Russia Investigation
- Week 42: Mueller’s Probe Reaches Distant Shores by Jack Shafer (Politico)
- The Secret of Robert Mueller’s Waiting Game by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Despite Mueller’s Push, House Republicans Declare No Evidence of Collusion by Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
- House ends Russia probe, says no Trump-Kremlin collusion by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Republicans shut down House Russia probe over Democratic objections by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- House Republicans Failed to Find Any Dirt on Trump-Russia, Just as They Intended by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Republicans On House Intel Panel Conclude There Was No Collusion With Russia by Philip Ewing (NPR)
DeVos
- Betsy DeVos’s Embarrassing 60 Minutes Interview Is What Happens When You’re Not Qualified for the Job by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Betsy DeVos Gives a Master Class on How to Bomb Basic Questions About Your Job by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- A Rocky Appearance For DeVos On ’60 Minutes’ by Anya Kamenetz (NPR)
- DeVos: ‘I Don’t Know’ Whether Sexual Assaults Outnumber False Accusations by Alanna Vagianos (Huffington Post)
Stormy Daniels
- Stormy Daniels Offers To Pay Back ‘Hush Money’ To Speak About Alleged Trump Affair by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Donald Trump and His Lawyers Are Bungling the Stormy Daniels Story in Spectacular Fashion by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Stormy Daniels offers to return $130,000 to end deal to keep quiet by Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
Gun Control / School Safety
- Trump confirms he’s backing off raising age for purchasing some guns by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- The Trump Administration’s School Safety Plan Includes a Proposal to Arm Teachers by Jameelah Nasheed (Teen Vogue)
- In bow to NRA, Trump throws gun purchase age to states, courts by Roberta Rampton, Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- Trump’s new position on gun control is starting to look a lot like the NRA’s by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- Conceding to N.R.A., Trump abandons brief gun control promise by Michael D. Shear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg (The NY Times)
- The gun debate is dead by Jim Newell (Slate)
- Trump under growing pressure on gun control after appearing to cave in to NRA by David Smith (Guardian)
News
- Trump Administration Moves To Reshape Who Qualifies For Asylum by Joel Rose (NPR)
- Democrats ask for copy of Trump Organization’s check to taxpayers by Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
- When the President of the United States Calls You a ‘Son of a Bitch’ by Susan B. Glasser (Politico)
- Trump blocks broadcom’s bid for Qualcomm by Celia Kang and Alan Rappeport (The NY Times)
- Stormy Daniels offers to return payment to end deal for her silence by Jim Rutenberg (The NY Times)
- A visit behind the lines: President Trump heads to California by Adam Nagourney and Tim Arango (The NY Times)
- Trump’s VA Is Purging Civil Servants by Isaac Arnsdorf, Pro Public (Politico)
- Trump Intensifies War on California’s Immigrant ‘Sanctuaries’ Dean DeChiaro (Roll Call)
- Trump Jr., Donor Have Longtime Undisclosed Ties. AP (US News)
- White House slams ‘sanctuary’ supporters in advance of Trump visit by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- God, cocaine, money and forgetting: a look at Donald Trump’s new economic adviser by Nina Burleigh (Newsweek)
Opinion
- Don’t forget: ‘Dreamers’ are being bartered for a wall by Richard Cohen (Washington Post)
- Britain Accuses Russia of Poisoning—Trump Won’t Agree by David From (Atlantic)