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June 29, 2018PBS NewsHour full episode

Jun 29, 2018 7:34 PM EDT

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News Wrap: Trump narrows list of potential Supreme Court nominees

4 min
‘I didn’t know we could be separated’: Migrant teen has no idea when he will see his dad

6 min
White House: Family separation executive order is ‘temporary reprieve,’ but immigration law ‘ties our hands’

8 min
In the middle of tragedy, Capital Gazette sticks to its mission

8 min
EU’s migrant compromise leaves many unanswered questions

4 min
Tapping national rage, Mexican election frontrunner promises to overturn the system

10 min
Shields and Brooks on Trump’s Supreme Court politics, Ocasio-Cortez’s primary upset

12 min

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