Subpoenas / Financial Records / Tax Returns
- US House intel panel delays subpoena against Barr after DOJ offer (Al Jazeera)
- U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin: No discussion with White House on Trump’s taxes by Jason Lange (Reuters)
- Mnuchin dismisses IRS memo saying Congress must be given Trump’s tax returns by Toby Eckert (Politico)
- Mnuchin Says He Has ‘Not Yet’ Reviewed Memo Mandating IRS Turn Over Trump Tax Returns by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Trump lawyers to appear in court over subpoenas for financial records by Victoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
- House Intelligence Committee, DOJ Strike Deal Over Mueller Documents by Nina Golgowski (Huffington Post)
- Mnuchin denies that an IRS memo contradicts his position on Trump’s taxes. Spoiler: It does. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Steve Mnuchin’s Nonsensical Excuse for Hiding Trump’s Tax Returns Just Got More Nonsensical by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Judge sides with Democrats in Trump bank subpoena fight by Zachary Warmbrodt (Politico)
- Judge delivers second blow to Trump over financial records by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
- Congress Will Likely Soon Have Its Hands on a Trove of Trump Financial Documents by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
- Judge rules against Trump, paves way for banks to provide his business records to Congress by Brendan Pierson (Reuters)
- New York Just Passed a Bill that Will Let Congress See Trump’s Taxes by Hannah Levintova (Mother Jones)
- Key House committee obtains subpoenaed Trump financial documents from two banks: report by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
Infrastructure Meeting / Trump Response to Investigations
- Trump blasts Pelosi ‘cover-up’ accusation, balks on infrastructure by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- Trump blows up White House meeting over nasty feud with Pelosi by Quint Forgey, Burgess Everett, John Bresnahan (Politico)
- Trump Walks Out of Infrastructure Meeting With Pelosi and Schumer by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump, Democrats Trade Blame As Infrastructure Talks Crumble Over Investigations by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Trump cuts off talks with Dems after Pelosi accuses him of cover-up by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- ‘We Can’t Do It.’ Trump Says He Refuses to Talk Policy With Democrats Unless They Stop Investigation by Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick (TIME)
- Trump refuses to work with Democrats until they end probes (Al Jazeera)
- Trump, Who Is Definitely Not Covering Anything Up, Announces He Won’t Speak to Democrats Until They Stop Investigating Him by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
2020
- How Winning The White House Could Cost Democrats The Senate (At Least Temporarily) by Geoffrey Skelley (FiveThirtyEight)
- Who White Democrats Vote For In 2020 Could Be Shaped By Why They Think Clinton Lost by Pavielle Haines, Seth Masket (FiveThirtyEight)
- The Key to Covering the 2020 Election: More Women by Jordan Gass-Poore (Mother Jones)
China / Trade
- US-China trade war: Shoe giants urge Trump to end tariffs (BBC)
- Trump administration considers blacklisting another major Chinese technology firm, further inflaming trade conflict by David J Lynch, Ellen Nakashima (Independent)
Iran
- What To Know About The Sudden Talk Of War With Iran by Mark Katkov, Larry Kaplow (NPR)
- The US-Iran standoff may be cooling off by Alex Ward (Vox)
Other News
- Trump’s Golf Costs: $102 Million And Counting, With Taxpayers Picking Up The Tab by S.V. Date (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s Proposed Census Citizenship Question Bucks Centuries Of Precedent by Hansi Lo Wang (NPR)
- Hungary’s Far-Right Government Has Been Getting a Boost from President Trump Ahead of E.U. Elections by Vivienne Walt (TIME)
- Nancy Pelosi Tries To Tamp Down Impeachment Fever by Matt Fuller, Arthur Delaney (Huffington Post)
- Trump border wall: $1.5bn of funding has provided just 1.7 miles of fence, federal judge told by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Trump impeachment considered ‘inevitable’ by growing number of House Democrats, congressman says by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- North Korea Endorses Trump’s Re-Election with Savage Biden Takedown by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- New York just made it harder for President Trump to abuse his pardon power by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Russia condemns ‘US ultimatum’ to Turkey over S-400 missile deal (Al Jazeera)
- Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels ex-lawyer, charged with defrauding her (BBC)
- In an Odd Move, Trump Shifts His Banking Business to a Small Firm in Florida by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- Trump administration delays Harriet Tubman’s appearance on $20 bill by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Retired Navy SEAL who oversaw the 2011 Osama bin Laden raid says Trump ‘needs to be very careful’ about pardoning several accused war criminals by David Choi (Business Insider)
- USDA relocates economists whose work challenges Trump policies by Liz Crampton (Politico)
- A Sixth Migrant Child Has Now Died in U.S. Government Custody by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Trump Administration Halts Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Redesign Set for Next Year. Hmm… by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Pentagon ‘mulls sending thousands more troops’ to Middle East (Al Jazeera)
Analysis
- Pelosi Pushes Go-Slow Strategy on Impeachment as She Goads Trump by Glenn Thrush (NY Times)