Syria
- Syria air strikes: Trump defends claiming ‘mission accomplished’ (BBC)
- The Trump Administration Just Announced More Sanctions Against Russia by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
- Haley: US troops to stay in Syria until goals achieved (Al Jazeera)
- Trump’s ‘mission accomplished’ tweet may come back to haunt him as another battle looms around Damascus by Robert Fisk (Independent)
- New Russia sanctions coming Monday, Haley says by Martin Matiashak (Politico)
- Neither Precise Nor Proportionate by Eliot A. Cohen (Atlantic)
- Syria’s Assad in a ‘good mood,’ scorns U.S. weaponry after airstrikes by Liz Sly (Washington Post)
- Analysis: The Syria powder keg: danger in rush for influence on crowded battlefield by Julian Borger (Guardian)
- Russia’s Putin predicts global ‘chaos’ if West hits Syria again by Jack Stubbs and Laila Bassam (Reuters)
Comey
- Donald Trump attacks James Comey’s FBI memoir of ‘lies’ (BBC)
- Trump Threatens Comey With Jail Time in Unhinged Tirade by Jeremy Schulman (Mother Jones)
- James Comey Just Responded to Donald Trump’s Attacks by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
- Ahead Of Comey’s Media Blitz, Trump Lashes Out Again by Miles Parks (NPR)
- Trump Calls Comey a “Slimeball,” “Not Smart” on the Eve of “Shocking” Interview by Emma Stefansky (Vanity Fair)
- Trump hammers Comey before big interview by Brent D. Griffiths (Politico)
- Comey: I wrote about 3 presidents, 2 of whom illustrated ‘ethical leadership’ by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- With Comey Interview, It’s All-Out War Against Trump by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
- Trump assails Comey in tweetstorm, suggests ex-FBI director deserves ‘jail’ by Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
- James Comey book: The five strangest things we learnt from reading the explosive new book about Donald Trump by Andrew Griffin (Independent)
- Comey calls Trump ‘morally unfit to be president’ by Nancy Cook (Politico)
- Ex-FBI Director Comey: Trump ‘morally unfit’ to be president (Al Jazeera)
- Read the Transcript of James Comey’s Interview About Donald Trump by Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
Cohen
- Trump asks judge to block feds from reviewing documents seized in Cohen raid by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump lawyer presses for access to seized Cohen files by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
Other News
- Trump’s Approval Rating Really Is Up by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump fundraising operation pulled in $20M in first three months of 2018 by Maggie Severns (Politico)
- Bolton not done resetting Trump national security team by Jordan Fabian and Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
Analysis
- Unfit to Command by David Frum (The Atlantic)