Trump Trip: Vatican & Pope
- Donald Trump meets Pope Francis at the Vatican (Al Jazeera)
- Pope asks Trump to be peacemaker, gives him environmental letter by Philip Pullella & Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Pope Francis Slips Trump the Ultimate Backhanded Gift by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
- Pope Francis Can Barely Hide How He Feels About Donald Trump by Jack Moore (GQ)
- ‘He Is Something’: Trump Visits Pope Francis At The Vatican by Bill Chapell (NPR)
- ‘We Can Use Peace,’ President Trump Says After Exchanging Gifts With Pope by Sylvia Poggioli (NPR)
- Melania and Ivanka Trump Wore Veils to Meet the Pope by Katie Reilly (TIME)
- Live Briefing: The Latest: Trump’s Meeting With the Pope at the Vatican (NY Times)
- Donald Trump receives frosty reception in first meeting with Pope Francis at Vatican by Philip Pullella, Steve Holland (Independent)
- The Pope gave Donald Trump a 192-page letter he wrote on climate change by Mythili Sampthkumar (Independent)
- Donald Trump prepares to meet with ‘apprehensive’ Nato with terrorism on the agenda by Clark Mindock (Independent)
Russia
- Why The Russia Investigation Matters And Why You Should Care by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Republicans Focus on Protecting Trump at Russia Hearing by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- House Dems Investigating Trump Loans for Russian Connections by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- House Intelligence Committee to Subpoena Flynn, Schiff Says by Emmarie Huetteman (NY Times)
- The many ways Trump has tried to intervene in the Russia investigation, in one chart by Alvin Chang (Vox)
- Sessions did not disclose Russian meetings on security clearance application By Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Former Trump campaign chairman submits Russia-related documents to intelligence panels by Tom Hamburger (Washington Post)
- A dubious Russian document may have swayed former FBI Director Comey’s treatment of the Clinton email probe by Natasha Bertrand (Business Insider)
- Sessions was advised not to disclose Russia meetings on security forms by Rebecca R. Ruiz (The NY Times)
Budget
- The Phantom Infrastructure Proposal in Trump’s Budget by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- A Republican Congressman Just Destroyed Trump’s ‘Lie’ Of A Budget by Michael McAuliff (Huffington Post)
- Trump budget is an ‘assault on science and the environment,’ says climate scientist by Joe Romm (ThinkProgress)
- Donald Trump’s budget slammed as ‘cruel’ and ‘immoral’ after it promises to cut social safety-net by $1 trillion by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- Donald Trump’s budget proposal for 2018 plans to scrap 66 federal programmes by Shehab Khan (Independent)
- Sanctuary cities targeted in budget by Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
- Opinion: Trump’s Budget: The Math Is Phony but the Cruelty Isn’t by Steve Rather (NY Times)
- Trump Administration Says It Isn’t Anti-Science As It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office by Lisa Song (ProPublica)
Healthcare
- Trumpcare Is Russian Roulette for People with Pre-Existing Conditions by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
- Some With Pre-Existing Conditions Could Lose Coverage Under The GOP Health Bill by Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- The CBO Says Trumpcare Won’t Cover Everybody With Pre-Existing Conditions by Ben Mathis-Lilly (Slate)
- GOP Health Plan Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured, Budget Office Says by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
- 23 Million More Uninsured: Read the CBO’s Report on the GOP Health Care Bill by Patrick Caldwell (Mother Jones)
- What the New CBO Score Reveals About the AHCA by Vann R Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
News
- China says no one should bring chaos to Korean peninsula by Michael Martina (Reuters)
- Trump Administration Says It Isn’t Anti-Science As It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office by Lisa Song (ProPublica)
- Secret Service budget asks for $25M to protect Trump Tower by Jack Gillum (AP)
- Joe Lieberman no longer front-runner for FBI director by Philip Rucker (Washington Post)
- Trump praises Duterte for ‘unbelievable job’ cracking down on drugs in the Philippines by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump tells Duterte of two U.S. nuclear subs in Korean waters: NYT (Reuters)
- Top Education official resigned over dispute with DeVos: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- DeVos won’t say whether she’d withhold federal funds from private schools that discriminate by Emma Brown (Washington Post)
- Betsy Devos refuses to rule out giving funds to schools that discriminate by Erica L. Green (The NY Times)
- G.O.P. health bill would leave 23 million more uninsured in a decade, C.B.O. says by Robert Pear (The NY Times)
- GOP candidate in Montana race charged with misdemeanor assault after allegedly body-slamming reporter by David Weigel (The Washington Post)
- Watch Betsy DeVos Dodge Questions About How She’d Deal With Private Schools That Discriminate by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
- Ben Carson: Poverty Is a ‘State of Mind’ Children Learn From Their Parents by Aric Jenkins (TIME)
Analysis
- Donald Trump’s Base Is Shrinking by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- Opinion: Republicans, get ready for the Trumpcare headlines by Jeanne Lambrew (The NY Times)
- How a dubious Russian document influenced the FBI’s handling of the Clinton probe by
- A new GOP bill would make it virtually impossible to sue the police by Radley Balko (Washington Post)