North Korea

• US bombers stage North Korea show of force (BBC)
• North Korea says rockets to U.S. ‘inevitable’ as U.S. bombers fly off North Korean coast by Michelle Nichols, Phil Stewart, Christine Kim (Reuters)
• ‘Inevitable’ that North Korean missiles will hit US mainland after Donald Trump’s insults, says Pyongyang foreign minister at UN by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Aides warned Trump not to attack North Korea’s leader personally before his fiery U.N. address by Brian Bennett (LA Times)

Healthcare

• Trump pressures U.S. senators to back Republican healthcare bill by Amanda Becker (Reuters)
• Trump Laces Into McCain Over His Opposition to Health Care Bill by Julie Hirshfeld Davis (NY Times)
• Graham is ‘pressing on’ with the health-care bill. Other GOP senators signal they’re moving on.by Dan Weigel and Sean Sullivan (Washington Post)

News

• Donald Trump Uninvited Steph Curry to the White House After Steph Curry Said He Wasn’t Going by Luke Darby (GQ)
• NFL Stars Erupt In Anger Over Donald Trump’s ‘Son Of A Bitch’ Speech by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• NFL condemns Trump’s comments on football player protests by Barbara Goldberg (Reuters)
• Trump attacks Warrior’s Curry. LeBron Jame’s Retort: ‘U Bum’ by Ken Belson and Julie Hirschfeld-Davis
• Stephen Curry, on a ‘Surreal day’ confronts a Presidential snub by Scott Cacciola (The NY Times)
• Trump Just Threw His NFL Buddies Under the Bus by Ben Strauss (Politico)
• Trump hits NFL commissioner for defending players who protest by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)

Analysis

• As Trump Takes On Athletes, Watch Them Rise by Michael Powell (NY Times)
• Sen. Cassidy’s misleading claim that preexisting-conditions ‘protection is absolutely the same’ by Glenn Kessler (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump and the Depressing Politicization of Everything by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)
• What Mueller Might Have on Manafort by Asha Rangappa (Slate)

Opinion

• So much for the party of fiscal responsibility by Editorial Board (Washington Post)

Healthcare

• Rand Paul to Trump: ‘I won’t be bribed or bullied’ into supporting Graham-Cassidy bill by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
• Graham-Cassidy and the Fog of War by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
• Jimmy Kimmel Comes for Trump and Pence in Latest Health-Care Bill Attack by Johanna Desta (Vanity Fair)
• Cassidy argues his bill protects people with preexisting conditions, because Trump tweeted it did by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
• Republicans will face Bernie Sanders in CNN health care debate by Charlie May (Salon)
• Abortion coverage would be banned under Graham-Cassidy and could start in the next few months by Kelly Macias (Daily Kos)
• Republicans’ new health bill would hit women hardest, experts say by Jessica Glenza, Molly Redden (The Guardian)
• Study: 21 million fewer Americans would have health insurance under Graham-Cassidy by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• McCain says he will vote ‘no’ on Cassidy, Graham bill, dealing potentially decisive blow to the healthcare repeal effort (The Washington Post)
• Federal estimate shows states’ big win-loss gap by 2026 under Cassidy-Graham bill by Amy Goldstein and Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)
• Opinion: Red-state Medicaid directors sound the alarm about Cassidy-Graham by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• Lisa Murkowski’s bribe — and the GOP’s shameless health care scam by Bob Cesca (Salon)
• John McCain Is a “No” on Graham-Cassidy. The Bill May Be Doomed. by Jim Newell (Slate)
• If the U.S. adopts the G.O.P.’s healthcare bill, it would be an act of mass destruction by Atwul Gawande (The New Yorker)
• The Cassidy-Graham Bill probably won’t become law. And more than half of America is good with that. by Amber Phillips (The Washington Post)
• John McCain Saves Obamacare Once Again by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• McCain Announces Opposition To Obamacare Repeal Bill, Possibly Dooming It by Susan Davis (NPR)
• Full statement: John McCain to vote no on Graham-Cassidy health care bill (Politico)
• HHS plans hours-long shutdowns of ObamaCare site during enrollment period by Brandon Carter (The Hill)

North Korea

• North Korea Says Pacific Test Of Nuclear Warhead Is Possible by Scott Neuman (NPR)
• The North Korean Crisis Isn’t Going Away by Adam Mount (The Atlantic)
• Japan braces as North Korea threatens hydrogen bomb test in Pacific by Justin McCurry and Julian Borger (Guardian)
• North Korea: Kim Jong-un calls Trump ‘deranged’ and warns he will ‘pay dearly’ for his threats by Henry Austin (Independent)

Immigration/DACA/Travel Ban

• Report: Travel ban to be replaced with broader vetting by Ted Hesson, Annie Karni (Politico)
• Poll: Two-thirds of Republicans back citizenship for DACA recipients by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
• Trump to scrap ‘Muslim ban’ and replace it with new targeted restrictions, says official by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
• Trump’s travel ban set to expire, forcing decision on vetting by Melanie Zanona (The Hill)

Russia Investigation

• Paul Manafort may hold the key: Who was he really working for? by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• ‘Russia hoax continues’: Trump attacks investigation into Facebook ads by Sam Levin and Mark Oliver, agencies (Guardian)
• Paul Manafort got himself a new job lobbying against the U.S. by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Robert Mueller Has Requested Air Force One Phone Records in the Russia Investigation by Jack Moore (GQ)

News

• Donald Trump ‘demands supersized Air Force One’ by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• Trump’s approval rating reaches over 40% in wake of hurricanes and bipartisan deals by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
• Obama-era school sexual assault policy rescinded (Politico)
• Trump administration scraps Obama’s campus sexual assault rules by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
• Trump aides begin looking for the exits by Nancy Cook (Politico)
• Betsy DeVos reverses Obama era policy on campus sexual assault investigations by Stephanie Saul (The NY Times)
• Trump’s travel ban to be replaced by restrictions tailored  to certain countries by Michael D. Shear and Ron Nixon (The NY Times)
• Tom Price took at least 24 private flights at taxpayer expense since May, Politico reports by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)
• Rouhani Lashes Back at Trump, as Iran Unveils New Missile by Sewell Chan (NY Times)
• California Today: Suing the Trump administration, again and again and again by Michael McPhate (The NY Times)
• Trump says ‘fake news’ won’t show rally crowd as CNN splits screen by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
• Treasury probing $25K Mnuchin flight from New York to DC by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Trump blasts NFL anthem protesters: ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field’ by Bryan Armen Graham (The Guardian)

Opinion

• Interview: What do you say to people who say they have nothing to hide by Hawa Allen (Longreads)

Russia Investigation

• Trump’s Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Faces Indictment (The Nation)
• Law Firm faces questions for Ukraine work with Manafort by Kenneth Vogel and Andrew E. Kramer (The NY Times)
• The Paradox of an Explosive Week in the Mueller Investigation by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Facebook To Turn Over 3,000 Ads To Congress In Russian Election Interference Probe by Barbara Campbell (NPR)
• Mueller asked WH for phone records on Air Force One statement by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)

Healthcare

• No Matter How Many Times Republicans Say It Does, Graham-Cassidy Doesn’t Protect Preexisting Conditions by Jack Moore (GQ)
• How Democrats Gave the GOP One More Chance to Repeal Obamacare by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• Republicans aren’t voting for Graham-Cassidy. They’re just voting for Obamacare repeal. by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• Analysis: Who is for and against the Senate ObamaCare repeal bill by Jessie Hellman (The Hill)
• Republicans ‘close’ on healthcare’s last chance: Pence by Susan Heavey (Reuters)
• The unlikely group who brought Obamacare repeal back to life by Jennifer Haberkorn and Rachel Bade (Politico)
• Opinion: Cassidy-Graham could still blow up in the GOP’s face. Here’s how. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill by Robert Pear (NY Times)
• Doctors: No. Physicians rarely agree on anything as strongly as they do that the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill is harmful. by James Hamblin (The Atlantic)
• Doctor, hospital, and insurance groups are blasting the Republican healthcare bill by Lydia Ramsey (Business Insider)
• The G.O.P. bill forces states to build healthcare systems from scratch. That’s hard. by Margot Sanger-Katz (The NY Times)
• Insurers come out swinging against new Republican Healthcare Bill by Robert Pear (The NY Times)
• Trump Is Misrepresenting What’s In The Health Care Bill He Wants To Pass by Marina Fans (Huffington Post)
• On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest by Joan Walsh (The Nation)
• How Graham-Cassidy Caught The Democrats Napping by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Graham-Cassidy Health Bill Would Shift Funds From States That Expanded Medicaid by Alison Kodjak (NPR)
• Senate girds for final Obamacare repeal vote by Burgess Everett, Seung Min Kim (Politico)
• CNN to host health-care debate with ObamaCare repeal sponsors by Joe Concha, Peter Sullivan (The Hill)
• Kimmel tells viewers: ‘We have until Sept. 30’ to stop GOP health bill by Dan Diamond (Politico)

North Korea

• Trump Administration Plans New Sanctions On North Korea by Scott Horsley (NPR)
• Trump announces new sanctions on North Korea through executive order by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
• Trump moves to widen sanctions on North Korea by Peter Baker and Somni Sengupta (The Washington Post)
• Trump makes ‘deplorable’ joke in meeting with South Korean President by David Nakamura (The Washington Post)
• Trump signs new order to expand North Korea sanctions (Al Jazeera)
• North Korea: Trump signs new order to widen sanctions (BBC)
• Kim Jong-un: ‘Deranged’ Trump will ‘pay dearly’ (Al Jazeera)

News

• Where is ‘Nambia’? President Trump ‘invents’ African country (BBC)
• President Trump’s Iran Deal Decision by Zeke J Miller (TIME)
• Donald Trump is going to decertify the Iran deal unilaterally: report by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Trump is assembling the most male-dominated government in decades by Molly Redden (The Guardian)
• Trump hires campaign workers instead of farm experts at USDA by Jenny Hopkinson (Politico)
• Trump eyeing policy to accelerate deportations of teen immigrants by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
• California takes aim at one of Trump’s key campaign promises by Rachel Chason (Washington Post)
• Sean Spicer Kept Detailed Notebooks and That May Be Very Bad for Donald Trump by Jack Moore (GQ)
• Trump phones Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands heads amid hurricane recovery by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Leonardo DiCaprio Explains What Happened When He Met Donald Trump by Raisa Bruner (TIME)

Healthcare

• Trump Administration Says Obamacare Ads Don’t Work, But Federal Study Says They Do by Jonathan Cohn (Huffington Post)
• GOP senators are rushing to pass Graham-Cassidy. We asked 9 to explain what it does. by Jeff Stein (Vox)
• I’ve covered the GOP repeal plans since day one. Graham-Cassidy is the most radical. by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
• Democrats Tried to Make a Deal for a Bipartisan Health Care Fix, Republicans Walked Away by Jack Moore (GQ)
• Poll: Plurality supports single-payer health care by Steven Shepard (Politico)
• Trump endorses latest Republican bill to dismantle Obamacare (Reuters)
• Ready to deal this time? Alaska’s Murkowski is in the health-care spotlight. Again. by Sean Sullivan (Washington Post)
• Why Senate Republicans are in such a rush this month on health care by Elise Viebeck (Washington Post)
• Backlash throws last-ditch Obamacare repeal effort into doubt by Adam Cancryn (Politico)
• The Political Genius of Bernie’s ‘Medicare for All’ Bill (The Nation)
• The New Health Care Bill Is Not So Great For States That Like Obamacare by Anna Maria Barry-Jester (FiveThirtyEight)
• Republicans plan healthcare vote, Obama and TV host denounce bill by Susan Cornwell, Susan Heavey (Reuters)

Russia Investigation

• Manafort used Trump campaign account to email Ukrainian operative by Josh Dawsey (Politico)
• Mueller requests White House documents related to Trump conduct: report by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
• Report: Manafort offered ‘private briefings’ to Russian billionaire during election by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
• This report tells us why Trump is so afraid of Robert Mueller’s investigation by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Mueller seeks White House documents related to Trump’s actions as President by Michael S. Schmidt (The NY Times)
• Mueller casts broad net in requesting extensive records from Trump White House by Carol D. Leonigg and Rosalind S. Helderman (The Washington Post)
• Manafort offered to give Russian Billionaire ‘private briefings’ on 2016 campaign Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman, Carol D. Leonnig and Adam Entous (The Washington Post)
• Robert Mueller’s Russia Investigation Is Circling in on Donald Trump by Luke Darby (GQ)

News

• Trump health secretary takes private flights costing tens of thousands: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• Longtime Trump aide Keith Schiller leaves White House position: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Dems to introduce bill to ban government spending at Trump-owned hotels by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• California sues to block Trump’s border wall by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Trump judicial pick: Transgender kids part of “Satan’s plan” by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Judge inches toward demand for data on Trump inaugural protest website by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• The Trump Administration Has a Plan to Alter Protected Landscapes Across America by Kathleen Sharp (The Nation)
• Trump urges ‘strong and swift’ U.N. action to end Rohingya crisis by David Brunnstrom, Tommy Wilkes (Reuters)
• The Trump Administration’s “Unprecedented” New Attack on Voting Rights by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• Russian Facebook Account Reportedly Organized Florida Trump Rallies During Election by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)

Analysis

• The Electoral College Is a National Security Threat by Matthew Olsen, Benhamin Haaw (Politico)
• The Contradiction buried in Trump’s Iran and North Korea policies by David E. Sanger (The NY Times)

UN

• In First Speech To UN, Trump Plans To Single Out North Korea And Iran, Call For Reforms by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason (Huffington Post)
• Donald Trump to call for more pressure on N Korea in first UN speech (BBC)
• Trump Addresses U.N. General Assembly For The First Time by Scott Horsley (NPR)
• Trump to single out North Korea, Iran in first speech at U.N. by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason (Reuters)
• Live coverage: Trump gives first speech to UN General Assembly (The Hill)
• Trump’s First Speech Before the UN Was an Absurd, Bombastic Disaster by John Nichols (The Nation)
• Trump threatens to ‘destroy North Korea’ if necessary (Al Jazeera)
• Why Donald Trump Can’t Stop Flirting with Nuclear Annihilation by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Trump’s Dark Vision for the World by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
• In Maniacal U.N. Soliloquy, Trump Threatens Annihilation by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
• The Guardian view on Trump at the UN: bluster and belligerence (The Guardian)
• Analysis: Trump Offers a Selective View of Sovereignty in U.N. Speech by Mark Landler (NY Times)
• With Combative Style and Epithets, Trump Takes America First to the U.N. by Peter Baker and Rick Gladstone (NY Times)
• Live feed and analysis: At U.N., Trump Singles Out ‘Rogue’ Nations North Korea and Iran (NY Times)
• A blunt, fearful rant: Trump’s UN speech left presidential norms in the dust by Julian Borger (Guardian)

Healthcare

• Senators really could vote to repeal Obamacare in the next 11 days by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
• Republicans Are Coming for Our Health Care Again. Here’s How You Can Fight Back by NationAction (The Nation)
• Republicans Don’t Actually Know What Trumpcare 5.0 Would Do by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
• The Two Republicans Who Will Likely Determine Obamacare’s Fate by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• Latest GOP Effort To Replace Obamacare Could End Health Care For Millions by Alison Kodjak (NPR)
• It’s all coming down to Lisa Murkowski — again by Tami Luhby and MJ Lee (CNN)
• Analysis: How Republicans say they’ll vote on the Graham-Cassidy health care bill by Ashley Killough (CNN)

Russia Investigation

• Trump’s lawyer denies collusion with Russia in 2016 election (Reuters)
• Russiagate Dominoes Are Starting to Fall by Bob Dreyfuss (Rolling Stone)
• Five Questions About the Manafort Investigation by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
• Senate panel cancels interview with Trump lawyer, asks him to open hearing by Warren Strobel, Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
• Exclusive: Trump using campaign, RNC funds to pay legal bills from Russia probe by Karen Freifeld, Ginger Gibson (Reuters)
• Republican Donors Are Helping Cover Trump’s Legal Bills by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
• Trump using RNC money to pay legal fees in Russia probe by Megan R. WIlson (The Hill)

News

• Trump’s interior secretary on national monuments: Sell ’em and strip ’em by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
• US sends warplanes over Korean peninsula in show of force by Lydia Smith (Independent)
• In Alabama, it’s Trump vs. Bannon and Breitbart by Jonathan Easley, Ben Kamisar (The Hill)
• Trump administration officials reject report on refugees: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• The White House Dismissed a Government Study That Showed Refugees Bring in More Money Than They Cost by Jack Moore (GQ)
• Conway to no longer have Secret Service protection by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
• Exclusive: Trump administration prepares to ease export rules for U.S. guns by Mike Stone, Matt Spetalnick (Reuters)
• Senate confirms Trump pick for solicitor general (AP)
• Venezuela’s president says Donald Trump is ‘the new Hitler’ by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)

Analysis

• How the GOP Prompted the Decay of Political Norms by J. Dionne Jr., Norm Ornstein, and Thomas E. Mann (The Atlantic)
• The Madness of Donald Trump by Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone)

Mueller / Russia Investigation

• How to Read Bob Mueller’s Hand by Renato Mariotti (Politico)
• Trump’s Lawyers Didn‘t Just Discuss Russia at a Busy Restaurant, They Did It “Loudly” at an Outdoor Table by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Russia Investigation Turns Up the Heat on Facebook by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
• WH officials fear colleagues wearing wires for Mueller: report by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
• Analysis: Trump in Moscow: what happened at Miss Universe in 2013 by Jon Swaine and Shaun Walker (Guardian)
• With a picked lock and a threatened indictment, Mueller’s inquiry sets a tone by Sharon LaFraniere, Matt Apuzzo, and Adam Goldman (The NY Times)

UN

• Trump opens U.N. comments with mention of Trump World Tower by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
• Trump pushes U.N. on reform and hints he may quit Iran Nuclear deal by Peter Baker and Somni Sengupta (The NY Times)
• Trump pays tribute to the military, the U.N. and Americans by paying tribute to himself by Philip Bump (Washington Post)

News

• Don’t Be Surprised When Your Local News Starts Showing Pro-Trump Propaganda by Jack Moore (GQ)
• US: N Korea to be ‘destroyed’ if behaviour continues (Al Jazeera)
• As North Korea threat looms, Trump to address world leaders at U.N. by Michelle Nichols (Reuters)
• Six Dreamers sue Trump administration over DACA decision by Dan Levine (Reuters)
• Trump adviser says U.S. still leaving Paris climate pact by Jeff Mason (Reuters)
• Republicans Demand Another Vote to Repeal the Affordable Care Act by Robert Pear (NY Times)
• Homeland Security Committee will hold hearing that could push along Graham-Cassidy by David Weigh (Washington Post)
• Trump’s interior secretary wants to shrink national monuments by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• PEN America among arts organizations opposing travel ban (AP)
• Obamacare repeal, thought dead in July may be revived in Senate by Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan (The NY Times)
• Eric Trump’s Old Foundation Apparently Held Secret Event At Trump-Owned Golf Club by Dan Alexander (Forbes)

Analysis

• What The World Thinks Of Trump by Gus Wezerek, Andrea Jones-Rooy (FiveThrityEight)
• Trump’s Popularity Has Dipped Most In Red States by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
• What really happened in 2016, in 7 charts by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• Speaker Ryan’s fuzzy math on the nation’s ‘terrible tax system’ by Nicole Lewis (Washington Post)
• Trump’s ethical nightmares is only getting worse by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
• The Graham-Cassidy Obamacare Repeal Bill Still Covers Fewer People by Vann R. Newark III (Vanity Fair)
• Complacency could kill Healthcare by Paul Krugman (The NY Times)
• The new GOP health-care measure goes further than the failed one by Paige Winfield Cunningham (The Washington Post)
• The Graham-Cassidy Bill: A Last-Ditch GOP Effort To Deprive Millions Of Health Care by Judy Stone (Forbes)

Review

• The Emmys Figured Out How to Handle Trump by Mike Hale (NY Times)

News

• Trump Mocks Clinton In Another Early-Morning Twitter Tirade by Emma Stefansky (Vanity Fair)
• Trump shares edited clip of him knocking down Clinton with golf ball by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
• Donald Trump brings trimming shears to UN debut (Al Jazeera)
• Republicans Are Happy Trump Ended DACA. They’re Less Sure About Deporting DREAMers by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
• Donald Trump calls North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ‘rocket man’ by Niamh McIntyre (Independent)
• Tillerson says U.S. could stay in Paris climate accord (Reuters)
• Senate GOP tries one last time to repeal Obamacare by Burgess Everett and Josh Dawsey (Politico)
• California tears into Trump by David Siders (Politico)
• Tillerson Says U.S. May Close Cuba Embassy Over Mystery Ailments by Gardiner Harris (NY Times)

Analysis

• Trump’s divisive presidency reshapes a key part of his business empire by David A. Fahrenthold, Amy Brittain and Matea Gold
• RTs = endorsements? Trump’s retweets of outlandish memes a signal to his base by David Nakamura (Washington Post)
• Trump Lawyers Clash Over How Much to Cooperate With Russia Inquiry by Peter Baker and Kenneth P. Vogel (NY Times)

Opinion

• Stop acting surprised, America: Donald Trump is a white supremacist by Chaunceu Devega (Salon)
• What is Trump hiding at Mar-a-lago? by Emma Stefansky (Vanity Fair)

News

• Lawmakers Vote To Make California A ‘Sanctuary State’ by Chris Benderev (NPR)
• California lawmakers take anti-Trump stance as session ends by Sharon Bernstein (Reuters)
• Trump’s Message For His 1st U.N. General Assembly: Strength, ‘Reform’ by Geoff Bennett (NPR)
• Defense Secretary Mattis says current transgender troops can re-enlist, for now by Tara Golshan (Vox)
• Former Justice Dept. official joins special counsel Russia probe: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
• McCain joins effort to challenge Trump’s transgender troops ban by Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)
• Mueller just obtained a warrant that could change the entire nature of the Russia investigation by Natasha Bertrand (Business Insider)f
• To make their tax plan work, Republicans eye a favorite blue-state break by Mike DeBonis (The Washington Post)
• In message of defiance to Trump, lawmakers vote to make California a sanctuary state by Kristine Phillips (The Washington Post)
• U.S. Still Out of Paris Climate Agreement, Despite Conflicting Reports by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
• Pro-Trump rally draws hundreds, not thousands to Washington by Ashraf Khalil (AP)

Analysis

• For Trump and his team, a ‘time to be serious’ at United Nations debut by  Anne Gearan and David Nakamura
• Trump’s ‘fake news’ attack lost its power this week by Callum Borchers (Washington Post)
• How ‘dreamers’ and green card recipients strengthen the US economy by Ethan Lewis, The Conversation (Business Insider)
• The big question as the U.N. gathers: What to make of Trump? by Peter Baker (The NY Times)

Transgender Military Ban

• Transgender troops can re-enlist in military _ for now by Richard Lardner & Lolita C. Baldor (AP)
• John McCain Is Co-Sponsoring a Bill to Block President Trump’s Transgender Military Ban by Aric Jenkins (TIME)
• John McCain backs new bill blocking Trump’s transgender troop ban by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• There’s now a real congressional push to block the transgender military ban by Alex Ward (Vox)

Travel Ban / London Bombing

• Trump: London bombing is reason to expand US travel ban by Catherine Lucey (AP)
• Donald Trump Uses London Tube Attack To Promote Travel Ban by Alana Horowitz Satlin (Huffington Post)
• Trump: Travel ban should be ‘far larger, tougher and more specific’ by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
• Trump calls for ‘larger, tougher’ travel ban in response to London attack by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
• Donald Trump blames London train explosion on ‘loser terrorists’ by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
• Trump’s speculation on London attack ‘unhelpful’, British officials say by Eileen Sullivan and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
• Trump’s Tweets About London Bombing Anger British Leaders by Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)

News

• Donald Trump Can’t Stop Arguing That There Were Bad People on Both Sides in Charlottesville by Jack Moore (GQ)
• U.N. Security Council to meet after North Korea fires another missile over Japan by Jack Kim, Kaori Kaneko (Reuters)
• Trump to work on building US business ties at UN assembly (AP)
• Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ hats burned over Daca deal (BBC)
• Trump administration refusing to release full Mar-a-Lago visitor records despite court order, says watchdog by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Trump Goes After ESPN Host Who Called Him A ‘White Supremacist’ by Mollie Reilly (Huffington Post)
• After new missile test, U.S. says North Korea threatens whole world by Jeff Mason, Jack Kim (Reuters)
• Experts Say the Use of Private Email by Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Isn’t Legal by Jessica Huseman (ProPublica)
• Federal Court Says Trump Administration Can’t Deny Funds To Sanctuary Cities by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
• Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
• Mike Flynn’s Nuclear Side-Hustle Gets Even Shadier by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Trump Declines to Release List of His Visitors at Mar-a-Lago by Eric Lipton (NY Times)
• Taxpayers billed $1,092 for an official’s two-night stay at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club by Drew Harrell (Washington Post)
• WH denies reports that Trump is softening stance on Paris climate deal by Brandon Conradis (The Hill)

Analysis

• Why Trump Sees Moral Clarity in London and Complexity in Charlottesville by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Where are all the President’s women? by Ruth Marcus (The Washington Post)
• Trump’s top supporters are in a full-blown panic. They’re right to be afraid. by Greg Sargent (The Washington Post)
• The first peek inside the Mar-a-Lago money engine only leaves us wanting more by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Was Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio Unconstitutional? by Dalia Lithwick (Slate)

Opinion:

• Morality Is Negotiable for Mr. Trump by Editorial Board (New York Times)

Immigration / DACA

• Daca: Trump ‘fairly close’ to deal with Democrats on Dreamers (BBC)
• Democrats Announce Deal with Trump to Save DACA by Alexa Liautaud (VICE)
• Trump: GOP Leadership ‘On Board’ With Deal Over DACA by James Doubek (NPR)
• Donald Trump says wall “will come later” after making DACA deal with Dems by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Trump: ‘No deal’ yet on DACA by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• Trump says no deal on DACA, wants ‘massive’ border security by Susan Heavey (Reuters)
• Trump on DACA recipients: Does anyone really want to ‘throw out’ good, educated young people? by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• Fear itself: Donald Trump’s real immigration policy by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Trump is now tweeting that DREAMers are wonderful and should be allowed to stay in the US by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Conservatives recoil at Trump’s accommodation with Democrats over DACA by Jeremy W. Peters (The NY Times)
• Trump’s support for law to protect ‘dreamers’ lifts its chances by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Yamiche Alcindor (The NY Times)
• Trump supporter Ann Coulter calls for his impeachment after he compromises on immigration by Jeremy B White (Independent)
• Trump’s DACA deal is still nowhere close to being done by Tara Golshan (Vox)

Healthcare

• Here’s What’s In Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Bill by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
• Medicare-for-all is nothing like “repeal and replace” by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• CBO: Trump is making Obamacare premiums more expensive by Sarah Kliff (Vox)

North Korea

• North Korea threatens US, Japan over UN sanctions (Al Jazeera)
• North Korea fires another missile over Japan, triggering warnings and condemnation by Anna Fifield and Dan Lamothe (The Washington Post)
• North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan (Al Jazeera)

News

• Donald Trump says US needs to cut corporate tax to 15% to match China, which has rate of 25% by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
• Robert Mueller’s Russia probe has a ‘red-hot’ focus on Facebook and other social media by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Mnuchin Asked to Use $25,000/Hour Government Jet for His Honeymoon by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• The Trump Administration Plans to End a Refugee Program for Children by Marcelo Rochabrun (ProPublica)
• Charlottesville: Trump repeats ‘both sides’ rhetoric (BBC)
• Trump resurrects his claim that both sides share blame in Charlottesville violence by Mark Landler (The NY Times)
• Donald Trump denounces Iran over nuclear deal (Al Jazeera)
• The Latest: Trump signs resolution condemning hate groups (AP)

Analysis

• 4 Theories To Explain Why Trump Is Suddenly Working With Democrats by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Harrowing storms may move climate debate, if not G.O.P. leaders by Alexander Burns (The NY Times)