Asylum Seekers
- U.S. judge halts Trump policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico by Tom Hals (Reuters)
- Judge Blocks Trump Policy That Forces Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico by Noah Lanard, Fernanda Echavarri (Mother Jones)
- Federal judge blocks Trump administration policy targeting asylum seekers by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
- Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration Policy Of Sending Asylum-Seekers To Mexico by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
Kirstjen Nielsen / DHS
- Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as US secretary of Homeland Security (Al Jazeera)
- Kirstjen Nielsen: US Homeland Security chief resigns (BBC)
- Kirstjen Nielsen Resigned From DHS Because Trump Wants Someone Even More Cruel by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Kirstjen Nielsen Wasn’t Cruel and Lawless Enough for Trump. That Doesn’t Exonerate Her. by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
- Kirstjen Nielsen: Trump ‘berated homeland security secretary’ early in the morning and demanded illegal actions, report claims by Toyin Owoseje (Independent)
- Stephen Miller pressuring Trump officials amid immigration shakeups by Anita Kumar, Gabby Orr, Daniel Lippman (Politico)
- Trump ‘urged administration to reinstate family separations for months’, defying courts by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- After Nielsen, temporary Homeland Security chief in tough spot by Yeganeh Torbati (Reuters)
- Trump operating with patchwork Cabinet amid Nielsen departure by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- With Nielsen Out, Stephen Miller Is Poised to Remake D.H.S. in His Image by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- Kirstjen Nielsen Says She Still Supports Trump’s Border Goals After Resignation by AP (TIME)
- Kirstjen Nielsen Shows Why It’s Impossible to Restrain Trump by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Analysis: Trump reportedly wants to revive one of his least-popular policy proposals: Family separation by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- What you need to know about the new acting Homeland Security secretary by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
- Trump Just Purged DHS Because Its Leaders Weren’t Breaking the Law Enough by Mark Joseh Stern (Slate)
Iran
- Trump brands Iranian military group as a terrorist organization by Nahal Toosi, Katie Galioto, Wesley Morgan (Politico)
- Trump designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist organisation by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Iran decries ‘illegal’ U.S. designation of Guards, retaliates with terrorism listing -state TV (Reuters)
- The U.S. Escalates Even Further Against Iran—To What End? by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)
- Does Donald Trump have business entanglements with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard? by Travis Gettys (Salon)
- Trump just labeled Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. But it could backfire. by Alex Ward (Vox)
Tax Returns
- Trump cranks up his pushback against Dems demanding his tax returns by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- NY state lawmakers to introduce bill to get Trump’s state tax returns by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
- Democrats in New York have a plan to get their hands on Donald Trump’s tax returns by Matthew Chapman (Salon)
- Mick Mulvaney rewrites history, claims Trump never promised to release his tax returns by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- The fight for Trump’s tax returns is just getting started by Emily Stewart (Vox)
Secret Service Director
- U.S. Secret Service Director Expected to Leave Trump Administration by AP (TIME)
- Trump fires Secret Service director: report by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
- Secret Service director to leave Trump admin, AP reports by AP (Politico)
- A ‘near-systematic purge’ is happening at the Department of Homeland Security as Secret Service director is reportedly ousted by Joe Perticone (Business Insider)
Other News
- South Korea’s President Plans to Ask Trump to Ease Sanctions on Kim Jong Un by Amy Gunia (TIME)
- Trump’s Plan To Zap Incoming Missiles With Lasers Is Back To The Future by Geoff Brumfiel (NPR)
- Trump presses Uganda to bring kidnappers of American tourist to justice by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump tells Uganda people will not ‘feel safe going there’ until it finds kidnappers who took a US tourist by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Bernie Sanders Says Fox News Is A Propaganda Arm Of Trump Administration by Amanda Terkel (Huffington Post)
- What we know about Mueller’s case against Trump on obstruction of justice by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Trump administration sabotages major conservation effort, defying Congress by Mallory Pickett (The Guardian)
- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Scandal Just Got Bigger by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Trump Reportedly Told Border Agents to Do Something That’s Illegal by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- Trump Administration Kills Baseball Deal With Cuba by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- Trump aims to help polluters by cutting air quality standards by Vanessa Nason (Salon)
Analysis
- DC Circuit bars release of grand jury materials to author; are there implications for Mueller report? by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Another Day, Another ‘Acting’ Cabinet Secretary as Trump Skirts Senate by Michael Tackett (NY Times)
- The High-Stakes Battle Between Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve by John Cassidy (New Yorker)
Opinion
- Netanyahu, Trump and Putin: A love story by Marwan Bishara (Al Jazeera)
- Who Is Left to Say No to Trump? by Jamelle Bouie (NY Times)