Barr Probe
- Trump orders new powers for Attorney General’s surveillance probe (BBC)
- Trump grants William Barr full access to state secrets for review of Russian interference investigation by Devlin Barrett, Carol Leonnig, Roberta Costa, Colby Itkowitz (Independent)
- Trump orders intelligence community to comply with Barr’s investigation into origins of Russia probe by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
- Barr Is Investigating The Investigators: Will He Find Wrongdoing Or Political Fuel? by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Barr’s Newfound Power Could Prompt Clash Between Justice Dept. and C.I.A. by David E. Sanger (NY Times)
Transgender Patients / LGBTQ Protections
- Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Reverse Protections For Transgender Patients by Alison Kodjak, Carmel Wroth (NPR)
- Trump administration rolls back health care protections for transgender patients by Dan Diamond, Rachana, Pradhan (Politico)
- Trump Administration Rule Would Reverse HHS Protections for Transgender People by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar (TIME)
- Trump just dismantled one of the last major protections keeping transgender people safe by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- Trump administration to make it easier for adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Doctors May Soon Be Legally Able to Refuse to Treat Trans People by Diana Tourjée (VICE)
- Why Trump Is Rolling Back LGBTQ Health-Care Protections by Emma Green (The Atlantic)
- The Trump Administration Releases Its Plan to Let Health Care Providers Refuse to Treat Transgender People by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
Abortion Bans
- ACLU and Planned Parenthood file lawsuit against Alabama abortion ban by Erin Durkin (The Guardian)
- Alabama’s abortion ban is being challenged in court by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood by Anna North (Vox)
- Missouri governor signs ban on abortions after eight weeks by Avery Anapol, Jessie Hellmann (The Hill)
Middle East
- Trump will send 1,500 troops to Middle East (Reuters)
- Kushner’s Middle East peace plan is aimed at forcing Palestinians to abandon their rights by Omar Baddar (ThinkProgress)
- Officials say White House plans to send 1,500 troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions by AP (Politico)
- Trump to send 1,500 troops to Middle East to counter Iran by Ellen Mitchell, Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Trump Orders An Additional 1,500 Troops To The Middle East by Sasha Ingber (NPR)
- US to send more troops to the Middle East (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Wants to Leave the Middle East. He’s Not Getting His Wish. by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)
- Weapons worth $8B headed to Middle East over Congress’ objections by David Brown (Politico)
- Defying Congress, Trump sets $8 billion-plus in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
China / Trade / Farmers
- Trump Unveils $16 Billion Bailout For Farmers Hurt By Trade War With China by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- Trump says Huawei could be part of trade deal (BBC)
- The Forever Trade War by Richard Fontaine (The Atlantic)
Disaster Aid
- U.S. House fails to pass disaster aid bill; second attempt likely next month (Reuters)
- US senate approves £15bn disaster aid bill, ignoring Trump’s border funding by Jeff Stein, Mike DeBonis (Independent)
- GOP Rep. causes $19.1 billion disaster aid bill to stall in House by Jennifer Schutt (Roll Call)
Immigration / Border Wall
- Trump signs memo requiring immigrants’ sponsors to pay back the government for welfare by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
- Judge Blocks Trump Use Of Emergency Power To Build Border Barrier With Military Funds by Joel Rose, Barbara Campbell (NPR)
- Trump blocked from using emergency funds to build Mexico border wall sections by federal judge by Colin Drury (Independent)
- Opinion: A Single Scandal Sums Up All of Trump’s Failures by David A. Graham (Atlantic)
Other News
- IRS could be forced to release Trump’s taxes in the heat of 2020 by Brian Faler (Politico)
- Trump appeals ruling allowing banks to hand his financial records to Congress by Brendan Pierson (Reuters)
- Trump to have banquet with queen and will meet PM May on UK state visit (Reuters)
- Trump campaign views healthcare as a 2020 campaign weapon by Ginger Gibson, James Oliphant (Reuters)
- Trump Has a Big Head Start on Facebook Messaging, and Democrats Are Worried by Pema Levy (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s interest in pardoning troops accused of war crimes, explained by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Trump says he feels badly for Theresa May after her resignation announcement by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Facebook refuses to delete fake Pelosi video spread by Trump supporters by Jim Waterson (Guardian)
Analysis
- The Democrats Are Overthinking Trump’s Impeachment. Naturally. by Matt Ford (The New Republic)
- Behind Trump’s reversal of an explosive plan to move migrants to Florida by Anita Kumar And Matt Dixon (Politico)
- Assange’s indictment escalates Trump’s attacks on free speech, experts say by Tom McCarthy (Guardian)
- Trump Jumps Into Impeachment Fray With Both Feet by Peter Baker (NY Times)
Opinion
- Indicting a journalist? What the new charges against Julian Assange mean for free speech by Julian Borger (Guardian)