Afghanistan / “MOAB”
- Afghanistan: Scores of ISIL fighters dead in MOAB raid (Al Jazeera)
- MOAB strike: 90 IS fighters killed in Afghanistan (BBC)
- Calling successor a ‘traitor’, Afghan ex-leader denounces U.S. bombing by Mujib Mashal (The NY Times)
Syria
- Syrians have been in the US all along, Donald Trump by Oman Duwaji (Al Jazeera)
- How the US media reacted to Trump’s Syria attack (Al Jazeera)
- Syria war: Huge bomb kills dozens of evacuees in Syria (BBC)
North Korea
- Kim Jong-un oversees display of N Korea military force (Al Jazeera)
- Opinion: Will China intervene in North Korea? by Salvatore Babones (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea ‘ready for nuclear attack’ amid show of force (BBC)
- North Korea Rolls Out Missiles During Founder’s Birthday Celebrations by Jason Slotkin (NPR)
- North Korea Displays New Long-Range Missiles Amid Rising U.S. Tensions by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- North Korea: New missiles centre of huge parade as Kim Jong-un aide threatens ‘annihilating’ nuclear strike by Lizzie Dearden (Independent)
- Here are the missiles North Korea just showed off, one by one by Anna Fifield (The Washington Post)
- US: North Korean test missile explodes on launch by Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim (AP)
- North Korea Missile Launch Fails A Day After Military Parade by Emma Bowman (NPR)
News
- Trump White House drops policy of identifying visitors by Darlene Superville & Chad Day (AP)
- Congressman Ted Lieu is coming to take down Donald Trump on Twitter by Heather Dockray (Mashable)
- World power whiplash: Trump reverses views on Russia, China by Josh Lederman (AP)
- Trump’s Travel Costs Add Up, Setting Him On Path To Outspend Obama by Jim Zarroli (NPR)
- US claims success in test drop of upgraded nuclear weapon by Susan Montoya Bryan (Independent)
- Former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove says Donald Trump borrowed money from Russia during 2008 financial crisis by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
- Trump’s reelection campaign raised $13.2 million in first quarter by Kenneth P. Vogel (Politico)
- Trump takes route to Mar-a-Lago that misses Tax March protesters by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
- US deploys ‘a few dozen’ troops to Somalia: Pentagon (Al Jazeera)
- Trump is Hiring Lobbyists and Top Ethics Official Says ‘There’s No Transparency’ by Justin Elliot (ProPublica)
Analysis
- A Month of Breitbart Headlines If (When?) Donald Trump Fires Steve Bannon by Jay Willis (GQ)
- We Fact-Checked All the Lies Donald Trump Told This Week by Leigh Cuen & Politifact (Teen Vogue)
- Steve Bannon: is Trump’s right-hand man falling from grace? by Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
- Seven regulations targeted by Trump by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
- Frustration with Trump down South: The changing politics of reliably Republican congressional district propels Jon Ossoff by Simon Maloy (Salon)
- With Trump appointees, a raft of potential conflicts and no ‘transparency’ by Eric Lipton, Ben Protess, Andrew W. Lehren (The NY Times)
- Republicans may be making a mistake by only swinging for the fences by Paul Kane (The Washington Post)
Opinion
- Bob Dylan’s prophecy: The kryptonite we need against Trumpism by Anis Shivani (Salon)
- Putting the U.S. military first, second, third: What does an “America-first” foreign policy actually mean? by William J. Astore, Tomdispatch.com (Salon)
- The dangers of U.S. military escalation are fierce, says Cato Institute scholar by A. Trever Thrall (Salon)
- Mr. Trump’s 10-Second Convictions by Editorial Board (NY Times)
Tax March
- ‘Tax March’ Hopes to Pressure Trump Into Releasing His Returns by Matt Stevens (NY Times)
- Thousands march across the country calling for Trump to release his tax returns by Ryan Koronowski (ThinkProgress)
- The tax march: Protesters around the country call on Trump to release his taxes by Perry Stein (The Washington Post)
- Protesters Want To See Trump’s Tax Returns And Have Their Voices Heard by Greg Allen & Michael Martin (NPR)
- Tens of Thousands March to Demand Trump Release Tax Returns by Daniel Politi (Slate)