Bannon /Wolff Book
- Trump threatens ex-ally Bannon with legal action, targets book by Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- Trump Lawyer Sends Cease-And-Desist Letter To Steve Bannon by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- Steve Bannon Tries To Mend Ties With Trump, After Trump All But Erases Him by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- Trump lawyers try to halt book’s release as White House fights to contain firestorm by Lauren Gambino, David Smith (The Guardian)
- Despite Takedown And Legal Threat, Bannon Says He Still Backs Trump by Scott Detrow (NPR)
- Trump’s Blowup With Bannon Means He’s Now All In With McConnell, Establishment by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Trump lawyer sends ‘cease and desist’ letter to ‘Fire and Fury’ author, publisher by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
- Trump trying to stop publication of explosive book about his presidency: report by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Trump demands that publisher halt release of critical book by Peter Baker (The NY Times)
- Michael Wolff’s book leaves breadcrumbs for Mueller to investigate by Jennifer Rubin (The Washington Post)
- Trump targets book, threatens ex-ally Bannon with legal action by Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- ‘Bannon may already be cooperating with Mueller’: tell-all book shifts frame of Russia inquiry by Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)
- Analysis: Trump lawsuit over White House book ‘nonstarter,’ legal experts say by Jan Wolfe (Reuters)
- Trump Bannon row: Book publication brought forward to Friday (BBC)
- Trump Is So Bad at Deals That the Book He Tried to Kill Is Coming Out Early by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Explosive book on Trump’s White House to be released early after Trump’s lawyers try to stop its publication by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
Mueller / Russia Investigation
- White House Staffers Expect Robert Mueller’s Investigation to Take Down the President by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Mueller Has Now ‘Substantiated Claims’ Made by James Comey About Trump: Report by Chris Sosa (AlterNet)
- Report: Trump ordered White House lawyer to stop Sessions’s recusal from Russia probe by Jen Kirby (Vox)
- Trump ordered WH lawyer to stop Sessions from recusing himself in Russia probe: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump’s Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation by Michael S. Schmidt (NY Times)
Drilling
- Trump administration to expand drilling off U.S. continental waters by Darryl Fears (The Washington Post)
- Trump Administration Opens Door To Dramatic Expansion Of Offshore Energy Leases by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- Trump Administration Proposes Massive Expansion of Offshore Drilling by Alexander C. Kaufman, Chris D’Angelo (Mother Jones)
- California vows to fight Trump plan for offshore drilling by Ellen Knickmeyer (AP)
Sessions / Marijuana
- Trump administration to end Obama-era marijuana policy -source by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- Sessions announces end to policy that allowed legal pot to flourish by Josh Gerstein, Cristiano Lima (Politico)
- Trump administration takes step that could threaten Marijuana legalization movement by Charlie Savage and Jack Healy (The NY Times)
- States That Have Legalized Marijuana: Jeff Sessions Can Go to Hell by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Reformers Slam Jeff Sessions’ New Policy on Federal Marijuana Enforcement by Brandon E. Patterson (Mother Jones)
Pakistan
- Trump administration freezes security aid to Pakistan by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
- U.S. Suspends Most Security Assistance To Pakistan by Hannah Block (NPR)
- U.S. suspends security aid to Pakistan over militant groups by Arshad Mohammed, Jonathan Landay (Reuters)
News
- Trump threat to cut Palestine aid could ‘unravel Oslo’ by Shafik Mandhai (Al Jazeera)
- Exclusive: Trump administration to announce cuts in ‘security assistance’ for Pakistan by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- White House Bans Staffers From Using Personal Cell Phones by Jennifer Jacobs (TIME)
- Trump administration rolls out bid to expand association health plans by Adam Cancryn, Paul Demko (Politico)
- Trump’s big new proposal to undercut the Affordable Care Act, explained by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- Trump tells GOP senators that 2,200-mile border wall not needed in immigration deal by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- FBI launches new Clinton Foundation investigation by John Solomon (The Hill)
Analysis
- Graphic: Trump’s Tweets Can Be Reduced To 4 Rhetorical Strategies (Co. Design)
- Well, it’s been a bomb cyclone of a presidency by Stephen Collins (CNN)
- Fewer family visas approved as Trump toughens vetting of immigrants by Mika Rosenberg (Reuters)
Opinion
- Trump’s Attention Economy by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)