to halt family separations unleashed confusion in Washington and at the Mexico border Thursday, as Customs and Border Protection said it would it stop referring such cases for prosecution and migrant parents arrived at courthouses in Texas and Arizona wearing handcuffs only to be led away without facing ... (more)

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago visits cost Coast Guard nearly $20M

Records obtained by USA TODAY include only the Coast Guard's extra costs for 16 trips to South Florida since his inauguration in January 2017 Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits cost Coast Guard nearly $20M Records obtained by USA TODAY include only the Coast Guard's extra costs for 16 trips to South Florida since his inauguration in January 2017 Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2taFm5U A U.S. Coast Guard boat passes in front of the Mar-a-Lago Resort where President Donald Trump stays occasionally on weekends.

All five first ladies speak out on family separations at border

All four former first ladies have joined the current one, Melania Trump, in an unusual united political front expressing horror at children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border. Mrs Obama, a Democrat, wrote those words as she re-tweeted Mrs Bush, a Republican, who first spoke out in an opinion piece Sunday in The Washington Post.

Giuliani Melts Down Defending Trump Lies: ‘Lying Breaks One Of The Commandments — I Think’

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani dismissed President Donald Trump's misstatements and untruths on Sunday, but he admitted that lying breaks one of the Bible's Ten Commandments. During an interview on CNN, host Jake Tapper noted that Trump had lied about his role in crafting a statement to deny that his son met with a Russian lawyer to get "dirt" on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.

Seattle Times: Trump should back off states with legal pot a ” and…

On [June 8], the president said he “probably will end up supporting” a bill in Congress to keep the federal government from interfering in states with legal pot laws. The president must not leave legal marijuana states yo-yoing between his vague words of support and Attorney General Jeff Sessions' marijuana-averse statements and policies.

“Minnesota men” appeal their convictions

The three "Minnesota men" who were convicted after a three-week trial in federal court in Minneapolis appealed their convictions to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. I covered the trial every day on Power Line and following the convictions in the Weekly Standard article "'Minnesota men' on trial."

Pence cheers Southern Baptist Convention as ‘one of the greatest forces for good anywhere’

Winning several standing ovations, Vice President Mike Pence gave an often laudatory campaign-style speech Wednesday to the closing session of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, calling it "one of the greatest forces for good anywhere in America." Pence, an evangelical Christian, repeatedly made clear that the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. is viewed by him and President Trump as a vital part of their conservative base heading into the midterm elections.

New York Times Teams Up With Israel to Smear Slain Medic Razzan al-Najjar as ‘Complex,’ Not Innocent

"There is no debate. Israel has lied about the al-Najjar case repeatedly. The NYT wants to give some sort of face-saving excuse for this and all they can come up with is this subtle endorsement of the slander about her lack of innocence," Johnson, North, and Weiss write.

Trump lawyer says ‘our recollection keeps changing’ about statement on Trump Jr meeting with Russians

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NYT: Trump lawyers argue President can’t obstruct Russia probe

President Donald Trump's lawyers argued in a confidential January letter to special counsel Robert Mueller that the President cannot illegally obstruct the Russia probe because the Constitution empowers him to "terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon," The New York Times reported Saturday. The letter, which CNN reported on last week and the Times has obtained, also says that Trump could not possibly have committed obstruction because he has unfettered authority over all federal investigations.

Trump’s lawyers to Mueller in confidential letter: President can end probe, use pardon powers

Lawyers for President Trump told special counsel Robert Mueller in a confidential letter that the president would not comply with requests for an interview, could end the special counsel's investigation and could use his executive powers to pardon if needed. The January 2018 letter, along with a second letter sent in June 2017, was obtained by The New York Times and provide the clearest view yet of Trump's legal strategy in Mueller's wide-ranging investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice.