Iran / Middle East
- Trump officials to brief lawmakers after warning of Iranian threats by Heather Caygle, Burgess Everett (Politico)
- US orders ‘non-emergency government employees’ to leave Iraq (Al Jazeera)
- US pulls ‘non-emergency staff’ from Iraq as Iran tensions mount (BBC)
- US-Iran tensions: Trump administration orders government staff to flee neighbouring Iraq by Chris Baynes (Independent)
- The Knowns and Unknowns of What’s Happening With Iran by Kathy Gilsinan, Mike Giglio (The Atlantic)
- Iran on brink of ‘full-scale confrontation with the enemy’, military commander warns US by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
China / Trade / Tariffs
- No easy options for China as trade war, U.S. pressure bite by Kevin Yao, Michael Martina (Reuters)
- Trump ropes Federal Reserve into US-China trade war (BBC)
- China’s Xi Jinping urges openness amid US trade war (BBC)
- White House could delay auto tariff decision by Adam Behsudi, Eliana Johnson (Politico)
- Trump readies up to $20B more in aid to rescue farmers from trade war by Catherine Boudreau, Ryan McCrimmon (Politico)
Trump Records
- Mnuchin suggests Trump tax-return fight headed for court by Brian Faler (Politico)
- White House Makes It Official: It Will Reject Democrats’ Request for Trump Records by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- White House escalates resistance to House probes by Jonathan Lemire, Catherine Lucey, and Mary Clare Jalonick (AP)
- Trump lawyer argues Congress can’t seek president’s financial records for law enforcement purpose by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
Immigration / Border
- U.S. plans to send transportation security staff to U.S.-Mexico border (Reuters)
- Trump To Outline Immigration Plan That Would Overhaul Who Is Allowed Into The U.S. by Mara Liasson, Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Trump Immigration Plan Emphasizes Immigrants’ Skills Over Family Ties by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
- Trump to unveil immigration plan aimed at changing narrative by Anita Kumar, Eliana Johnson (Politico)
Online Content
- White House won’t endorse international call to block extremist content online by Makena Kelly (The Verge)
- White House launches tool to report censorship on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter by Makena Kelly (The Verge)
- US abstains from global pledge to curb online violence by Sylvie Corbet and Kelvin Chan (AP)
- Today the White House Showed it Is More Interested in Policing Conservative Social Media “Bias” than Hate Speech by Ali Breland (Mother Jones)
Telecoms /Huawei
- Trump declares national emergency to protect U.S. networks from foreign espionage by Jonathan Shiever (TechCrunch)
- Trump signs order setting stage to ban Huawei from U.S. by Eric Geller (Politico)
- Trump declares national emergency over IT threats, hitting Huawei by banning foreign telecoms gear by Clark Mindock (Independent)
Other News
- Alabama’s Near-Total Ban On Abortion Could Be Headed To Court As ACLU Gears Up For Fight by Dominique Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
- Complaints grow that Trump staffers are campaigning for their boss by Anita Kumar (Politico)
- The Trump Admin Is Scrubbing Obamacare From Government Sites by Issie Lapowsky (Wired)
- Trump Administration ‘Censorship’ Erasing Affordable Care Act From Federal Websites by Jeffrey Young (Huffington Post)
- Trump officials slow-walk president’s order to cut off Central American aid: report by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Poll: Voters still see Trump as a successful businessman by Steven Shepard (Politico)
- Trump boasts that his looks and brain are better than Biden’s by Katie Galioto (Politico)
- Trump-branded properties ‘underperforming’ (BBC)
- Nadler: Trump making it ‘increasingly difficult’ not to impeach him by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
- Alabama abortion bill: New law part of ‘US-wide strategy to push abortion out of reach for all women’ by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Trump supporters who donated to GoFundMe wall now worry they got scammed by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Trump Org. Blames Zika, Gun Violence For “Severely Underperforming” Hotels by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Trump’s prized Doral resort is in steep decline, according to company documents, showing his business problems are mounting by David A. Farenhold and Jonathan O’Connell (Washington Post)
Opinion
- The Attorney General Investigates the Investigators by the Editorial Board (NY Times)
- Alabama Aims Squarely at Roe, but the Supreme Court May Prefer Glancing Blows by Adam Liptak (NY Times)