Secretary of State / Tillerson / Pompeo
- Trump sacks Rex Tillerson, replaces him with CIA’s Mike Pompeo (Al Jazeera)
- Trump fires Rex Tillerson as secretary of state (BBC)
- In sudden move, Tillerson out, Pompeo to be new secretary of state by Louis Nelson, Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- Trump fires top diplomat Tillerson after clashes, taps Pompeo by Steve Holland, Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
- Rex Tillerson Finally Lost His Secretary of State Job, Weirdly After Criticizing Russia by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Trump Replacing Secretary Of State Tillerson With CIA Director Mike Pompeo by Philip Ewing, Scott Horsley (NPR)
- Mike Pompeo: A Soldier, Spy Chief And Tea Party Republican Becomes A Diplomat by Greg Myre (NPR)
- Rex Tillerson Reportedly Learned He Was Fired From Trump’s Tweet by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
- Rex Tillerson’s parting words: Russia did it by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Senate panel to hold Pompeo nomination hearing next month by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- “The Secretary had every intention of staying”: State’s shocking Tillerson statement by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Trump’s Pick To Replace Former Exxon CEO As Secretary Of State Is A Bigger Climate Denier by Alexander C. Kaufman (Huffington Post)
- Read the State Department’s Account of Tillerson’s Ousting by Lena Felton (The Atlantic)
- Full Text: Rex Tillerson Responds to His Firing by Lena Felton (The Atlantic)
- Trump fires State Department official who contradicted his account of firing Rex Tillerson by Andrew Griffin, Clark Mindock (Indepdendent)
New CIA Director Nominee / Haspel
- Trump’s New CIA Director Helped Oversee Controversial Torture Program by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s Nominee to Lead CIA Supervised Torture of Mistakenly Identified Subject, Then Destroyed Evidence by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Who Is Gina Haspel, President Trump’s Pick for CIA Director? by Tessa Berenson (TIME)
- Snowden rips Trump’s CIA pick over torture program by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Gina Haspel, Trump’s CIA director pick, oversaw the torture of dozens of people by Alex Ward (Vox)
Russia Investigation
- US House Republicans find no Trump-Russia collusion (Al Jazeera)
- Manafort could face ‘rest of life in prison,’ judge says by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
Gun Violence
- Activists and families of gun violence victims protest with 7,000 shoes on Congress’ doorstep by Nicole Gallucci (Mashable)
- Trump’s bold new gun policy after Parkland: Literally do nothing by Matthew Sheffield (Salon)
- Most Gun Owners Support Stricter Laws — Even NRA Members by Bloomberg (TIME)
- There are 7,000 pairs of shoes outside the Capitol. Here’s why. by Rachel Wolfe (Vox)
Personal Assistant
- Trump’s personal aide exits White House, will join campaign (AP)
- Trump’s personal assistant John McEntee fired from White House and escorted out due to ‘unspecified security issue’ by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Trump’s personal assistant John McEntee fired from role: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- A White House aide fired for “serious financial crimes” got a job on Trump’s campaign the next day by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- Trump’s personal assistant couldn’t get a security clearance, so he joined the Trump campaign by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
Other News
- U.S. farm group targets Trump with free-trade ads by Ginger Gibson (Reuters)
- Trump Will Visit U.S.-Mexico Border To Tout Long-Promised Wall by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- It’s time to start taking the Stormy Daniels scandal seriously by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- In California, Trump to review border wall, immigration issues by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- In California, Trump Attacks Jerry Brown and ‘Sanctuary Policies’ beter Baker and Tim Arango (NY Times)
- Zinke: Too many people enter national parks for free by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
Analysis
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- Trump’s Tariffs Could Actually Work — If He Has A Plan by Evan Horowitz (FiveThirtyEight)
- The Donald Trump Cabinet Tracker by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- What legal rights do students really have to protest during the school day? Valerie Strauss (Washington Post)
- This Mural Quotes Trump’s ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape, and Now the Owner Is Facing Jail Time by Colleen Kane Gielskie (ACLU.org)