Gun Control / Shooting / NRA
- Trump ridicules lawmakers for fearing NRA, failing to act on guns (Al Jazeera)
- Republicans Are Now Suggesting That We Give Teachers Stun Grenades, So Why Stop There? by Alex Siquig (GQ)
- Repeal The Second Amendment? That’s Not So Simple. Here’s What It Would Take by Ron Elving (NPR)
- Trump’s public gun control statements alarms conservative Republicans by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Inside the Republican Party’s New Direction on Gun Restrictions by Philip Elliot, W.J. Hennigan (TIME)
- Kroger joins Walmart, Dick’s, raises minimum age for gun buyers to 21 (Reuters)
- Senate GOP rejects Trump’s call to go big on gun legislation by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- Republicans Irate, Democrats Press After Trump Gun Control Meeting by Griffin Connolly (Roll Call)
- Georgia Legislature Punishes Delta for Cutting Ties With the NRA by Nathalie Baptiste (Mother Jones)
- Befuddled By Trump, Senate Will Not Vote On Gun Measures Next Week by Kelsey Snell Susan David (NPR)
- With Gun Sales Down, the NRA Told Republicans It’s OK to Talk About Gun Control by Philip Elliott, W.J. Hennigan, Ryan Teague Beckwith (TIME)
- Depth Of Russian Politician’s Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed by Tim Man (NPR)
- N.R.A. Suggests Trump May Retreat From Gun Control by Michael D. Shear, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Thomas Kaplan (NY Times)
Russia Investigation / Russia Influence
- Beware, President Trump: Robert Mueller is just getting started by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Trump has done nothing to stop Russia from meddling in the 2018 midterms by Alex Ward (Vox)
- Opinion: Trump’s rage at Sessions puts the president in serious danger by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Special counsel is reportedly investigating Trump’s apparent efforts to force Sessions from job by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Russians Meddled in Energy Policy, Science Committee GOP Says by Jeffrey Dillon (Roll Call)
Steel/Aluminum
- Trump blasts trade policy on steel, aluminum ahead of meeting by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- US steel and aluminium imports face big tariffs, Trump says (BBC)
- The White House Melts Down Over Steel by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Trump says U.S. to impose tariffs on steel, aluminum imports by Steve Holland, Susan Heavey (Reuters)
- The White House’s war over steel tariffs, explained by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
- Donald Trump’s Dumb Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Are Also Disastrous for Beer by Luke Darby (GQ)
Jared Kushner
- Kushner’s future is uncertain — but few think he’s leaving White House by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- Jared Kushner’s business got loans of more than $500m after White House meetings by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Jared Kushner’s Family Got Half a Billion in Loans After Key White House Meetings by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- 3 reasons why Jared Kushner’s security clearance was downgraded by Sean Illing (Vox)
- Jared Kushner’s many, many scandals, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
Other News
- The Growing List Of Trump Administration Departures Will Make Your Head Spin by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- Lawmakers question Trump ties to Panama project linked to laundering, trafficking by Brad Brooks (Reuters)
- Majority of Americans believe that Trump is a racist after first year of his presidency by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
- The US Census Bureau keeps confusing race and ethnicity by Nancy López (Salon)
- Trump’s Tax Cuts Incentivized Corporate Offshoring. These Dems Want to Reverse That. by Justin Miller (The American Prospect)
- Melania Trump got green card through program for people with ‘extraordinary ability’: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Trump just announced a move that could have devastating economic consequences by Bob Bryan (Business Insider)
- Trump EPA moves to roll back more clean air and water rules by Michael Biesecker, Matthew Brown (AP)
- Trump suggests death penalty to stop opioid epidemic by Sarah Karlin-Smith, Brianna Ehley (Politico)
- Carson cancels order for $31K table and chairs by Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
- U.S. ambassador to Mexico stepping down by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- FBI scrutinizing Ivanka Trump international business deal: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Trump and McMaster have seemed anxious to part but so far remain together by Greg Jaffe and Josh Dawsey (The Washington Post)
- Putin speech adds to freeze in U.S.-Russia relations by Karen DeYoung (The Washington Post)
- Zinke Cancels Chaco Canyon lease sale by Michael Coleman (Albuquerque Journal)
Analysis
- What The Hope Hicks Resignation Could Mean For Trump by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- How Tax Cuts Could Decide the Midterms by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s corruption deserves to be a central issue in the 2018 midterms by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Trump’s chaos theory for the White House is taking its toll by Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- New survey shows young people are staying liberal and conservatives are dying off by Jonathan Chait (NY Magazine)