Korea
- North Korea’s Kim Yong-chol holds nuclear talks with Mike Pompeo (Al Jazeera)
- Pompeo Meets With Top North Korean Official In Hopes Of Reviving Singapore Summit by Scott Neuman, Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Would The U.S. Withdraw Troops From South Korea? by Tom Bowman (NPR)
- Russia’s Lavrov Meets With Kim Jong Un, As Pompeo Tries To Salvage Summit by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Exclusive: Trump says may need to meet North Korea’s Kim more than once (Reuters)
- Trump team doesn’t know what it wants from North Korea by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- So Is the North Korea Summit Back On, or What? by Uri Friedman (Atlantic)
- Trump-Kim summit still uncertain after meetings with North Korea by Louis Nelson (Politico)
Trade / Tariffs
- EU to impose measures against ‘unacceptable’ US metal tariffs (Al Jazeera)
- US tariffs: Steel and aluminium levies slapped on key allies (BBC)
- Trump Administration Announces Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on EU, Canada and Mexico by Ken Thomas, Angela Charlton (TIME)
- US hits allies with steel tariffs to spark trade war with EU, Canada and Mexico by Larry Elliot (The Guardian)
- ‘Today is a bad day for world trade’: Trump slaps U.S. allies with tariffs by Doug Palmer (Politico)
- EU takes Trump to WTO over steel tariffs and hits back with countermeasures on American goods by Jon Stone (Independent)
- Why Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs on US allies are so dangerous by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Trump to impose total ban on luxury German cars: report by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Trump hits allies with metal tariffs; Mexico, EU and Canada vow to retaliate by Jeremy Diamond and Julia Horowitz (CNN)
- Analysis: Trump decides to go ahead and piss off the U.S.’s biggest allies by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Trudeau says NAFTA talks broke down after Pence made ultimatum by Damian Palette (Washington Post)
- Opinion: America Declares War on Its Friends by Editorial Board (NY Times)
Pardoning
- Trump Pardoning of Dinesh D’Souza May Be Another Signal For Loyalists in Russia Probe by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Is Weaponizing the Pardon Power by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Dinesh D’Souza To Be Pardoned By Trump For Campaign Finance Violation by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- Trump Pardons Dinesh D’Souza, Who Pleaded Guilty To Campaign Finance Fraud by Camila Domonoske (NPR)
- Trump floats commutation for Blagojevich, pardon for Martha Stewart by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
- Trump says he may pardon Martha Stewart (Reuters)
- Trump pardons Dinesh D’Souza, says lifestyle maven Stewart may be next by Doina Chiacu, Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Opinion: Donald Trump Presents: ‘Celebrity Impunity’ by Michele Goldberg (NY Times)
Russia Investigation / Comey
- Trump bends the truth as he tries to beat back Russia probe by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump Contradicts Himself by Claiming He Didn’t Fire Comey Over Russia by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump claims he did not fire Comey over Russia by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
Other News
- Obama Also Questioned Everything After Trump Won the Election by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Mitt Romney Reveals His 2016 Vote For President by Carla Barancaukas (Huffington Post)
- Government watchdog says White House is blocking its investigations by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
- E.P.A. Takes a Major Step to Roll Back Clean Car Rules by Coral Davenport (NY Times)
- Trump Inauguration Charges Dismissed Because Prosecutors Withheld Evidence by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
- Trump Has Quietly Cut Legal Aid for Migrant Kids Separated from Parents by Meredith Hoffman (VICE)
Analysis
- “One Will Be Guaranteed to Turn Out Like Me”: How Donald Trump Fathered a Loyal Army of Mini-Mes by Emily Jane Fox (Vanity Fair)
- How the World Is Coping 1 Year After Trump Abandoned Paris Climate Pact by Jean Chemnick (Scientific American)
Opinion
- Kim Kardashian Meeting Donald Trump in the Oval Office Is a Nightmare We Can’t Wake Up From by Naomi Fry (New Yorker)