Trump Today: President says Democrats want illegal immigrants to a infesta the country

This column provides a daily update on key presidential actions as well as comments, whether spoken aloud or on Twitter, by President Trump. Like the stock market, the deadline for Trump Today action is 4 p.m. Eastern time, even as we acknowledge that substantive news can and does occur after hours.

Border Patrol ripped girl with Down’s syndrome away from her…

An undocumented immigrant family from Guatemala talks to a volunteer after their arrival to Announciation House, an organisation that provides shelter to immigrants and refugees, in El Paso, U.S. January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo /File Photo Joining a chorus of critics as diverse as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former First Ladies Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray denounced President Donald Trump's immigration policy, which has resulted in 2,000 kids being forcibly separated from their families - including a little girl with Down's syndrome whose father is a legal U.S. resident.

Obama often the beneficiary of Confederate cleansing in South

The push to scrub the Confederacy from the public square has resounded in favor of President Barack Obama , a Chicagoan by way of Hawaii whose name is popping up on signs and structures throughout the South. The latest entity to be Obama 'd is J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond , Virginia, where the school board agreed Monday to swap the Confederate general's name with that of the 44th president, even though the kids voted to call it "Northside."

Health care is about to get way easier for small businesses and self-employed Americans

Lamar Alexander, a Republican, represents Tennessee in the U.S. Senate and serves as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Today, if you're a self-employed plumber or a farmer or a waitress at a small restaurant, you likely don't have access to the same kind of lower-cost health insurance, tax breaks and patient protections that employees of bigger companies, such as IBM or Microsoft, enjoy.

IBM iX and Mediaocean Bet on Blockchain to Tackle Ad Spend Opacity

"The industry has been plagued with unsustainable economics and transparency issues that hinder progress - particularly around intermediary fees and non-working media." Mediaocean and IBM iX today announced the launch of a pilot blockchain network for media deals, which will bring in some of the world's largest advertisers, agencies and publishers, including Kellogg, Kimberly-Clark, Unilever and IBM Watson Advertising.

With a week left before primary election day, just 425,377 Coloradans have cast ballots

From right to left Donna Lynne, Cary Kennedy, Mike Johnston and Jared Polis during a democratic party governor's race debate at the University of Denver on Monday, June 18, 2018. With a week left before primary election day , 425,377 Coloradans have cast ballots - representing just a fraction of the state's registered voters.

Analysis: Native-born commit more crimes than undocumented immigrants

The Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies are predicated, in part, upon the notion that immigrants who are in the country illegally represent a threat to public safety. The White House, for instance, has sent out regular email blasts to reporters with alarmist accounts of crime committed by undocumented immigrants.

Cruz’s flip-flop on family separation shows threat to GOP

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens to an answer to his question of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray testify during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee to examine Horowitz's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 18, 2018 in Washington.

120 Nassar victims urge Michigan State board to fire Engler

In this March 15, 2018 file photo, Michigan State University's interim president John Engler speaks with reporters after appearing at a legislative hearing in Lansing, Mich. A letter signed by at least 120 victims sexual abuse by former sports doctor Larry Nassar on Tuesday, June 19, urged Michigan State University's governing board to oust Engler, saying he had reinforced a "culture of abuse" at the school.

Lawmakers barred from child migrant facility in Florida

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused the Trump administration of a "cover-up" after officials denied him entry Tuesday to a detention center for migrant children in South Florida where he had hoped to survey living conditions. Nelson and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, both Florida Democrats, went to the contractor-run Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children following reports it was receiving detained migrant children who had arrived in the country illegally.

New GOP plan: Hold kids longer at border _ but with parents

Republicans on Capitol Hill frantically searched on Tuesday for ways to end the Trump administration's policy of separating families after illegal border crossings, with the focus shifting on a new plan to keep children in detention longer than now permitted - but with their parents. House GOP leaders are revising their legislation amid a public outcry over President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" approach to illegal crossings.