North Korea / Pompeo
- Jake Tapper Shuts Down Mike Pompeo’s Lie About Trump’s North Korea Comments by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump Spent His Sunday Morning Praising a Brutal Dictator by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
- Donald Trump Said North Korea Wasn’t a Nuclear Threat. Mike Pompeo Just Contradicted Him on CNN. by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
- Mike Pompeo Carefully Trying to Lower Expectations for a Second Trump-Kim Summit Without Triggering His Boss by Kevin Fitzpatrick (Vanity Fair)
- Analysis: Nightmare result of US-NKorea talks: Bad deal, little change by Foster Krug (AP)
Venezuela
- Venezuela crisis: President Maduro’s ‘days numbered’ – Mike Pompeo (BBC)
- U.S. hints at military campaign after Venezuelan soldiers reportedly block aid, kill four by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
- U.S. to announce ‘concrete steps’ for Venezuela crisis on Monday: official by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
Mueller Investigation
- Rep. Schiff Vows Democrats Will Subpoena Mueller if Report Isn’t Made Public by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Schiff threatens to call Mueller to testify if Trump-Russia report not made public by AP (The Guardian)
- Former acting solicitor general: If Mueller investigation is a witch hunt, he’s ‘found a coven’ by Michael Burke (The Hill)
- Trump faces a legal reckoning – but are his worst troubles yet to come? by Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)
Other News
- Kushner Company Reportedly Seeking Federal Loan For $1.15 Billion Real Estate Deal by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Trade Chief Dumbs Down Contract Term After Donald Trump Doesn’t Get It by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Trump Really Seems Determined to Turn July 4th Into Political Rally by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Trump Mercilessly Mocked Over ‘Salute To America’ Announcement by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- White House committee to reassess climate science conclusions: report by Michael Burke (The Hill)
- US to delay further tariffs on Chinese goods (BBC)
- Trump Suspends China Tariff Hike, Citing Progress In Trade Talks by Scott Horsley (NPR)
- Former senior national security officials to issue declaration on national emergency by Ellen Nakashima (Washington Post)
- White House to set up panel to counter climate change consensus, officials say by Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey, and Brady Dennis (Washington Post)
Analysis
- Lies, bulls**t and gaslighting: A field guide to Trump’s reality-warping mendacity by Paul Rosenberg (Salon)