Gina Haspel
- Gina Haspel Confirmation Hearing: CIA Nominee Faces Senators’ Questions by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Trump’s CIA pick promises no more harsh interrogation program by Patricia Zengerle, Mark Hosenball (Reuters)
- Live coverage: Trump CIA pick faces Senate grilling (The Hill)
- Gina Haspel, Trump’s controversial pick for CIA director, explained by Jennifer Williams (Vox)
- Breaking Down Gina Haspel’s Tense Confirmation Hearing by Lena Felton (The Atlantic)
- Gina Haspel, Trump’s Nominee to Head the CIA, Won’t Say If Torture Is Immoral by AJ Vicens (Mother Jones)
- The Many Secrets of Gina Haspel by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- More Than 100 Former Ambassadors Write Letter Opposing Gina Haspel Nomination by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
North Korea
- Trump: Three US prisoners returning home from N Korea (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea frees three US detainees ahead of Trump summit (BBC)
- North Korea frees 3 Americans ahead of Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump’s Personal Approach To Policy On Display Ahead Of N. Korea Summit by Ayesha Rascoe (NPR)
Iran
- Iran warns Trump: ‘You’ve made a mistake’ over nuclear deal (BBC)
- Is war with Iran coming next? Now that Trump has dumped the Iran deal, he may seek regime change by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Iranian Lawmakers Burn Paper U.S. Flag in Parliament After Trump Pulls Out of Nuclear Deal by Nasser Karimini, Amir Vahdat (TIME)
- EU tells Trump he doesn’t have the power to unilaterally scrap the Iran nuclear deal by Jon Stone (Independent)
- Boeing to lose $20B as Trump withdraws from Iran pact: report by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Europe, again humiliated by Trump, struggles to defend its interests by Steven Erlanger (The NY Times)
- No longer held back by his advisors, Trump puts his imprint on foreign policy by Peter Baker (The NY Times)
- Opinion: Europe must make Trump pay for wrecking the Iran nuclear deal by Simon Tisdall (Guardian)
- Opinion: Trump just manufactured a national security crisis for no reason by Michael H. Fuchs (Guardian)
- Analysis: Trump’s Iran Policy Unmoored From Facts by John M. Donnelly (Roll Call)
- Analysis: The Iran Deal and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism by Peter Beinart (Atlantic)
Mueller / Russia Investigation / Michael Cohen
- Avenatti calls on Trump, Cohen to release bank statements by Eli Okun (Politico)
- Mueller team questioned Novartis last year over Michael Cohen payments by Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
- Documents show pharmaceutical giant paid $400K to Trump lawyer’s shell company: report by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Novartis spoke to Mueller’s office about it’s $1.2 million contract with Michael Cohen by Katie Thomas and Cecilia Kang (The NY Times)
- What You Need To Know About Alleged Russian Payments To Trump Lawyer Cohen by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Michael Cohen responds to report he received $500k from Russian oligarch by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Cohen promised Novartis access to Trump: report by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
- Treasury watchdog probing how Stormy Daniels lawyer got Cohen’s bank records by Luis Sanchez, Sylvian Lane (The Hill)
- Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen called Novartis’ CEO promising access to the president — then they made a $1.2 million deal by Ed Silverman (Business Insider)
Other News
- Former CIA Chief John Brennan: Trump’s ‘Madness Is A Danger To Our National Security’ by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump threatens to ‘take away media’s credentials’ over negative news stories about him by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Trump threatens to remove news networks’ press credentials over negative coverage by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
- Donald Trump says ‘everyone thinks’ he should get Nobel peace prize by Mythili Sampthkumar (Independent)
- The Senate has forced a vote to restore net neutrality by Russell Brandom (The Verge)
- Trump suggests pulling credentials from ‘corrupt’ media by Louis Nelson (Politico)
Opinion
- Trump and His Administration Are a Parasite on American Government by Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
- Trump’s Shadowy Money Trail by Editorial Board (NY Times)