North Korea
- North Korea ‘demolishes’ nuclear test facility (Al Jazeera)
- Trump pulls out of summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un (Al Jazeera)
- Trump cancels Kim summit amid North Korea ‘hostility’ (BBC)
- Trump Cancels North Korea Summit in Open Letter by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Cancels Summit With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un by Scott Horsley, Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Trump calls off historic meeting with Kim Jong Un by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
- Full text: Trump’s letter canceling North Korea summit (Politico)
- Trump says US military ‘is ready’ if North Korea takes ‘foolish action’ following cancelled summit by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Cancelling of Trump-Kim meeting upends Asia but could help China by Jane Perlez (The NY Times)
- North Korea’s big moment is upended by Trump by Choe Sang-Hun (The NY Times)
- The letter Trump sent to Kim Jung Un, canceling the summit, annotated by Amber Philips (The Washington Post)
- The bad timing of Trump’s North Korea letter by Adam Taylor (The Washington Post)
- Canceled summit could bring U.S., North Korea back into crisis mode by Matt Spetalnick, Arshad Mohammed (Reuters)
- Analysis: Defense Secretary Mattis explains what war with North Korea would look like by Alex Lockie (Business Insider UK)
- Analysis: Trump’s Gamble Hits Reality Check in North Korea Negotiations by David E. Sanger (NY Times)
- Moon Jae-in ‘perplexed’ as Trump cancels summit with Kim (Al Jazeera)
NFL
- Trump Suggests NFL Players Who Kneel “Shouldn’t Be in the Country” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Praises NFL Decision, Questions If Protesting Players Should Be In The Country by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Trump, on NFL, suggests players who kneel ‘shouldn’t be in the country’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump on NFL Players Who Protest: “Maybe You Shouldn’t Be in the Country.” by Josh Voorhees (Slate)
Immigration
- Trump on Abused Immigrant Children: “They’re Not Innocent” by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Trump: ‘There’ll be no approvals from me’ on House immigration moves without border wall, tougher security by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump rejects moderate immigration deal, wants ‘whole package’ by Susan Heavey (Reuters)
News
- Trump Mulls $10,000 Tax on Most New Cars by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump Is Sticking To His Playbook To Win The Midterms by Mara Liasson (NPR)
- Senate Advances Court Pick Who Said Planned Parenthood ‘Kills Over 150,000 Females A Year’ by Jennifer Bendery (Huffington Post)
- Putting pressure on Trump, House passes bill barring government from doing business with ZTE by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Democrats and Republicans briefed on secret FBI source who aided Russia probe by Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett, Karoun Demirjian, and Seung Min Kim (The Washington Post)
- White House lawyer’s presence at briefings on FBI’s Russia source roils lawmakers by Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett, Karoun Demirjian and Seung Min Kim (Washington Post)’
- Trump pardons late boxer Jack Johnson by AP (Politico)
Analysis
- Forget Norms. Our Democracy Depends On Values. by Julia Azari (FiveThirtyEight)
- Fifteen Unanswered Criminal-Law Questions About Trump by David Frum (The Atlantic)
- The risky business of speaking for President Trump by Mark Leibovich (The NY Times)
- There is no evidence for ‘Spygate’ — but there is a reason Trump invented it by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Reckoning Arrives by David Frum (The Atlantic)
- The group least likely to think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees? Evangelicals. by Phillip Bump (Washington Post)