Russia Investigation
- Manafort Case Drags As Judge Puzzles Over Legal Positions by Carrie Johnson (NPR)
- Ex-Trump chief strategist Bannon to meet with House panel on Russia by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- Steve Bannon, welcome to the congressional hot seat by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Bannon ordered to testify to grand jury (BBC)
- Steve Bannon ‘called to testify before grand jury as part of Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation’ by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
- Manafort trial likely to start in September at the earliest by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Mueller has subpoenaed Bannon in Russia probe: report by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
- Trump tweets ‘Russian Collusion Hoax is dead’ as Bannon set to testify by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Former Trump aide Bannon refuses to comply with U.S. House subpoena by Sarah N. Lynch and Patricia Zengerle (Reuters UK)
- Intel Dem decries White House ‘gag order’ after Bannon testimony by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
Government Shutdown
- Trump Might Finally Get His Shutdown by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s racist comments are a perfect precursor to an impending government shutdown by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- This week’s government shutdown showdown, explained by Tara Golshan (Vox)
- G.O.P. weighs children’s health insurance as lure for averting shutdown by Thomas Kaplan and Robert Pear (The NY Times)
News
- Trump ends 1st year with lowest average approval rating by Emily Swanson (AP)
- Trump Is Already Obsessed With His 2020 Democratic Opponent by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
- White House on ‘shithole’ remark: Trump ‘hasn’t said he didn’t use strong language’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Donald Trump holds umbrella over himself as he, wife and child board Air Force One by Harriet Agerholm (Independent)
- North Korea says Donald Trump nuclear button tweet the ‘spasm of a lunatic’ by Harriet Agerholm (Independent)
- Trump Admin To Transgender Kids: We Won’t Deal With Your Civil Rights Complaints by Rebecca Klein (Huffington Post)
- Trump officials dismissed discrimination complaints from transgender students: report by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
- Trump administration considering developing two more ‘usable’ nuclear weapons by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Dems say they have 50 votes in Senate to overrule net neutrality repeal by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Report: Trump Has Done a Great Job Profiting Off the Presidency by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- The DACA deal that Congress is still working on in spite of Trump, explained by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Trump’s cognitive ability is normal, says White House doctor (BBC)
- Trump’s Employees Are Running Out of Euphemisms for the President’s Racism [Updated] by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Fearing DACA’s return may be brief, immigrants rush to renew by Liz Robbins and Miriam Jordan (The NY Times)
- Trump’s harsh words, not his plan for wall, dominate hearing by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (The NY Times)
- Justice will ask Supreme Court to intervene, allow Trump administration to end DACA by Maria Sacchetti (The Washington Post)
- Justice Dept., Fighting to Kill DACA, Asks for Supreme Court Review by Katie Benner (NY Times)
- 22 attorneys general file petition to block FCC decision repealing net neutrality by Debra Caseins Weiss (ABA Journal)
- “It’s a financial bloodbath”: Property Owners fight to expunge the Trump taint by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Fox News Had the Trump-Pornstar Story Before the Election and You’ll Never Guess What They Did Next by Luke Darby (GQ)
Analysis
- Trump Isn’t a Toddler. He’s an Abusive Patriarch. by Jeet Heer (New Republic)
- Making Medicaid a Tool for Moral Education May Let Some Die by Eduardo Porter (NY Times)
- Trump Discovers the Costs of Undermining Truth by David A. Graham (Atlantic)
- “We’re not prepared”: G.O.P. insiders brace for a 2018 Trumpocalypse by David M. Drucker (Vanity Fair)
- Is this the beginning of the end of Trump’s real estate empire? by Area Mahdawi (Guardian)