Transgender Ban
- Thousands of Transgender Troops’ Lives Are About to Change Radically. But the Military Still Hasn’t Figured Out the Details. by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
- Stop pretending the transgender ban isn’t a ban by Diane H. Mazur (Politico)
- Trump transgender military ban: 14,700 jobs at risk as controversial policy comes into effect by Victoria Gagliardo-Silver (Independent)
- Trump’s controversial transgender troop ban takes effect (Al Jazeera)
- Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Is Now In Effect by Sonia Elks (Huffington Post)
Mueller Report
- Obstruction Of Justice Could Still Threaten Trump Politically by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
- With Craig Indictment, Mueller Probe Sends Ripples Through the Swamp by Seth Hettena (The New Republic)
Immigration / Border
- Trump Officials Considered Transporting Migrants to ‘Sanctuary Cities’ as Political Retribution, Report Says by Amy Gunia (TIME)
- Stephen Miller Proposed Releasing Detained Migrants in Pelosi’s District by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- Trump reportedly told his border chief to close the border and block migrants from entering the US — and that if he went to jail, he’d pardon him by Michelle Mark (Business Insider)
- Trump asylum policy gets temporary reprieve from Court of Appeals by Tom Hals (Reuters)
- Trump considering releasing migrant detainees in sanctuary cities (BBC)
- Trump Threatens To Send Detained Immigrants To ‘Sanctuary Cities’ As Retaliation by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- Trump Said He Would Pardon Border Official If He Broke Law By Denying Migrants: CNN by Sebastian Murdock (Huffington Post)
- The Trump Administration Just Settled a Suit That Could Reunite 2,700 Immigrants With Their Families by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
- Trump Urged Homeland Security Official to Close Border Despite an Earlier Promise of a Delay by Maggie Haberman, Annie Karni, and Eric Schmitt (NY Times)
- Trump Administration To Allow 2,700 Central American Children Into The U.S. by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
Tax Returns
- To get Trump’s tax returns, Democrats must show they have a good reason by Brian Faler (Politico)
- The Public Wants Trump’s Tax Returns by William Saletan (Slate)
- Trump must release his tax returns or be barred from state’s 2020 election ballot, Illinois senate votes by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
Ilhan Omar
- Trump tweets edited video slamming Omar over 9/11 comments by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- President Trump targets Rep. Ilhan Omar with a video of Twin Towers burning. by Eli Rosenberg (Washington Post)
- Trump Uses 9/11 Footage To Advance Right-Wing Attacks On Ilhan Omar by Lydia O’Connor (Huffington Post)
Other News
- New Government Data Shows Trump Wanted to Close the Wrong Border by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- Trump says he mulled nominating daughter Ivanka for World Bank president by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump says he considered nominating Ivanka to lead World Bank by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- 60 Top Corporations Paid $0 Federal Taxes Under Trump Tax Law by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Under Trump, U.S. drilling permits on federal lands soar by Nichola Groom (Reuters)
- Trump blows up over newspaper’s choice of page for story about former Obama lawyer by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Trump accuses media of not focusing enough on charges against Obama White House lawyer by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump promised his sons would keep business out of politics. He’s admitting that was a lie. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Trump tax ‘cut’ actually increased taxes for 10 million American families, report finds by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
- Trump rejects government intervention in 5G wireless networks by Margaret Harding McGill (Politico)
- Trump passes on making U.N. racism committee nomination by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions by Kim Tong-hyung (AP)
- Criticism mounts of Trump pick for U.S. Federal Reserve by Pete Schroeder, Howard Schneider (Reuters)
- White House eyes nuclear weapons expert to lead challenge to climate science by Scott Waldman, E&E News (Science Magazine)
- Company led by Trump nominee was rife with harassment, including groping and kissing, report says by Michael Brice-Saddler (Washington Post)
Analysis
- Inside Ivanka’s Dreamworld by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
- Trump bulldozes across the presidency’s red lines by Nancy Cook (Politico)
- Unite the whites: Donald Trump now leads a unified party of anti-immigrant racism by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Trump uses ‘treason’ to demonize political opponents. It won’t end well. by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- Inside the Russian effort to target Sanders supporters — and help elect Trump by Michael Kranish (Washington Post)
- A comprehensive list of former Fox employees who have joined the Trump administration by Matt Gertz (Media Matters)