Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial

• Manafort trial has Ukraine freshly nervous about Trump by David Stern (Politico)
• Trump Rages Against Mueller on Twitter: He Makes McCarthy “Look Like a Baby” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Mueller inquiry: White House lawyer McGahn co-operating with probe (BBC)
• Trump says ‘nothing to hide’ from Special Counsel Mueller (Reuters)
• Trump lashes out at Russia probe, compares it to McCarthyism by David Nakamura (Washington Post)
• Trump says his White House counsel not a ‘RAT’ like Nixon’s by Jill Colvin (AP)
• Analysis: Why is Donald Trump attacking the US intelligence community? by Tom McCarthy (Guardian)
• Analysis: Trump’s ‘good person’ defense could affect jurors in Manafort trial by Sabrina Saddiqi (Guardian)

Security Clearance / Brennan

• Trump planning to ‘revoke security clearances as punishment for critical White House officials’ by Karen DeYoung, Josh Dawsey (Independent)
• Panetta: Trump may not have authority to revoke Brennan’s security clearance by Michael Burke (The Hill)
• John Brennan doubles down on claim that Donald Trump is “treasonous” by Taylor Link (Salon)
• Brennan says he’s willing to take Trump to court over security clearances by Felicia Sonmez and Carol Morello (Washington Post)

Immigration/Ice

• ICE arrested a wanted man driving his pregnant wife to give birth. She drove herself to the hospital. by Alex Horton (Washington Post)
• In horrifying detail, women accuse U.S. customs officers of invasive body searches by Susan Ferriss, Center for Public Integrity (Washington Post)

Other News

• • • Donald Trump would deport Melania if she divorced him, claims Omarosa by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
    • Trump officials sued over killer whales’ plummeting population crisis by Jane Dalton (Independent)
    • Donald Trump’s sudden interest in quarterly earnings reports, explained by Emily Stewart (Vox)
    • Rudy Giuliani Stuns NBC’s Chuck Todd: ‘Truth Isn’t Truth’ by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
    • As Trump Dismantles Clean Air Rules, an Industry Lawyer Delivers for Ex-Clients by Eric Lipton (NY Times)
    • America’s new opposition: the women standing up to Trump by Jamiles Lartey and Lauren Gambino (Guardian)
    • Rudy Giuliani boldly asserts that “Truth isn’t truth” in purest demonstration of Trumpspeak yet by Emma Stephansky (Vanity Fair)

Security Clearance / Brennan

• Brennan Says Trump is “Drunk on Power,” Trump Calls Him a “Loudmouth, Partisan, Political Hack” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Donald Trump Lashes Out at “Loudmouth” John Brennan by Jeremy Schulman (Mother Jones)
• Scores of ex-spies join in rebuking Trump over security clearances by Bryan Bener, Quint Forgey (Politico)
• The people on Trump’s list aren’t enemies, they are witnesses by Lucian L. Truscott IV (Salon)
• Trump reportedly plans to strip more security clearances to distract from the news cycle by Emily Stewart (Vox)

Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial

• Mueller Seeks Six-Month Sentence for Papadopoulos, Says He Lied and Hurt Russia Probe by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Mueller recommends sentence up to 6 months for Papadopoulos by Quint Forgey, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• The Russia Investigations: Trump On Collision Course With National Security World by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• White House counsel has collaborated extensively with Mueller’s obstruction inquiry by Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
• Truth-testing Trump’s 150-plus attacks on the Russia inquiry by Linda Qiu (The NY Times)
• White House counsel interviewed for 30 hours in Russia probe: New York Times (Reuters)
• Trump claims he allowed White House counsel McGahn to ‘fully cooperate’ with Mueller probe (Politico)
• Report: White House Counsel Is Cooperating Extensively In Russia Probe by Sara Bobitz (Huffington Post)
• Trump Attacks New York Times Report on Don McGahn’s Cooperation With Mueller by Emily Cochrane (NY Times)
• ‘We won’t let that happen:’ Trump alleges social media censorship of conservatives by staff (Politico)

Kavanaugh

• Brett Kavanaugh Investigated A President, Then Voiced Concerns About Doing Just That by Tamara Keith (NPR)
• The Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight is Getting Messy by Matt Ford (New Republic)

Immigration / Border / ICE

• ICE Officers Arrest Man Who Was Driving Pregnant Wife to Hospital for C-Section by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump admin and ACLU to seek compromise on return of deported parents by Tax Axelrod (The Hill)
• Trump’s visa crackdown is hitting Maryland’s crab industry hard by E.A. Crunden (ThinkProgress)

Other News

• Transgender students asked Betsy DeVos for help. Here’s what happened. by Caitlin Emma (Politico)
• Donald Trump’s Unprecedented Assault on the Media by Dick Polman (The Atlantic)
• ‘We won’t let that happen:’ Trump alleges social media censorship of conservatives (Politico)
• Donald Trump’s Social Media Solution? A Free-For-All For Both The ‘Good And Bad’ by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• Omarosa ‘has video, emails and texts to support Trump claims’ by AP (The Guardian)
• Trump buys into conspiracy that social media censors conservatives by Emily Stewart (Vox)

Analysis

• Trump’s Implicit Defense of Alex Jones Is an Echo of Birtherism by Adrienne Lafrance (The Atlantic)
• Trump Tax Cut Unlocks Millions for a Republican Election Blitz by Jim Tankersly and Michael Tackett (NY Times)

Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial

• Manafort trial Day 14: Second day of jury deliberations, judge outlines verdict ground rules by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Manafort jury wraps first day of deliberation with no verdict and 4 questions for the judge by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Manafort trial – live updates: Trump calls case ‘sad’ and says former campaign manager is a ‘good person’ as jury deliberates verdict by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
• Trump says Special Counsel Mueller has conflicts (Reuters)
• Trump defends ex-aide Manafort as jury weighs verdict by Nathan Layne, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
• Manafort judge alludes to ‘threats’ in not releasing jurors’ names by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Manafort judge refuses to name jurors over safety fears (BBC)
• Robert Mueller has over 1,000 pieces of evidence to reveal in next Paul Manafort trial by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump defends ex-aide Manafort as jury ends second day of deliberations by Nathan Layne, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
• Manafort jury adjourns for the weekend with no verdict by Morgan Chalfant, Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)

Security Clearance / Brennan

• Trump Trying To ‘Stifle Free Speech,’ Former Intelligence Officials Say by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Spy Vs. President by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
• Bob Gates signs on to letter criticizing Trump for pulling security clearance by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• US ex-security chiefs back John Brennan in Donald Trump war on words (BBC)
• Trump condemned by 12 former CIA chiefs over revocation of John Brennan’s security clearance by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• White House drafts more clearance cancellations demanded by Trump by Karen DeYoung and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)

Immigration / Border / ICE

• Internal ICE Emails Show How the Government Set a Trap for Undocumented Spouses of US Citizens by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• What Happens During an ICE Raid by Isabella Gomez (Teen Vogue)
• Judge blocks Trump from deporting reunited families by Dara Lind (Vox)
• White House to celebrate ICE ‘heroes’ as nearly 600 immigrant families remain separated by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• Exclusive: new lawsuit claims Trump illegally denied asylum claims of separated parents by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Trump administration to hold event honoring ‘the heroes’ of ICE by Justin Wise (The Hill)

Omarosa Manigault Newman

• Omarosa Manigault Newman Releases Tape Of Trump Campaign Offer To ‘Buy My Silence’ by James Doubek (NPR)
• Omarosa Might Have ‘As Many As 200’ Tapes, NY Times Reports by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Omarosa’s publisher to Donald Trump: It is “quite telling” that you do not claim her words are false by Shira Tarlo (Salon)

Military Parade

• Trump Cancels Military Parade, Floats Buying 2/3rds of Fighter Jet by Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
• Trump cancels military parade and announces he will go to Paris instead by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump cancels Washington DC’s military parade over high costs (BBC)

Turkey

• US threatens more sanctions on Turkey over detained pastor (Al Jazeera)
• U.S. Threatens Further Sanctions Against Turkey Over Detained Pastor by Shannon Van Sant (NPR)
• Turkish People Are Smashing Their iPhones to Protest President Trump’s Tariffs by Billy Perrigo (TIME)

Other News

• Democrats question if Kavanaugh lied about work on terrorism policy by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• DOJ Sues Ivanka’s Ex-Business Partner for Massive Fraud by Ben Schreckinger (Politico)
• Trump Administration Ends $200 Million in Funding for Syria Stabilization Programs by Matthew Lee (TIME)
• Trump backs CEOs, proposes easing corporate reporting rules (Reuters)
• Donald Trump Reportedly Removed the Furniture Melania Chose for the White House by Andrea Park (Teen Vogue)
• Trump ‘had row with Vietnam veterans about Apocalypse Now by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump Administration Hit With 7 Major Environmental Setbacks In Court In Past Week by Alexander C. Kaufman (Huffington Post)
• Trump administration to attempt to kill $3B in foreign aid by Sarah Ferris (Politico)
• Trump administration charges Facebook with housing discrimination by Patrick Temple-West (Politico)
• Judge rules White House confidentiality agreement is limited in scope by John Bowden (The Hill)

Analysis

• Why the FBI Fired an Agent Who Wrote Anti-Trump Texts by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• The Senate Must Closely Examine These Documents From Kavanaugh’s Bush Years by Peter M. Shane (Slate)
• Embracing Conspiracy Theory, Trump Escalates Attack on Bruce Ohr by Michael D. Shear, Katie Benner and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)

Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial

• Manafort trial Day 13: Jury deliberations begin, verdict timing unknown by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• ‘Mr. Trump’ makes surprise appearance at Manafort trial by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• The Government’s Revealing Case Against Paul Manafort by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• Jury in Manafort trial asks about ‘reasonable doubt’ as it ends first day (Reuters)
• Jury in Paul Manafort’s Case Asks Judge to Redefine ‘Reasonable Doubt’ by Bloomberg (TIME)

Brennan / Security Clearance

• Trump ties revoking Brennan’s clearance to the Russia probe by Louis Nelson, Stephanie Murray (Politico)
• Trump ties revoking Brennan clearance to Russia probe by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• John Brennan Says Trump’s ‘No Collusion’ Claims Are ‘Hogwash’ by Liza Hearon (Huffington Post)
• Ex-CIA boss says he won’t be scared into silence after Trump slap (Reuters)
• Trump digs himself into a deep hole after revoking John Brennan’s security clearance by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Trump suggests he revoked former CIA chief John Brennan’s security clearance due to Russia probe by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• President Trump Is Trying to Silence Critics by Revoking Security Clearance, ex-CIA Director John Brennan Says by Jill Colvin, Anne Flaherty (TIME)
• Analysis: The Real Risk of the John Brennan Episode by Quinta Jurecic (NY Times)
• 12 former top intelligence officials criticize Trump for pulling security clearance by Elana Schor (Politico)
• Trump Hopes To Strip More People Of Security Clearances, Despite Outcry: Report by Nick Viser (Huffington Post)

Trump vs. Media

• Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump’s Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials by James Doubek (NPR)
• Trump vs news media: 350 organisations condemn US president in coordinated fightback by Adam Forest (Independent)
• Trump labels ‘fake news media’ the ‘opposition party’ as newspapers denounce his rhetoric by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump accuses Boston Globe of ‘collusion with other papers’ amid coordinated pushback to his rhetoric by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump called the press “the enemy of the people.” Now more than 300 papers are pushing back. by Anna North (Vox)
• Senate takes shot at Trump, passes resolution affirming ‘press is not the enemy of the people’ by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Free Press Gets a Boost With Senate Resolution Declaring It Is Not the Enemy by Niels Lesniewski (Roll Call)

Omarosa Manigault Newman / N-word Tape

• Omarosa Releases ‘Secret Tape’ Of Lara Trump Discussing High-Paying Campaign Job by Sara Boboltz (Huffington Post)
• The debate over Donald Trump’s alleged n-word tape, explained by P.R. Lockhart (Vox)
• New Omarosa Tape Appears to Back Claim She Was Offered $15,000 a Month to Stay Quiet by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Omarosa defends “hush money” claim: “Every time the Trump people challenge me, I bring the receipts” by Shira Tarlo (Salon)

Military Parade

• Trump’s military parade to cost $80M more than initial estimate: report by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• Trump’s Bizarre Military Parade Is Already $80 Million Over Budget by Harry Cheadle (VICE)
• Trump’s military parade could cost more than $90 million (Reuters)
• Trump’s military parade planned for November postponed: Pentagon (Reuters)
• No Military Parade For Trump In D.C. This Year; Pentagon Looking At Dates In 2019 by Barbara Campbell, Bill Chappell (NPR)
• Trump cancels military parade, feuds with D.C. mayor over ballooning cost by Louis Nelson, Stephanie Murray (Politico)
• Trump’s Military Parade Postponed Indefinitely Amid Reports Of Overspending by Doha Madani (Huffington Post)

Aretha Franklin

• Trump Can’t Even Honor Aretha Franklin Properly by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
• Trump on Aretha Franklin: “She Worked for Me on Numerous Occasions” by Marissa Martinelli (Slate)
• Donald Trump Remembers Aretha Franklin as Someone Who “Worked for Me” by Erika Harwood (Vanity Fair)

Immigration / Border / ICE

• ICE seeking to restart deportation cases for immigrants arrested or convicted of a crime: report by Megan Keller (The Hill)
• U.S. attorney general issues order to speed up immigrant deportations by staff (Reuters)
• 565 Migrant Children Remain Separated From Families 3 Weeks Past Judge’s Deadline by Carla Herreria (Huffington Post)

Other News

• Trump says ‘Democrats give up when I turn out’ on campaign trail by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
• Trump Quietly OK’s Bioengineered Farming on Wildlife Refuges by Michelle Chen (The Nation)
• Former commander who oversaw Bin Laden raid asks Trump to revoke his security clearance by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Trump says U.S. will not pay Turkey for release of detained American (Reuters)
• Senate Democrats Threaten Lawsuit Over Kavanaugh Documents by Kelsey Snell (NPR)
• Donald Trump once considered pitting black contestants against white ones on “The Apprentice” by Rachel Leah (Salon)
• It Looks Like the Hush Money to Stormy Daniels Might Be a Big-Time Campaign Finance Violation After All by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Trump Administration Blows Smoke On Climate Change Effect On Wildfires by Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)

Analysis

• New ‘religious exemption’ directive could harm LGBTQ workers, critics say by Julie Moreau (NBC)

Omarosa Manigault Newman / N-word Tape

• Omarosa Admits She Was “Totally Complicit” in the Trump Horror Show by Laura Bradley (Vanity Fair)
• Trump Campaign Official Caught on Tape Saying Trump Used the N-Word Hours After She Said He Didn’t by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Omarosa and the forgotten Martha Mitchell: Unlikely heroes who brought down a president? by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• NYT columnist: A tape of Trump saying N-word could make his supporters like him more by Megan Keller (The Hill)
• Review: I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa by Carlos Lozada (Washington Post)

Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial / Jared Kushner

• Manafort trial – live updates: Jury hears closing arguments in former Trump campaign manger’s fraud case before retiring to decide verdict on charges by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Jared Kushner’s name was just brought up at Paul Manafort’s trial by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Giuliani to Mueller: ‘Write the damn report’ by Michael Burke (The Hill)
• Analysis: Manafort Prosecution Comes Down to Three Key Points by Griffin Connolly (Roll Call)
• Robert Mueller Is Facing His Biggest Test Yet by Matt Taylor (VICE)

Kavanaugh

• Business looks to Kavanaugh to extend Supreme Court hot streak by Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
• Environmental groups warn of Kavanaugh’s history defending corporate polluters by Mark Hand (ThinkProgress)

Brennan / Security Clearance

• Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
• After Brennan, 9 others face losing security clearances, too by Staff (AP)
• Trump Revokes Clearance Of Ex-CIA Boss Brennan, Puts Other Critics On Notice by Tamara Keith (NPR)
• Trump pulls security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Opinion: Trump’s punishment of Brennan is actually all about the Mueller probe by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)

Immigration / Border

• Immigration agency chief defends striking ‘nation of immigrants’ from mission statement by Megan Keller (The Hill)
• Citizenship service conspired with ICE to ‘trap’ immigrants at visa interviews, ACLU says by Meagan Flynn (Washington Post)

Other News

• Trump Tower In Chicago Sued For Violating Clean Water Laws by Ayenat Mersie (Huffington Post)
• FACT CHECK: Can Trump Legally Keep Former Staff Quiet? Probably Not by Peter Overby, Brett Neely (NPR)
• Trump enlists fake Peter Strzok tweets in latest attempt to discredit the FBI by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
• Trump advisor touts Sprint, T-Mobile deal while denying lobbying by Ginger Gibson (Reuters)
• Mexico, U.S. may be heading toward NAFTA deal amid Trump’s global trade war by Megan Cassella (Politico)
• Trump Administration May Sell Or Transfer Land Cut From Utah Monument by Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)
• Newspapers across U.S. rebuke Trump for attacks on press by Alex Dobuzinskis, Brendan O’Brien (Reuters)
• Trump Reportedly Loosens Rules of Engagement on American Cyberattacks, Reversing Obama-Era Restrictions by Elliot Hannon (Slate)

Analysis

• Can Trump’s White House legally ban reporters? by Frank Lomonte (Salon)
• Hungary’s Leader Was Shunned by Obama, but Has a Friend in Trump by Patrick Kingsley (NY Times)

Opinion

• A Free Press Needs You by Editorial Board (NY Times)
• Democrats are making Congress look more like America. Republicans are fighting this. by Paul Waldman (Washington Post)

Omarosa Manigault Newman

• Omarosa claims new tape shows Trump campaign staffers discussing racial slur by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
• Omarosa Releases Tape Of Trump Campaign Aides Discussing Alleged N-Word Video by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
• Trump Calls Omarosa “That Dog” in Escalated Attack Against Former White House Aide by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Donald Trump Sparks Outrage After Calling Omarosa A ‘Dog’ by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• Trump campaign files for arbitration against Omarosa by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Trump’s Attacks on Omarosa Are Getting Even More Vicious by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Trump campaign ‘files legal action against Omarosa over alleged secrecy agreement breach’ by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Did Omarosa’s secret recordings break the law? I asked a legal expert. by Sean Illing (Vox)
• Donald Trump and the disturbing power of dehumanizing language by Brian Resnick (Vox)
• Trump says ‘Wacky Omarosa’ had a nondisclosure agreement; arbitration is reportedly sought by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
• A Year After Charlottesville, Trump Faces New Questions About Racism by Lindsey McPherson (Roll Call)
• America Doesn’t Need Another Tape to Know Who Trump Is by Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)
• Omarosa: ‘I have’ been interviewed by Mueller by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
• Omarosa: DeVos said black college students lack the ‘capacity to understand’ her agenda by Benjamin Wermund (Politico)
• ‘People are terrified’: Trump staffers live in fear of Omarosa’s next tape by Annie Karni (Politico)

Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial

• Ex-Trump aide Manafort’s defense rests in tax and bank fraud trial (Reuters)
• Trump muscles for end to Mueller probe after Strzok’s firing by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Manafort trial Day 11: Defense rests without calling witnesses by Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Mueller Is Closing in on Roger Stone by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
• Manafort Told Jared Kushner to Reward His Shady Banker with a “Major Appointment” in the Trump Administration by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Manafort defense rests without calling witnesses by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
• Defense Rests In Paul Manafort Case Without Calling Him Or Other Witnesses by Miles Parks, Carrie Johnson, Ryan Lucas (NPR)

Other News

• Former Mexican President Burns ‘Total Fraud’ Trump By Rewriting One Of His Tweets by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
• Trumped-up justice: New report shows corporate crime going unpunished under Trump by Rick Claypool (Salon)
• The Trump administration is dismantling financial protections for the military by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Huckabee Sanders apologies for false statement about black unemployment by Jeff Stein (The Washington Post)
• With little fanfare, Trump and McConnell reshape the nation’s circuit courts by Sean Sullivan and Mike DeBonis (The Washington Post)
• Kavanaugh could unlock funding for religious education, school vouchers advocates say by Erica L. Green (The NY Times)
• Turkey doubles tariffs on some U.S. imports; lira rallies by Daren Butler, Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters)

Analysis

• How Trump’s War on Regulation Is Trickle-Down Economics by Robert Reich (The American Prospect)
• With little fanfare, Trump and McConnell reshape the nation’s circuit courts by Sean Sullivan and Mike DeBonis Washington Post)
• White House waives ethics rules to allow top staffers access to Fox News by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Kavanaugh Could Unlock Funding for Religious Education, School Voucher Advocates Say by Erica L. Green (NY Times)

Opinion

• Why we should abolish ICE — and the DEA too by Kathleen Frydl (Vox)
• School Choice Is the Enemy of Justice by Erin Aubry Kaplan (NY Times)

Omarosa Manigault Newman

• Omarosa Releases New Tape Of Trump Appearing Unaware She Was Fired by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• Omarosa Releases New Tape Suggesting Trump Didn’t Know About Her Firing by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump Admits He Only Kept Omarosa Around Because She “Said Great Things” About Him by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Omarosa Releases Recording of President Trump Showing Him Either Lying or Clueless About Her Firing by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
• Trump says Omarosa lied about his use of n-word by Brent D. Griffiths (Politico)

Stephen Miller

• Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle. by David S. Glosser (Politico)
• Trump Aide Stephen Miller’s Uncle Compares His Nephew to Nazis in Scathing Essay by Travis Gettys (AlterNet)
• Stephen Miller’s Own Uncle Thinks He’s an Immigrant-Hating Monster by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Stephen Miller’s Uncle Blasts Him As ‘Immigration Hypocrite’ by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
• Stephen Miller is a product of “chain migration,” his uncle says by Emily Stewart (Vox)

Peter Strzok

• FBI agent Peter Strzok ‘fired over anti-Trump texts’ (BBC)
• FBI Agent Peter Strzok Fired Over Anti-Trump Text Messages by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
• Trump Reacts To Firing Of Peter Strzok, FBI Agent Who Sent Anti-Trump Texts by Ryan Grenoble (Huffington Post)
• Peter Strzok Fired From FBI Over Anti-Trump Texts by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• FBI Fires Peter Strzok, Political Lightning Rod Who Criticized Trump by Philiop Ewing (NPR)

Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial

• Robert Mueller Case Against Russian Company May Proceed, Judge Rules by Tim Ahmann, Susan Heavey (Huffington Post)
• Mueller Is Examining Roger Stone’s Emails by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Manafort trial Day 10: Trump-aligned bank CEO intervened for Manafort, witness says by Josh Gerstein, Darren Samuelsohn, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• U.S. judge allows Mueller case against Russian company to proceed (Reuters)
• Prosecution rests after two weeks of testimony in Manafort case by Rachel Weiner, Lynh Bui, Michael Kranish, and Devlin Barrett (The Washington Post)
• Roger Stone: ‘No circumstance’ where I would testify against Trump by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump-appointed judge upholds Mueller’s legitimacy by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Prosecutors Conclude Arguments Against Paul Manafort In Bank And Tax Fraud Trial by Miles Marks, Carrie Johnson, Ryan Lucas (NPR)
• Manafort Prosecutors Rest, Defense Tries to Get Charges Thrown Out by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)

Other News

• White House Takes Aim At Financial Protections For Military by Chris Arnold (NPR)
• Trump shows support for Harley-Davidson boycott if company moves production overseas by Kimberley Richards (Independent)
• Trump signs defense policy bill with watered-down China measures by Jeff Mason (Reuters)
• Harsh Treatment of Immigrant Children at Virginia Detention Center Was Not Abuse, Investigators Say by Michael Biesecker (TIME)
• Aides regularly tell Trump not to call foreign leaders at odd hours due to time zones: report by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)
• Archivist rejects Democrats’ demand for Kavanaugh documents by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• President Trump Refuses to Mention John McCain as He Signs Defense Bill Named for Him by Jill Colvin (TIME)
• The Trump admin has another pretty good, pretty modest plan to lower drug costs by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• Track the House Races to watch in the 2018 midterm elections (The NY Times)
• Trump appears to admit White House aides signed nondisclosure agreements by Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
• Voting rights advocates used to have an ally in the government. That’s changing. by Michael Wines (The NY Times)
• UN human rights chief: Trump’s attacks on press ‘close to incitement of violence’ by Julian Borger (Guardian)
• Bolton, Turkish ambassador huddle at White House as lira continues dive by Caitlin Oprisco (Politico)
• Trump tried to ban top aides from penning tell-all books by Nancy Cook, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Trump rips McCain hours after signing bill named after him by Avery Anapol (The Hill)

Analysis

• A historian explains how mainstream conservatives made Trump by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
• The CEO of an American boat manufacturer perfectly laid out how Trump’s tariffs are crushing US businesses by Bob Bryan (Business Insider)

Unite the Right Rally / Alt-Right / White Supremacy

• Washington, D.C., Is the Next Front for the Alt-Right by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
• D.C. Prepares For White Supremacist Rally And Counterprotests by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
• ‘Unite the Right 2018’: Far right, anti-racists to descend on DC by Laurin-Whitney Gootbrath (Al Jazeera)
• What Sunday’s Unite the Right 2 rally tells us about the state of the alt-right in America by Jane Coaston (Vox)
• Washington police out in force for far right rally on Charlottesville anniversary by Ginger Gibson, Jonathan Landay (Reuters)
• Poll: Almost two-thirds say racial tensions are worse one year after Charlottesville by Megan Keller (The Hill)
• Police, counterprotesters dramatically outnumber white supremacists at rally by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
• White nationalist “Unite the Right” rally sees a poor turnout, overwhelmed by counterprotesters by Taylor Link (Salon)
• Check Out These Emotional Photos and Videos of Anti-Racism Protesters Showing Up Against White Nationalists by Samantha Michaels (Mother Jones)
• As Usual, Donald Trump Just Can’t Bring Himself to Condemn White Nationalists by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Thousands of counter-protesters. Hundreds of reporters and police. Fifteen fascists. by Alan Pykem D. Parvaz, Joshua Eaton, Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)
• Jason Kessler’s march was an utter failure. But that doesn’t mean the far-right is out. by Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)

Omarosa Manigault Newman

• Omarosa’s latest White House recording sounds alarm bells across Twitter by Adam Rosenberg (Mashable)
• Omarosa Secretly Recorded Her Firing at the White House by Samantha Michaels (Mother Jones)
• Omarosa Secretly Recorded Her Firing in the White House Situation Room by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Omarosa Releases Alleged Recording of Chief of Staff Kelly Firing Her in Situation Room by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Omarosa: ‘I was complicit’ in helping White House deceive the country by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Omarosa recorded John Kelly in the situation room — and she’s got the tapes to prove it by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Omarosa Says Trump Is ‘Truly A Racist,’ Concedes Complicity In White House Deceit by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
• Omarosa’s Bold Claim of Breaching the Situation Room by Vernon Loebn (The Atlantic)
• Omarosa Manigault Newman taped her firing by John Kelly by Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)

Other News

• Kellyanne Conway stumbles when asked if there is an African American working in the West Wing by Taylor Link (Salon)
• ‘Not the enemy of the people’: 70 news organizations will blast Trump’s attack on the media by Cleve R. Wootson Jr (Washington Post)
• Hacking the websites responsible for election information is so easy an 11 year-old did it by Jonathan Shieber (TechCrunch)
• At least 100 newspapers sign up to publish editorials targeting Trump by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
• ‘A natural’: Don Jr. emerges as campaign star, despite Russia baggage by Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker (The Washington Post)

Opinion

• Twitter is the last major host for Alex Jones’s rants. Why does he get to break their rules? by Hannah Jane Parkinson (The Guardian)
• How to understand Trump’s condemnation of ‘all types of racism’ by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• “There won’t even be a paper trail”: Has Stephen Miller become a shadow master at the State Department? by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
• Voting Rights Advocates Used to Have an Ally in the Government. That’s Changing. by Michael Wines (NY Times)

Charlottesville

• US: Charlottesville deeply scarred one year after deadly protests (Al Jazeera)
• A Timeline of Racism in Charlottesville: From 1607 Through 2017’s ‘Unite the Right’ Rally by Claundrena N. Harold (AlterNet)
• A Year After Charlottesville, Not Much Has Changed For Trump by Ayesha Rascoe (NPR)
• After Charlottesville, Alt-Right Groups Splinter, Distance From White Supremacy by Kirk Seigler, Amita Kelly (NPR)
• In Charlottesville, Memorials And Heavy Police Presence On Rally Anniversary by Jacob Pinter (NPR)
• ‘Unite the Right’ and the Politics of Silence by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
• Trump condemns ‘all types of racism’ ahead of Charlottesville anniversary by Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)
• Trump calls for unity on anniversary of Charlottesville rally by Brent D. Griffiths (Politico)
• When white nationalism goes mainstream: After Charlottesville, are right-wing groups on the rise? by Stosh Cotler (Salon)
• Trump condemns “all types of racism and acts of violence” ahead of Unite the Right 2 by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Before White Supremacists’ rally, Trump does not condemn them specifically by Noah Weiland (The NY Times)
• One year on, Trump still fuels racial divide by Julie Pace, Steven Peoples, and Zeke Miller (AP)
• Why Can’t Trump Just Condemn Nazis? by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Mitt Romney’s statement on the Charlottesville anniversary strikes a chord Trump cannot by Emily Stewart (Vox)

Manafort Trial / Mueller Investigation

• You Know Who’s Paying Very, Very Close Attention to the Manafort Trial? President Trump by Lucian K. Truscoss IV (AlterNet)
• The Russia Investigations: Is Robert Mueller Stumbling Into Time Trouble? by Philip Ewing (NPR)

Other News

• • Trump Threatens to Interfere With FBI by Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)
  • Air Pollution Denial Could Become EPA Policy by Emily Atkin (Mother Jones)
  • Donald Trump Jr. Deletes False Instagram That Claims Father Is More Popular Than Obama by Gina Martinez (TIME)
  • Melania Trump’s immigration lawyer calls president’s attacks on ‘chain migration’ ‘unconscionable’ by Kristine Phillips (The Washington Post)
  • President Trump Jabs FBI, Saying He May ‘Get Involved’ Over Andrew McCabe Texts by Justin Sink (TIME)
  • Trump fumes at the FBI, Justice Dept. and Sessions in series of tweets by Brent D. Griffoths (Politico)

Analysis

• Here’s Why Trump’s Most Rabid Fans Need the Madness of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory by Joshua Holland (AlterNet)
• The Trump White House’s new hush money problem by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
• Trump’s inner circle gets whiter by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Trump, At Golf Club, Intent On Projecting He’s Hard At Work by Jill Colvin and Jonathan Lemire, AP (Huffington Post)
• ‘Unite the Right’ and the Politics of Silence by Elaina Plott (Atlantic)
• An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida’s Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention. Discuss. by Kevin Collier (Buzzfeed)

Immigration / Family Separation / DACA

• US: ‘Chain migration’ grants Melania Trump’s parents citizenship by Kimberly Halkett (Al Jazeera)
• Melania Trump’s Parents Just Became Citizens Through a Process Her Husband Wants to Make Illegal by Sophie Murguia (Mother Jones)
• First Lady’s Parents Become U.S. Citizens Thanks To ‘Chain Migration’ by Scott Neuman (NPR)
• Trump Officials Keep ‘Temporary’ Tent Shelter For Migrant Kids Open Yet Another Month by Dana Liebelson (Huffington Post)

Manafort Trial / Mueller Investigation

• Mystery surrounds former sex-ring operator’s Mueller probe role by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Trump’s lawyer claims it’s unconstitutional for Mueller to question the president by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
• Roger Stone Associate Is Subpoenaed in Russia Investigation by Alan Feuer (NY Times)
• Judge finds Roger Stone associate in contempt for refusing to appear before grand jury by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Manafort trial Day 9: Witness suggests Trump role helped Manafort nab loans by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Mueller’s latest move is very bad news for Roger Stone by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
• Judge finds Roger Stone associate in contempt for refusing to appear before grand jury by Kyle Chen ey (Politico)

Space Force

• Trump’s Space Force logos are just as dumb as Space Force by Jesus Diaz (Fast Company)
• Mike Pence: US to create Space Force by 2020 (Al Jazeera)
• Russian Embassy mocks Trump’s Space Force logos by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• 4 Reasons Trump Is So Enamored with ‘Space Force’ by Jay Willis (GQ)

Supreme Court / Kavanaugh

• Did Kavanaugh’s ‘one race’ assertion signal a vote against racial preferences? by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
• Kavanaugh confirmation hearings set for Sept. 4 by Elana Schor (Politico)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearings Will Start in September by Alana Abramson (TIME)

Other News

• Trump blasts NFL players for kneeling at preseason games by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
• Trump renews attacks on NFL players after preseason protests (Reuters)
• Kanye West stumped by Jimmy Kimmel’s Donald Trump question (BBC)
• Omarosa Claims Trump Repeatedly Used ‘N-Word’ During ‘The Apprentice’ by Alana Horowitz Satlin (Huffington Post)
• Omarosa says Trump is a racist who uses N-word – and claims there’s tape to prove it by David Smith (The Guardian)
• President Trump Says He’s Doubling Steel and Aluminum Tariffs ‘With Respect to Turkey’ by AP (TIME)
• Trump Fans Spent $1,000 Putting Dozens of Peel-Off Stars on the Walk of Fame by Drew Schwartz (VICE)
• NAACP slams Trump as ‘racist’ by Beatrice Peterson (Politico)
• DeVos Ends Obama-Era Safeguards Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges by Erica L. Green (NY Times)
• Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war by Andrew Osborn and Andrey Ostroukh (Reuters)
• Group asks Trump to unblock 41 Twitter users after court ruling by David Shepardson (Reuters)
• Trump May Cut Suspended Aid To Palestinians Soon by Daniel Estrin (NPR)
• Study: 11 million white Americans think like the alt-right by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
• NAACP President Says Trump Emboldened Racists With Charlottesville Response by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (Huffington Post)
• Trump Thanks Kanye West For Sticking Up For Him On ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump administration calls endangered species protections a ‘regulatory burden’ by Miranda Green (The Hill)
• Tensions Between Turkey and U.S. Soar as Trump Orders New Sanctions by Carlotta Gall and Jack Ewing (NY Times)

Analysis

• Can the EPA Roll Back California’s Clean Air Standards? by Judith Lewis Mernit (The American Prospect)
• The 12 Trumpiest Members of Congress by Igor Bobic, Matt Fuller (Huffington Post)
• The White Nationalists Are Winning by Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)
• Devin Nunes Is the Exact Constitution-Shredding Miscreant the Founders Feared by John Nichols (The Nation)
• Trump Made Socialism Great Again by Shadi Hamid (The Atlantic)

Opinion

• The White Nationalists Are Winning by Adam Serwer (Atlantic)
• Trump’s résumé is rife with mob connections by David Von Drehle (Washington Post)