Mueller Investigation / House Panel / Trump-Russia
- Six Tips for Preparing for the Mueller Report, Which May or May Not Be Coming by Eric Umansky (ProPublica)
- Elderly Trump Critics Await Mueller’s Report — Sometimes Until Their Last Breath by Tim Mak (NPR)
- U.S. attorney general faces daunting decision on release of Russia report by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb calls Mueller ‘an American hero’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump accuses House Democrats of going ‘stone cold CRAZY’ with their probes by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Attorney General William Barr won’t recuse himself from overseeing Robert Mueller’s Russia probe by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Michael Cohen’s lawyer reportedly sought pardon from Trump – live by Lauren Gambino (The Guardian)
- Trump accuses Nadler of harassment in wide-ranging probe by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- House Democrats likely to seek 10 years of Trump’s tax returns in coming weeks by Damian Paletta and Erica Werner (Washington Post)
- House Intel hires former Russian mob prosecutor to lead Trump probes by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
- Trump signals White House won’t comply with Democratic probes by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Trump lashes out after House committee launches vast probe into president’s tax and financial affairs by Chris Riotta (Independent)
Border Emergency
- Congress on verge of rejecting Trump’s border emergency by Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
- Senate set to reject Trump’s national emergency declaration by Paul Owen (The Guardian)
Kushner
- Dems call for criminal probe into Kushner’s security clearance by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
- White House Refuses To Hand Over Documents On Security Clearances by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)
- White House tells Dems it won’t hand over Kushner security clearance docs by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
Border / Immigration
- Trump administration warns of record illegal border crossings ahead of vote by Congress by Susan Cornwell, Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- “Remain in Mexico”: Trump’s quietly expanding crackdown on asylum seekers, explained by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Migrant Families Arrive In Busloads As Border Crossings Hit 10-Year High by Joel Rose, John Burnett (NPR)
India
- Trump targets India and Turkey in trade crackdown (BBC)
- India Becomes Trump’s Latest Trade Target by Amy Held (NPR)
Other News
- Trump’s Trade War Cost U.S. More Than $3 Billion A Month, Economists Say by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Trump Is Now Averaging Nearly 22 False Or Misleading Claims A Day: Report by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
- Trump planning to end India’s status as preferential trade partner by Michael Burke (The Hill)
- President Trump and Xi Jinping Are Close to Signing a Deal But Trade War Isn’t Over by Jenny Leonard (TIME)
- U.S. doesn’t yet have a plan to prevent Russia from building more missiles as treaty collapses, top general says by Paul Sonne (Washington Post)
- US states file lawsuit to stop new abortion obstacles by Trump administration by Ariana Eunjung Cha (Independent)
- Trump flip-flops on Syria, tells Congress he agrees ‘100%’ with keeping US troops in region by Sarah Harvard (Independent)
- The Trump Administration Briefed Senators on Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder. They Weren’t Impressed. by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s claims of defeating ISIS roil Congress by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Trump climate deregulation could boost CO2 emissions by 200 million tonnes a year: study (Reuters)
- Trump’s pick for Office on Violence Against Women doesn’t understand gun violence against women by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
- Poll: 64 percent believe Trump committed crimes before presidency by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Senate Confirms 37-Year-Old To Lifetime Seat On U.S. Circuit Court by Jennifer Bendery (Huffington Post)
- Trump Organization’s Insurance Policies Under Scrutiny in New York by William K. Rashbaum and Ben Protess (NY Times)
- F.D.A. Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, Who Fought Teenage Vaping, Resigns by Sheila Kaplan and Jan Hoffman (NY Times)
Analysis
- How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich by Rebecca Hersher, Robert Benincasa (NPR)
- White House works to limit GOP defections, criticism ahead of vote to nullify Trump’s emergency declaration by Erica Werner, Jennifer Alemany, and John Wagner (Washington Post)
- Donald Trump donated to several of the top 2020 Democrats: Why should we care? by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)