McMaster / Bolton
- Trump replaces National Security Adviser HR McMaster with John Bolton (BBC)
- Donald Trump Taps John Bolton to Replace H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser by Inae Oh, Patrick Caldwell (Mother Jones)
- H.R. McMaster Resigns. John Bolton Named Trump’s New National Security Advisor by AP (TIME)
- John Bolton to replace McMaster as Trump’s national security adviser by Ed Pilkington, Julian Borger (The Guardian)
- McMaster Is Out, an Even Bigger North Korea Hawk Is In by Uri Friedman (The Atlantic)
- John Bolton to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser by Cristiano Lima, Matthew Nussbaum, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
- This Is the Scariest News of the Trump Presidency by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Three examples of John Bolton’s longtime hardline views by Matthew Haag (The NY Times)
- John Bolton, an undiplomatic voice for American might by Peter Baker (The NY Times)
- The case against John Bolton, in one Trump tweet. by Dara Lind (Vox)
China / Tariffs / Trade
- Trump moves to crack down on China trade with $60 billion in tariffs on imported products by David J. Lynch (Washington Post)
- Trump to impose tariffs on $60bn of Chinese imports (Al Jazeera)
- Trump’s Latest China Tariffs Could Hurt Tech—and Even Social Media by Tom Simonite (Wired)
- Trump Could Be Bumbling Into a Trade War With China by Ely Ratner (The Atlantic)
- Stock markets tumble amid heightening concerns over trade by Matt Phillips (The NY Times)
- Trump’s trade threats put China’s leader on the spot by Steven Lee Meyers (The NY Times)
- Opinion: Trump’s half-baked China tariffs (The NY Times)
Biden
- Trump Attacks “Crazy Joe Biden,” Says He Could Beat Up Former Vice President by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump fires back at Biden: He’s ‘mentally and physically’ weak by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Biden And Trump Taunt Each Other Over Who Would Win ‘High School’ Fight by Brian Naylor (NPR)
Russia Investigation / Mueller
- Team Trump’s smear campaign against Mueller gets serious: Will he survive? by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Judiciary Dems warn Trump: Don’t fire Mueller, Sessions during House recess by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
- Trump says he wants to testify to Mueller in Russia probe by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- “Now I’m F—ing Doing It My Way”: Jubilant and Self-Liberated, the President Prepares for War with Mueller by Gabriel Sherman (Vanity Fair)
John Dowd
- Trump lawyer John Dowd resigns by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- John Dowd Resigns as Trump’s Lead Lawyer in Special Counsel Inquiry by Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
- Donald Trump’s top Russia lawyer John Dowd resigns (BBC)
- President Trump’s Top Lawyer on the Robert Mueller Investigation Just Resigned by Ryan Teague Beckwith (TIME)
- Trump’s Russia probe lawyer John Dowd resigns by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- Trump Proves Indefensible by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
Karen McDougal
- Former Playboy Model Karen McDougal Says Trump Tried to Pay Her After Sex by Michael Balsamo (TIME)
- Former playboy model gives emotional account of alleged affair with Trump by Eli Rosenberg, Emma Brown, and Mark Berman (The Washington Post)
- Ex-Playboy model says she kept journal of days she met with Trump by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
Other News
- Trump seeks to punish N.Y. commuters by killing Hudson River rail tunnel by Bob Hennelly (Salon)
- Donald Trump announcing imminent talks with Vladimir Putin ‘takes advisers by surprise’ by Karen DeYoung, John Hudson (Independent)
- Trump’s Pick For CDC Director Is Experienced But Controversial by Ed Yong (The Atlantic)
- Everyone has something to hate in Trump’s new budget by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Trump official says US is ‘pro-life country’ at closed-door UN meeting by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
- Read the Bill or Get Out of Town Quickly? On Omnibus, Congress Chooses the Latter by Lindsay McPherson (Roll Call)
- Trump considered ousting Kelly and serving as his own chief of staff: report by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims by Alice Mannette (Reuters)
- Spending plan moving through Congress is a rebuke to Trump. Here’s why. by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (The NY Times)
- Beyond gun control, student marchers aim to upend elections by Alexander Burns and Julie Turkewitz (The NY Times)