Syria
- US to Russia: Abandon Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (Al Jazeera)
- Syria war: G7 fails to agree sanctions on Russia after ‘chemical attack’ (BBC)
- Putin: US plans to fake chemical weapons in Syria by Mark Hensch (The Hill)
- Eric Trump: Donald Trump bombed Syria because Ivanka told him to by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- New military adviser Ivanka Trump reportedly convinced her father to bomb Syria by Esther Yu Hsi Lee (ThinkProgress)
- US plans to bomb Syria and blame Assad, Vladimir Putin claims by Tom Batchelor (Independent)
- Monitor says Syria drops barrel bombs despite U.S. warning; Syria denies by Tom Perry and Laila Bassam (Reuters)
- Tillerson brings tough line to Moscow over Russia’s backing for Syrian regime by Carol Morello and David Filipov (Washington Post)
- Sean Spicer Claims Hitler Never Used Chemical Weapons by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- White House Accuses Russia of Cover-Up in Syria Chemical Attack by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (NY Times)
- US accuses Russia of cover-up in Syria chemical attack (BBC)
- Syria war: Tillerson to press Russia over Assad support (BBC)
- What is Trump’s Syria policy? by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Is Donald Trump ready to make a deal on Syria? by Patty Culhane (Al Jazeera)
North Korea
- North Korea vows to respond to ‘reckless’ US moves (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea lashes out at US Navy strike group move (BBC)
- North Korea Threatens ‘Toughest Counteraction’ After U.S. Moves Navy Ships by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- North Korea Says They’re Ready for War Against the United States by Ella Ceron & Brittney McNamara (Teen Vogue)
- Donald Trump says North Korea ‘looking for trouble’ by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Pressured by Trump, it looks like China may do something about North Korea’s nukes by Alex Lockie (Business Insider)
- 5 ways the North Korea situation could spiral out of control by Sean Illing (Vox)
News
- Domestic Abuse Survivors Still Face Deportation Under Trump by Michelle Chen (The Nation)
- China’s Xi Outshines Trump as the World’s Future Energy Leader by David Biello (Scientific American)
- In unusual omission, no Trump-Pope meeting planned during Italy G7 by Philip Pullella (Reuters)
- The White House Correspondents’ Association picked an anti-Trump comic to host its annual dinner by Callum Borchers (Washington Post)
- Donald Trump’s Lifestyle Could Cost Taxpayers Nearly $1 Billion by Emily Jane Fox (Vanity Fair)
- A Big Win for Voting Rights In Texas and a Big Loss for Trump by Ari Berman (The Nation)
- FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page by
- Anne Frank center calls for Spicer to be fired by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Sean Spicer draws backlash by comparing Hitler with Assad by Nicholas Fandos and Mark Landler (The NY Times)
- Spicer: ‘Hitler didn’t even sink to chemical weapons’ (BBC)
- White House gaffe on Hitler and chemical weapons draws ire (BBC)
- Trump’s climate demands roil U.S. allies by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
- Trump overstates job creation numbers under his administration by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- WTF Sean Spicer Just Said About Hitler During Passover by Tessa Stuart (Rolling Stone)
- Donald Trump’s Lavish Vacations Are Eating Up Your Tax Dollars at a Record Pace by Jay Willis (GQ)
- The Trump White House Is Struggling to Pull Off the Annual Easter Egg Roll by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Jeff Sessions Announces a New Crackdown on Immigrants and “Filth” by Bryan Schatz (Mother Jones)
- Rep. Joe Wilson Shouted Down by “You Lie” Chants During Angry Town Hall by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Federal Judge: Texas Designed Its Voter ID Law to Discriminate Against Minorities by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
- The Trump Administration Lost Again in Court, This Time on Voter ID by Jessica Huseman (ProPublica)
- North Carolina bill looks to ban gay marriage by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
- Detained immigrants launch hunger strike in Washington state by Tom James (Reuters)
- Trump Declines To Publicly Declare His Support For Steve Bannon by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
- Trump administration to lift federal hiring freeze by Jill Colvin (AP)
- Sessions: Congress will fund Trump’s border wall by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
Analysis
- Trump Is Just The Latest President To Follow The Path From Isolationist To Hawk by Julia Azari (FiveThirtyEight)
- Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are the problem — a staff shake-up won’t fix anything by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Why the Trump administration has so many vacancies by Nancy Cook, Josh Dawsey, and Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
- In Trump’s Cruise-Missile Diplomacy, Iran and North Korea Could Be Next by Michael T. Klare (The Nation)
- Trump promised an ‘unpredictable’ foreign policy. To allies, it looks incoherent. by Kevin Sullivan and Karen Tumulty (Washington Post)
- The latest test for the White House? Pulling off the Easter Egg hunt by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (The NY Times)
- Jeff Sessions and the odds of imprisoning innocents by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- Sean Spicer Is the Perfectly Awful Spokesman That Donald Trump Deserves by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
- Trump’s Trademark Continues Its March Across the Globe, Raising Eyebrows by Sharon LaFraniere and Danny Hakim (NY Times)