Syria
- Putin slams Trump ties as top diplomats spar on Syria (Al Jazeera)
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Warns U.S. Not To Strike Syria Again by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Russia accuses U.S. of unlawful Syria raid as Tillerson visits by AP (Politico)
- Trump: I told Chinese president about Syria airstrikes over dessert by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Tillerson meets with Putin amid deepening tensions over U.S. missile strikes in Syria by Carol Morello and David Filipov (Washington Post)
- Analysis: Trump seems dazzled by being able to bomb Syria over dessert by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Putin Meets With Tillerson in Russia After Keeping Him Waiting by David E.Sanger (NY Times)
- Putin Receives Tillerson At Kremlin As Russia Warns U.S. Not To Strike Syria Again by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Tillerson: US-Russia relations at ‘low point’ after Syria strike by Jordan Faiban (The Hill)
- Donald Trump, Our Kid President, Ordered Syria Strike During Dessert by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)
North Korea
- Donald Trump’s ‘armada’ steams on as North Korea warns of nuclear strike on US by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Xi-Trump call: China urges ‘peaceful’ North Korea solution (BBC)
- Trump holds call with China’s Xi Jinping on ‘menace of North Korea’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Analysis: Trump’s saber-rattling is North Korea’s propaganda dream come true by Will Ripley and James Griffiths (CNN)
- Trump on North Korea: “After listening for 10 minutes, I realized it’s not so easy” by Zach Beauchamp (Vox)
- China Urges Calm as North Korea Prepares For National Celebration by Michael Martina & Sue-Lin Wong (TIME)
News
- White House’s Sean Spicer says Hitler gaffe ‘inexcusable’ (BBC)
- Betsy DeVos Just Made It Harder to Pay Back Your Student Loans by Jack Moore (GQ)
- 1,470 economists send Trump a letter to support immigrants by Josh Boak (AP)
- Putin says U.S.-Russia ties worse since Trump took office (Reuters)
- Sanctuary cities crackdown threatens government shutdown by Burgess Everett & Sarah Ferris (Politico)
- Budget chief: Trump’s promise to eliminate debt was ‘hyperbole’ by Paulina Firozi (The Hill)
- Trump: I won’t seek Comey’s resignation by Mark Hensch (The Hill)
- Watch Live: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Meets With Russian Officials in Moscow by Lisa Marie Segarra (TIME)
- Despite calling NATO ‘obsolete,’ Trump hosts alliance chief at White House by Brian Bennett (LA Times)
- Trump Signals Steve Bannon Could Be On His Way Out by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Melania Trump settles lawsuits with Daily Mail by Dan Morse (Washington Post)
- Trump administration moving quickly to build up nationwide deportation force by David Nakamura (The Washington Post)
- Trump changes course again, says health-care repeal must happen before tax overhaul by Damian Paletta (The Washington Post)
- Court approved wiretap on Trump campaign aide over Russia ties by Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo (The NY Times)
- Trump says Nato ‘no longer obsolete’ (BBC)
- Paul Manafort Is Now Registering as a Foreign Agent by Drew Schwartz (VICE)
- Immigrant Detainees Are Staging a Hunger Strike in Washington by Tom Perkins (VICE)
- Trump just announced he’s betraying his biggest campaign promise on China by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
Analysis
- What Happens To A Congressman’s Health Insurance If Obamacare Goes Down? by Michelle Andrews (NPR)
- How Trump Is Changing What ‘Conservative’ Means by McKay Coppins (The Atlantic)
- How Jeff Sessions Is Laying the Groundwork for Authoritarian Action by Adele M. Stan (The American Prospect)
- Donald Trump is coming for your Social Security: How the GOP plans a bait-and-switch to cut taxes — and pensions by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Donald Trump’s foreign policy looks more normal than promised (The Economist)
- President Trump’s thoroughly confusing fox business interview annotated by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- Trump’s shifting surveillance claims by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Jared and Ivanka are not good people. They are enablers. by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
- It Doesn’t Matter If Bannon Stays Or Goes. It Matters Whether Bannonism Does. by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- Donald Trump Is Still Annoyed That Everyone Thinks Steve Bannon Is the Real President by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions Is Using His Job to Purge America of People Who Don’t Look Like Him by Jay Willis (GQ)
- There’s a Reason So Many Latino Immigrants Are “Illegal” and European Immigrants Aren’t. (The Reason Is Racism.) by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
Opinion
- Sean Spicer’s teeny little slip up by Andrew Rosenthal (The NY Times)
- Chomsky: Why the Resistance Against Trump Will Continue to Build by Alexandra Rosenmann (AlterNet)
- After the Chemical Attack, It’s Time to Get Rid of the ‘Muslim Ban’ by Peter Certo (The Nation)