Venezuela
- Venezuela give U.S. diplomats 72 hours to leave, blames Trump for blackout by Vivian Sequera, Deisy Buitrago (Reuters)
- U.S. To Pull Diplomats Out Of Embassy In Venezuela by Matthew S. Schwartz (NPR)
- U.S. withdrawing last of its embassy personnel from Venezuela by AP (Politico)
Budget
- Trump’s budget proposes hiking application fees for legal immigrants by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Trump Seeks Big Cuts to Science Funding—Again by Heidi Ledford, Sara Reardon, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Jeff Tollefson, Alexandra Witze (Scientific American)
- Trump’s proposed 2020 budget would seriously harm the LGBTQ community. Here’s how. by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
- New HUD budget proposes massive cuts to affordable housing programs by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
- Trump said he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3. by Tara Golshan (Vox)
- Gun Crazy: Trump’s record-setting military budget is bloated, illegal, and doomed. by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- Trump’s budget request slashes retirement benefits for 2 million federal workers by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
- Trump’s cuts to Medicare hospital payments trigger an outcry by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Catherine Lucey (AP)
- Trump is leaving infrastructure details to lawmakers. That has stymied them before by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
Mueller Investigation
- The Myth of the Mueller Report by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Paul Manafort, After Receiving 47 Month Sentence, To Learn Punishment In D.C. Case by Ryan Lucas (NPR)
- Department of Justice ensures Mueller probe can have funding through the next fiscal year: report by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
Impeachment
- Ticking clock may save Trump from impeachment in Congress by Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- Nancy Pelosi Says Donald Trump Isn’t Worth Impeaching Because it Could Be Too “Divisive” by Lucy Diavolo (Teen Vogue)
- Pelosi is right: Dems can’t impeach Trump. She should explain that honestly by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- House will have to vote on impeaching Trump, regardless of Pelosi’s opposition by Lindsay McPherson (Roll Call)
Immigration / International Immigration Offices
- Democrats introduce latest version of DREAM Act, offering protection to more young immigrants by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
- House Democrats introduce bill to offer 2.5 million immigrants chance at permanent status by Dara Lind (Vox)
- U.S. set to close international immigration offices by Ted Hesson (Politico)
- U.S. immigration agency to close its overseas offices by Yeganeh Torbati, Mica Rosenberg (Reuters)
- Trump Administration Seeks To Close International Immigration Offices by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
Climate Change
- Trump repeats false claim there is no climate change crisis as he brands science ‘fake’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Greenpeace hits back at Trump tweet on climate change denial (BBC)
- Trump Parrots Anti-Science Misinformation As He Readies Climate Change Panel by Hayley Miller, Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)
Other News
- Ryan warns Trump could be beat in 2020 by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump bashes airplane technology after Boeing crash: ‘I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot’ by Matthew Choi (Politico)
- Trump launches extraordinary attack on ‘too complicated’ planes: ‘I don’t want Einstein to be my pilot’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Donald Trump Won A Golf Tournament He Didn’t Even Play by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
- Report: Jared And Ivanka Think of Air Force One As Their Own Private Ride by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Speaker Pelosi Revokes Vice President Pence’s House Office Space by Susan Davis (NPR)
- New York’s Attorney General Opens Investigation Into President Trump’s Business Dealings by Michael R. Sisak (TIME)
- Dems introduce bill requiring disclosure of guest logs from White House, Trump properties by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- GOP senators introduce bill to rein in president’s emergency powers by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- Trump Offers Batshit Analysis For Why 737 Max Crashed And Killed 157 People by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Trump’s national monument changes return to spotlight by Brady McCombs And Matthew Brown (AP)
- Trump’s Own Adviser Admits The GOP Isn’t Ready For Investigations By Dems by Chris Walker (Hill Reporter)
- Obama expanded overtime pay to 4 million workers. Now Trump is scaling that back. by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
- New York attorney general subpoenas Deutsche Bank for information related to loans to Trump, signaling new inquiry by David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell (Washington Post)