Immigration
- Trump’s New Immigration Plan Doesn’t Address Undocumented Immigrants by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Five things to watch for in Trump’s immigration address by Jordan Fabian, Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump proposes new immigration plan favouring skills over family (Al Jazeera)
- President Trump Announces Campaign Talking Points on Immigration by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s ‘merit-based’ immigration plan declared ‘dead on arrival’ by opponents by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Trump Unveils A New Immigration Plan That Is Going Nowhere by Roque Planas, Angelina Chapin (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s pick for ICE director: I can tell which migrant children will become gang members by looking into their eyes by Ted Hesson (Politico)
- Trump’s new immigration plan may be DOA — but it’s really about 2020 by Anita Kumar (Politico)
- The Memo: Trump’s new immigration plan finds few friends by Niall Stanage (The Hill)
- Trump wants his border barrier to be painted black with spikes. He has other ideas, too. by Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Immigration Plan Won’t Pass Congress. But It Could Be the Future of the GOP by Abigail Abrams, Alana Abramson (TIME)
- Republican senators meet with Jared Kushner on immigration, conclude he’s clueless by Igor Derysh (Salon)
Telecoms /Huawei
- Trump Takes Aim At Huawei, Paves Way For Ban Of Foreign Telecom Equipment by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- China slams U.S. blacklisting of Huawei as trade tensions rise by Yawen Chen, Se Young Lee (Reuters)
- Huawei hits back over Trump’s national emergency on telecoms ‘threat’ by Lily Kuo, Sabrina Siddiqui (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump Cranks His Trade War to 11, Moves to Kneecap China’s Biggest Smartphone-Maker by Jordan Weisman (Slate)
Iran
- Iran Slams U.S. Sanctions as ‘Unacceptable’ as Tensions Mount by Aya Batrawy, Maari Yamaguchi (TIME)
- Trump frustrated with advisers over Iran, wants to speak to leaders in Tehran: report by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- Donald Trump On War With Iran: ‘Hope Not’ by Reuters (Huffington Post)
- Trump tries to tamp down talk of war with Iran by Deb Riechmann and Matthew Lee (AP)
Pardons
- Trump pardons billionaire fraudster who wrote glowing book about him by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Trump Pardons His Friend Conrad Black, Who Wrote Glowing Trump Biography Last Year by Laurel Wamsley (NPR)
- Trump pardons media tycoon, former GOP leader of California State Assembly by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
- Trump Pardoned Someone for Fraud and Obstruction of Justice, and It Wasn’t “Himself” by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
Financial Disclosure
- President Trump Will Provide a Rare Look Into His Finances With His Disclosure Report by Bernard Condon (TIME)
- Donald Trump’s Latest Financial Disclosure Was Just Released by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- Trump Financial Disclosures Show Drop In Mar-A-Lago Income by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
- Trump’s financial report shows earnings and losses but misses tax return details by Sabrina Siddiqui (The Guardian)
- Trump releases financial disclosure statements, revealing he made $479 million in 2018 by Victoria Gagliardo-Silver (Independent)
- Trump’s Financial Disclosure Shows Mixed Results for His Businesses in 2018 by Steve Eder, Eric Lipton and Agustin Armendariz (NY Times)
Mueller / Flynn
- William Barr Says He Isn’t Blocking Robert Mueller From Testifying by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Flynn gave info on attempts to obstruct Mueller probe: court filing by Nathan Layne (Reuters)
- Mike Flynn Contacted Multiple Times by Trump Allies Trying to Influence His Cooperation With Russia Investigation by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Michael Flynn: People Tied To Trump, Congress Tried To Sway What He Told Mueller by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- Judge Orders Transcript of Obstruction-of-Justice Phone Call by May 31 by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
Other News
- Trump to visit South Korea in June for talks with Moon (Al Jazeera)
- Trump to meet with Swiss president amid tensions between US, Iran by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump Judge Who Endorsed Theory Abortion Causes Cancer Confirmed By Senate by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Administration Wants To Cut Funding For Public Housing Repairs by Pam Fessler (NPR)
- Trump Already Owed More Money Than Any President in History—and Borrowed Millions More in 2018 by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- Interior head: ‘I Haven’t Lost Any Sleep’ over record carbon levels by Jacob Holzman (Roll Call)
Analysis
- Trump’s Trade War Is Making Mexico Great by Zachary Karabell (Politico)
Opinion
- The World Wants to Fight Online Hate. Why Doesn’t President Trump? by Charlie Warzel (NY Times)