Immigrants / Immigration
- Trump: Immigrant gangs ‘animals, not people’ (BBC)
- During Roundtable, Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants ‘Animals’ by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Trump on deported immigrants: “They’re not people. They’re animals.” by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Trump riff on immigration kicks up partisan feud by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Analysis: The House GOP’s internal immigration battle, laid bare by Amber Phillips (Washington Post)
North Korea
- Top US and S Korean diplomats hold emergency call over N Korea (Al Jazeera)
- Why North Korea is threatening to cancel the US summit by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- North Korea, South Korea and the Trump-Kim summit (Al Jazeera)
- Trump tells North Korea’s Kim to denuclearise or risk overthrow (Al Jazeera)
- A Top Adviser to the South Korean President Questions the U.S. Alliance by Uri Freeman (Atlantic)
Mueller / Russia Investigation
- Trump rails against Russia probe on anniversary of Mueller investigation by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Mueller’s office files unredacted memo outlining scope of Russia probe: filing by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- Trump’s own voters are now warning him against firing Robert Mueller by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Trump ‘congratulates’ America on anniversary of Mueller investigation – but where is the Russia probe headed? by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Mueller hands judge full memo detailing Russia probe scope by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Robert Mueller agrees to ‘narrow scope’ for potential Trump interview, says Rudy Giuliani by Clark Mindock (Independent)
Other News
- Trump accuses Obama of embedding spy in his campaign while citing no evidence, in misspelled early morning tweet by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Trump Suggests the FBI Had an ‘Embedded Informant’ in His 2016 Campaign by Nash Jenkins (TIME)
- The steps Trump has taken to undermine student debt reform by Lance Williams (Salon)
- EU moves to block US sanctions on Iran (Al Jazeera)
- EU ready to discuss cars with Trump to avert trade war by Gabriela Baczynska, Philip Blenkinsop (Reuters)
- U.S., China launch trade talks to avert tariff war, economic damage by David Lawder (Reuters)
- Avenatti: Two more women claim they were paid hush money to stay quiet about Trump affairs by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
- Trump touts administration as ‘most successful’ in history despite ‘Witch Hunt’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Poll: Just 13 percent of Americans consider Trump honest and trustworthy by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
- Trump donates first-quarter 2018 salary to VA by Eli Okun (Politico)
- GOP builds massive shadow army in fight for the House by Rachel Bade (Politico)
- Trump casts doubt on success of China trade talks by Doug Palmer and Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Appeals court refuses to stay defamation suit against Trump by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Probe of leaked banking records related to Michael Cohen expands after New Yorker report by Beth Reinhard and Emma Brown (The Washington Post)
- Trump’s NASA Chief: ‘I Fully Believe and Know the Climate Is Changing’ by Marina Koren (The Atlantic)
- US Senate confirms Trump nominee Haspel as CIA chief (Al Jazeera)
- Analysis: ‘Bigger Than Watergate’? Both Sides Say Yes, but for Different Reasons by Peter Baker (NY Times)
Analysis
- Is Donald Trump literally selling off women’s human rights for personal profit? by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Experts bash Giuliani claim that Mueller can’t subpoena Trump by Alison Frankel (Reuters)
- Did China just bribe Trump to undermine national security? by Paul Krugman (The NY Times)
Opinion
- The most important — but least discussed — consequence of Trump’s foreign policy by David Ignatius (Washington Post)
- The United States’ New ‘Religious Freedom’ Appointee Is a Religious Bigot by Brian Tashman (ACLU)