North Korea
- Trump praises historic Korea summit but warns ‘only time will tell’ (Politico)
- Donald Trump Declares in Tweet: ‘KOREAN WAR TO END’ by AP (TIME)
- North Korean media hails summit as Trump presses for full denuclearization by Josh Smith (Reuters)
EPA / Pruitt
- EPA staff in ‘despair’ after Pruitt blame game by Emily Holden (Politico)
- E.P.A. Readies Plan to Weaken Rules That Require Cars to Be Cleaner by Hiroko Tabuchi, Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport (NY Times)
- Scott Pruitt admits little culpability in EPA controversies, mostly blames aides and staff by Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)
Russia Investigation / Mueller
- Judge tosses Manafort’s suit challenging ‘unmoored’ jurisdiction grant to Mueller by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- GOP-Led House Panel Ends Its Russia Probe By Claiming To Clear Trump by Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
- House Intelligence Committee Republicans release final Russia report by Matt Zapotosky, Karoun Demirjian and Greg Miller (Washington Post)
- Manafort just lost a case that would have undermined Mueller’s probe by Zachary Fryer-Biggs (Vox)
- Trump cites GOP report to dismiss collusion claims: Mueller ‘should never’ have been appointed by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Analysis: 3 ways the House Republicans’ Russia report directly contradicts the intelligence community by Amber Phillips (Washington Post)
Chaplain Controversy
- Republicans Reject Investigation Into Why Paul Ryan Fired House Chaplain by Jennifer Bendery and Matt Fuller (Huffington Post)
- House Floor Erupts Over Chaplain Controversy by Lindsey McPherson (Roll Call)
- Firing of House Chaplain causes uproar on Capital Hill by Elizabet Dias and Sheryl Gay Stolberg (The NY Times)
News
- Trump attacks Comey after the former FBI director denies improperly leaking memos by Akela Lacy (Politico)
- Trump is trying to send a US citizen to Saudi Arabia without a trial by Zachary Fryer-Biggs (Vox)
- Senators rebuke Trump administration over challenge to Native Americans’ health care by Dan Diamond (Politico)
- Court grants 90-day delay in Stormy Daniels’ suit against Trump by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Lawyer Who Was Said to Have Dirt on Clinton Had Closer Ties to Kremlin Than She Let On by Andrew E. Kramer and Sharon LaFraniere (NY Times)
- Stormy Daniels lawsuit delayed as judge cites ‘likely’ indictment of Michael Cohen by Louis Lucero II(The NY Times)
- Trump rebrands diplomatic norms as events in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere spin on his axis by Anne Gearan (The Washington Post)
- Lawyer who was said to have dirt on Clinton had closer ties to Kremlin than she let on by Andrew E. Kramer and Sharon LaFraniere (The NY Times)
- Trump and Merkel meet one on one, but don’t see eye to eye by Julie Hirschfeld-Davis (The NY Times)
- Jeff Flake sees a ‘wake-up’ call after the Arizona special election. Does the rest of the GOP? by Tara Golshan (Vox)
- Trump Wants to Throw Out the Electoral College by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Judge Delays Stormy Daniels’ Lawsuit Against Trump, Lawyer Michael Cohen by Barbara Campbell (NPR)
Analysis
- The Republican Party, Not Trump, Is the Real Threat to American Democracy by Jeet Heer (The New Republic)
- The Puzzle of Sarah Huckabee Sanders by Jason Schwartz (Politico)
- The bizarre, right-wing campaign to discredit Arizona teachers by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
- Trump is claiming wins on North Korea before the game actually starts by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- How Trump’s mixed signals complicate America’s role in the world by Max Fisher (The NY Times)
- Trump rebrands diplomatic norms as events in Asia, Europe and elsewhere spin on his axis by Anne Gearan (Washington Post)