Immigration
- Trump plans to make immigrants learn English and pass civics exam for ‘merit-based’ system by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Trump says ‘good chance’ Democrats will back immigration, border plan (Reuters)
- Trump taunts Democrats with his immigration plan by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump to release hundreds of migrants in South Florida: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- House urges judge to block Trump’s border wall spending by Todd Ruger (Roll Call)
- 4th Circuit rules rescission of DACA was arbitrary and capricious by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Court hears 2 cases against Trump’s plan for border wall by Daisy Nguyen and Elliot Spagat (AP)
- Trump Unveils New Immigration Policy Proposals That Could Hurt Low-Income Immigrant Workers by Lucy Diavolo (Teen Vogue)
Farmers / Trade War
- Trump asking farmers to make ‘patriotic’ sacrifices in his trade war by Gabby Orr (Politico)
- Farmers are losing patience with Trump’s trade war by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
- Aid To Farmers Battered By Trump’s Trade War Could Balloon To $20 Billion by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- U.S. Will Lift Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum From Canada And Mexico by Bill Chappell (NPR)
Other News
- Trump administration asked Congress to pay for Taliban travel expenses and food by Samuel Osborn (Independent)
- Trump takes war on abortion worldwide as policy cuts off funds by Sarah Boseley (The Guardian)
- Trump says campaign was ‘conclusively spied on,’ calls it ‘treason’ by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Barr considering possible rule changes at DOJ in wake of Russia investigation: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Trump Delays Auto Tariffs For 6 Months by Avie Schneider (NPR)
- Pentagon knew peace-talks fund would ‘likely’ benefit Taliban by John M. Donnelly (Roll Call)
- Steven Mnuchin Refuses to Comply With Subpoena for Trump’s Tax Return by Alan Rappeport and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
- The Senate Is Giving Trump Loyalist Judges to Shield Him From the Law by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
Opinion
- Conservatives’ junk science is having real consequences by Dana Milbank (Washington Post)