Eagles
- The Philadelphia Eagles and “their President”: Trump’s act of potent symbolic racism by Chauncey Devega (Salon)
- Trump cancels Super Bowl celebration over knee protest feud, so man kneels on White House lawn during national anthem by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Trump believes NFL players’ right to protest is not a matter of free speech, White House says by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
North Korea
- President Trump Could Invite Kim Jong Un to Mar-a-Lago for Follow-Up Summit: Official by Jennifer Jacobs (TIME)
- The Trump-Kim Summit Will be Held in a Secluded Luxury Resort on Singapore’s Sentosa Island by Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey (TIME)
- Trump’s North Korea diplomacy crashed by friends and foes alike by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- President Trump and Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore for historic summit by Alex Ward, Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Kim Jong Un is reportedly extremely afraid of assassination around the Trump summit — and he’s right to be by Alex Lockie (Business Insider)
Mueller / Russia Investigation / Manafort
- Giuliani: Mueller’s team is trying ‘very hard to frame’ Trump by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Paul Manafort Likely To Go To Jail On Friday, Former U.S. Attorney Predicts by Carla Baranauckas (Huffington Post)
- Paul Ryan Dismisses Trump ‘Spy’ Charge as G.O.P. Shows Signs of Resistance by Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
- Ivanka Trump Was in Touch During Campaign With Russian Who Said He Could Help Build Trump Tower in Moscow by Ben Mathis-Lilly (Slate)
- The Astonishing Tale of the Man Mueller Calls ‘Person A’ by Franklin Foer (The Atlantic)
- Mueller probe appears to link Manafort, European PR firm by Josh Gerstein, Theodoric Meyer (Politico)
- Mueller asks witnesses to hand over their personal phones: report by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Fox’s Hannity sarcastically advises witnesses in Mueller probe to ‘follow Clinton’s lead’ and destroy their phones by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Ivanka Trump Was in Touch During Campaign With Russian Who Said He Could Help Build Trump Tower in Moscow by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Ivanka Trump connected Cohen with Russian offering to help facilitate Moscow Trump Tower: report by Luis Sanchez (The Hill)
G7 / Tariffs / Canada
- Trump to face tough crowd at G-7 amid tariff fight byCatherine Lucey and Zeke Miller, AP (Washington Post)
- Corker unveils bill to check Trump’s tariff authority, rebuffing a personal request from the president by Erica Werner (Washington Post)
- Billions in U.S. solar projects shelved after Trump panel tariff by Nichola Groom (Reuters)
- G7 Summit Off to a Great Start as Trump Accuses Canada of Burning Down the White House by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- When Justin Trudeau Asked How Canada Could Be a National Security Threat to the U.S., Trump Brought Up the War of 1812 by Jordan Weissman (Slate)
- No, Mr. Trump, Canada Did Not Burn Down the White House in the War of 1812 by Daniel Victor (NY Times)
- Trump hit Mexico with steel tariffs. Mexico is hitting back — and targeting Republicans. by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
Scott Pruitt / Aides / EPA
- Two of Scott Pruitt’s closest aides, also facing scrutiny, are leaving EPA by Brady Dennis, Josh Dawsey, and Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post)
- EPA spokesman to reporter: ‘You’re a piece of trash’ by Erik Wemple (The Washington Post)
- Why does Scott Pruitt still have a job? 4 theories by Amber Philips (The Washington Post)
- Pruitt Aide Resigns Amid Scandals by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
Border
- Trump and Sessions’ border policy is a nightmare — and that was the idea all along by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Federal Judge Strikes a Blow Against the Trump Administration’s Separation of Families at the Border by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
- ACLU Suit Over Family Separations At Border Allowed To Advance by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (Huffington Post)
- US child migrants: Sessions defends border separations (BBC)
Other News
- Trump breaks silence on rumours of Melania’s disappearance by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump denies rumors about Melania’s absence from public eye by Candice Norwood (Politico)
- Trump signing veterans bill despite White House attempts to stop funding plan: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Mick Mulvaney fires all 25 members of consumer watchdog’s advisory board by Renae Merle (Washington Post)
- Macron says Trump call is like sausages: best to not know what’s inside by Angelique Chrisafis (The Guardian)
- In private FEMA remarks, Trump’s focus strays away from hurricanes by Josh Dawsey (The Washington Post)
- Federal School Safety Commission Holds First Public Session. DeVos Wasn’t There by Brakkon Booker (NPR)
- Trump praises hurricane response amid demands for Maria death toll investigation by Lorraine Woellert, Colin Wilhelm (Politico)
- Trump snubs Tester at VA bill signing by Arthur Allen (Politico)
- Trump seeks to reorganize the federal government by Helena Bottemiller Evich, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
- Poll: 29 percent of U.S. voters have a favorable view of Giuliani by Maria Curi (Politico)
- ACLU Sues Trump Over Census: “A Naked Act of Intentional Discrimination” by Ari Berman (Mother Jones)
- Trump commutes sentence after appeal by Kim Kardashian by James Oliphant, Jan Wolfe (Reuters)
- President Trump’s Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Says Stormy Daniels Has No Credibility Because She’s a Porn Star by AP (TIME)
- Prominent Muslim organizations say they weren’t invited to White House iftar dinner by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
Analysis
- To win the news cycle, Trump just cheats by E.J. Dionne Jr. (The Washington Post)
- Trump, fox news, and twitter have created a dangerous conspiracy theory loop by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- HUD plan would raise rents for poor by 20 percent by Juliet Linderman and Larry Fenn (AP)