Michael Cohen / FBI Raid / Russia-Trump Inquiry / Mueller
- F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen; Trump Calls It ‘Disgraceful’ by Matt Appuzzo (NY Times)
- Trump’s One-Night Stand Turns Into a Legal Nightmare by Harry Littman (NY Times)
- FBI raids Trump lawyer’s office by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Trump fumes at Mueller after Cohen raid: ‘It’s an attack on our country’ by David Choi and Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)
- Is Paul Manafort the Colluder in Chief? by Bob Dreyfuss (The Nation)
- Trump brands raid on lawyer Michael Cohen’s office ‘disgraceful’ (BBC)
- Trump’s Lawyers Need More Lawyers by Jay Willis (GQ)
- FBI Raids Office of Longtime Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s Assault on the Rule of Law by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Searched and Seized: F.B.I. Agents Raid Michael Cohen’s New York Hotel by Emily Jane Fox (Vanity Fair)
- Why Robert Mueller Handed Off the Michael Cohen Raid by Jed Shugerman (Slate)
- Trump Floats Possibility Of Firing Robert Mueller, Criticizes Jeff Sessions by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- Trump on whether he’ll fire Mueller: ‘We’ll see what happens’ by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
- Mueller looking into $150K payment Ukrainian magnate made for Trump appearance: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Trump’s tirade after the Michael Cohen raid, annotated by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations by Carol D. Leonnig, Tom Hamburger, and Devlin Barrett (The Washington Post)
- Analysis: ‘A bomb on Trump’s front porch’: FBI’s Cohen raids hit home for the President by Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, and Robert Costa (The Washington Post)
- Mueller investigating Ukrainian’s $150,000 payment for a Trump appearance by Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- FBI reportedly sought records of payments to 2 women in Cohen raids by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
Syria
- Trump Condemns ‘Sick’ Syria Disaster Yet Slams The Door On Countless Refugees by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump says ‘nothing is off the table’ for US response to alleged Syria chemical attack by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- Trump to decide on US response to Syria gas attack ‘within 48 hours’ by Patrick Wintour, Julian Borger (The Guardian)
- The past 48 hours of big Syria news, explained by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Syria ‘chemical attack’: Russia and US in fierce row at UN (BBC)
Trade
- Trump blames everyone but China for trade deficit by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump: Farmers will understand if they get hurt in China trade spat by Luis Sanchez (The Hill)
- Europe Caught in the Middle as Trump Threatens China by Jack Ewing (NY Times)
North Korea
- Trump says summit with North Korea will occur ‘sometime in May or early June’ by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
- Trump signals timeline for North Korea summit could slip by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
Pruitt
- Ethics Office Scolds Scott Pruitt as Allegations Mount by Elvina Nawaguna (Roll Call)
- An Internal Email Contradicts Scott Pruitt’s Account of Controversial Raises by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
Other News
- Trump Has the Most Success Wherever People Read the Least News by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Trump Touts Pruitt’s ‘Great Job,’ But EPA Rollbacks Have A Long Road Ahead by Jennifer Ludden (NPR)
- Senators to Trump: what ever happened to your opioid commission’s proposals? by German Lopez (Vox)
- “Catch and release,” explained: the heart of Trump’s new border agenda by Dara Lind (Vox)
- U.S. budget deficit to balloon on Republican tax cuts: CBO (Reuters)
- White House not planning countermessage for Comey book: report by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
- How Trump Turned Tax Day Into a Giveaway for the 1 Percent by Dave Gilson (Mother Jones)
- Federal Budget Deficit Projected to Soar to Over $1 Trillion in 2020 by Thomas Kaplan (NY Times)
- Mexico is fed up with Trump, and now the government is reviewing all its cooperation with the US by David Graham, Reuters (Business Insider)
- Trump wins pledges of 1,600 troops for Mexico border duty by Nomaan Merchant and Bob Christie (AP)
Analysis
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- Presidential historian Gil Troy: Donald Trump has committed “a crime against the American people” by Chauncey Devega (Salon)
- Republicans Giving Up House Seats At A Rate Not Seen In Decades by Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)