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🗓️ 22 June 2018
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0:00.0 | The Daily 202's Big Idea is sponsored by Delta. |
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0:10.0 | Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for Friday, June 22nd. |
0:22.0 | In today's news, the Trade War is getting real. |
0:25.0 | The National Inquirer sent drafts of stories to Trump's team |
0:30.0 | before they were published, |
0:32.0 | and Charles Crowdhammer has passed away. |
0:35.0 | But first the big idea. Confusion reigns at the border and in Congress on |
0:47.8 | immigration. President Trump's executive order ending family separations has sparked widespread confusion |
0:54.4 | as officials struggle even two days later to understand the president's |
0:58.4 | directive. A senior Customs and Border Protection official told the |
1:02.1 | Washington Post on Thursday |
1:03.6 | that the agency would freeze criminal referrals for migrant parents who cross illegally |
1:08.3 | with children. |
1:09.9 | But then, the Justice Department insisted that their zero tolerance policy will remain in force. |
1:15.8 | And despite the ongoing outcry over the separation of more than 2,300 migrant children |
1:20.8 | from their parents since the start of May, |
1:23.1 | Trump administration officials remain |
1:25.4 | unwilling to give assurances that the families will be reunited swiftly. |
1:29.9 | And scenes reminiscent of the botched Muslim ban in the early days of the Trump presidency. |
1:34.4 | Federal agencies Thursday were largely left to interpret the sudden changes ordered by the White House |
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