North Korea
- North Korea and mounting tensions: The view from Seoul by Steven Borowiec (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea: ‘Whatever comes, we will handle it’ (Al Jazeera)
- North Koreans’ views on nuclear tests (BBC)
- China warns war could break out ‘at any moment’ over North Korea by Jon di Paolo, Niamh McIntyre (Independent)
- North Korea: A potential train wreck in motion by Barabara Demick (LA Times)
- U.S. Intel Officials Warn of Preemptive Strike on North Korea, Report Says by Carolyn Lipka (Teen Vogue)
- North Korea Blames Rising Tensions on Trump’s ‘Aggressive’ Tweets by David Gilbert (VICE)
- Trump Threatens War with North Korea, Then Leaves for Mar-a-Lago by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- China urges US and North Korea to step back from brink of war by Justin McCurry, Tom Phillips, and Julian Borger (The Guardian)
- China warns of ‘storm clouds gathering’ in U.S.-North Korea standoff by Gerry Mullany and Chris Buckley (The NY Times)
- China urges US and North Korea to avoid ‘irreversible route’ to war by Jon di Paolo and Niamh McIntyre (Independent)
Afghanistan / “MOAB”
- MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan ‘killed dozens’ (BBC)
- Giant Bomb Was ‘Right Weapon’ For Attack On ISIS, U.S. General Says by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Isis denies any of its fighters killed by ‘mother of all bombs’ dropped by US in Afghanistan by Ahman Sultan Achin (Independent)
- ‘Mother of all bombs’ destroyed Isis ‘sanctuary’ in Afghanistan, US commander says by Will Worley (Independent)
- This is what America’s ‘mother of all bombs’ looks like when it explodes by Will Worley (Independent)
- US ‘mother of all bombs’ kills 36 Isis fighters, says Afghanistan military by Josh Smith, Tom Batchelor, Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
- The bombing of Afghanistan shows the US is led by a one-man wild card by Simon Jenkins (The Guardian)
- MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US military, explained by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Watch Pentagon Video Of The Moment The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Exploded by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
- The Pentagon Just Released Video of ‘The Mother of All Bombs’ in Afghanistan by Tessa Berenson (TIME)
- ‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from MOAB impact by Sune Engel Rasmussen (The Guardian)
- MOAB attack on ISIS was a baffling choice in cold-blooded terms of cost by Peter Beaumont (The Guardian)
- Opinion: The West used colonies as laboratories for weapons. It’s not different today by Moustafa Bayoumi (The Guardian)
Syria / Russia Ties
- Syrian-American poet’s view of the conflict (BBC)
- Hashtag Claims Syrian Chemical Attacks Never Happened by Britney McNamara & Ella Ceron (Teen Vogue)
- Syria evacuations begin: Sunni and Shia populations swap between four towns by Laila Bassam (Independent)
- Few Democratic voters back Syria bombings. So why do so many Democrats in Congress? by Jeff Stein (Vox)
- As Donald Trump threatens North Korea, he’s also close to turning Syria into a full-scale war as well by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Russia, Syria and Iran warn US against further strikes (Al Jazeera)
Healthcare
- Explaining the Health Payments That Trump Is Threatening to End by Reed Abelson, Margot Sanger-Katz (NY Times)
- Maps Show A Dramatic Rise In Health Insurance Coverage Under ACA by Alyson Hurt, Juan Elosua, Rebecca Hersher (NPR)
- Trump signs bill to erode Planned Parenthood funding by AP (The Guardian)
News
- US sends first troops to Somalia since 1994 (BBC)
- Trump’s reversals come after crash course on the issues by Jill Colvin (AP)
- ‘Concrete evidence of collusion between Trump team and Russia’ handed to official investigation by Charlotte England (Independent)
- The US State Department has deleted and archived its page on cluster bombs by Chloe Farand (Independent)
- Space Group Protests Donald Trump From 90,000 Feet Above Earth by Carla Herreria (Huffington Post)
- Trump approval at 39 percent as international tensions escalate: poll by Nikita Vladimirov (The Hill)
- Border Patrol struggles to recruit agents amid immigration crackdown by Rory Carroll (The Guardian)
- Trump’s EPA chief calls for an ‘exit’ to the Paris Climate agreement by Chris Mooney and Brad Dennis (The Washington Post)
- EPA moves to undo tougher pollution limits on coal plants by Michael Biesecker (AP)
- Trump to discontinue Obama policy of voluntarily releasing White House visitor logs by John Wagner (The Washington Post)
- White House Adviser Who Opposes Paid Leave, Equal Pay Now Working On Women’s Issues by Emily Peck (Huffington Post)
- DeVos halts Obama-era plan to revamp student loan management by Stacy Cowley and Jessica Silver-Greenberg (The NY Times)
- White House to keep visitor logs secret (BBC)
- White House Says It Will No Longer Release Visitor Logs To The Public by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White by Annie Waldman (ProPublica)
- Meet the Catholic Priest Whose Twitter Puts Trump to Shame by Mike Hogan (Vanity Fair)
- Eight years after bogus tea party rallies, tax marches target Trump returns by Jon Perr (Daily Kos)
- Activists plan ‘Tax March’ to Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort Saturday to demand he release tax returns by Sergio Bustos (Politico)
- Trump Raises Millions for 2020 Re-election Bid by Matthew Haag & Rachel Shorey (NY Times)
- Trump claims he can’t be sued for inciting rally violence by Kenneth P. Vogel (Politico)
Analysis
- Trump, Then And Now: What His Shifting Positions Say About What He Believes by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Where will Trump flip-flop on foreign policy next? by Matt Peterson (The Atlantic)
- Trump doesn’t know much about history. It’s making his on-the-job training harder. by James Hohmann (Washington Post)
- Trump’s pledge to allow churches to support candidates may be part of tax bill by John Wagner (Washington Post)
- War is fast approaching: Where will President Trump invade first? by Taylor Link (Salon)
- The Inside Story of the Kushner-Bannon Civil War by Sarah Ellison (Vanity Fair)
Opinion
- I Never Thought I’d be Marching for Science by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Scientific American)
- Why Opposing Trump Isn’t Like the GOP Obstructing Obama by Joshua Holland (Rolling Stone)
- Robert Reich: We’re Letting Trump Behave Like a Dictator by Robert Reich (AlterNet)
Tax March
- Eight years after bogus tea party rallies, tax marches target Trump returns by Jon Perr (Daily Kos)
- Activists plan ‘Tax March’ to Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort Saturday to demand he release tax returns by Sergio Bustos (Politico)