Action
- Here’s How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border by Dahlia Lithwick, Margo Schlanger (Slate)
China
- Trade war looms as Trump eyes tariffs on billions in China goods (Al Jazeera)
- Trump puts 25% tariff on Chinese goods (BBC)
- China to retaliate after US imposes tariffs worth $50bn (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Hits China With Tariffs On $50 Billion Of Goods; China Says It Will Retaliate by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Trump sets $50 billion in China tariffs with Beijing ready to strike back by David Lawder, Ben Blanchard (Reuters)
- U.S. and China Expand Trade War as Beijing Matches Trump’s Tariffs by Ana Swanson (NY Times)
- Trump announces tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods by Pamela Brown and Julie Horowitz (CNN)
Immigration / Border / Family Separation
- White House cites Bible to defend child separation border policy (Al Jazeera)
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions quotes Bible to defend immigration policies (BBC)
- Trump says he will not sign moderate ‘Dreamer’ immigration bill (Reuters)
- Trump crushes hopes for compromise DACA plan by Rachael Bade, Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- Jeff Sessions cited a Bible passage used by American slaveholders to defend Trump’s family separation policy by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- Trump: Dems ‘forced’ family separation law on the nation by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Trump undermines GOP effort to pass an immigration bill; hours later, White House says never mind by Sara D. Wire (LA Times)
- U.S. government says nearly 2,000 child separations at Mexico border in under two months by Reade Levinson, Mica Rosenberg (Reuters)
- Understaffed Federal Prison Is Taking in 1,000 Noncriminal Immigrants, and Even the Guards Are Protesting by Samantha Michaels (Mother Jones)
- About 2,000 minors separated from families by AP (Politico)
- Trump cites as a negotiating tool his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents by Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey
IG Report / Comey / Clinton
- Trump Says IG Report On FBI Clinton Probe Exonerates Him by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Of Course Trump Is Using the Inspector General’s Report to Attack the Russia Probe by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump disputes IG report’s findings: It ‘was a horror show’ by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Everything You Need To Know About The DOJ Report On The Clinton Investigation by Lauren Weber (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump whines of Comey’s ‘total bias’ even though report found none by Martin Pengelly, Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)
- FBI Clinton probe report finds investigation flawed by Kimberly Halkett (Al Jazeera)
- President Trump Said the Inspector General’s Report Proves Bias Against Him. It Does Not by Abigail Simon (TIME)
Mueller / Russia Investigation / Manafort
- Judge To Decide Whether Manafort, Facing Witness Tampering Charges, Is Locked Up by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Giuliani: Trump shouldn’t talk to Mueller because investigation is ‘corrupt’ by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Paul Manafort jailed by judge for alleged witness tampering (BBC)
- Paul Manafort, the Campaign Manager Trump Barely Remembers, Is Headed to Jail by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Paul Manafort Is Going to Jail by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
- Ex-Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Jailed After New Mueller Indictment by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
- Judge Orders Paul Manafort Jailed Before Trial, Citing New Obstruction Charges by Sharon LaFraniere (NY Times)
- Trump’s Lawyer Says the President May Be Mulling Pardons in the Russia Investigation by Rowan Walrath (Mother Jones)
- Mueller: Manafort Used “Foldering” as Part of His “Deception” by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Mueller’s Warning to Trump: The Cover-Up Is Also a Crime by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
Other News
- Jealous of Kim, Trump Wants Americans to “Sit Up in Attention” When He Talks Too by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump: I want ‘my people’ to ‘sit up at attention’ like in North Korea by Candice Norwood (Politico)
- Michael Cohen files for restraining order to stop Stormy Daniels’ lawyer from speaking to the press by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Trump approves financial aid for victims of Hawaii volcano eruption by Jolyn Rosa (Independent)
- Donald Trump ‘praises North Korean state media and says it is kinder than Fox News’ by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- EPA Moves To Replace Obama-Era Rule Protecting Drinking Water For 117 Million by Alexander C. Kaufman (Huffington Post)
- White House officials ignored Trump’s request to invite Putin to White House: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Feds reassemble shredded docs, access encrypted messages from Michael Cohen raids by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Trump called a female reporter ‘obnoxious’ and told her to be ‘quiet’ by John Haltiwanger (Business Insider)
Analysis
- How Trump’s Popularity Is Holding Up, By State by Perry Bacon Jr, Dhrumil Mehta (FiveThirtyEight)
- The Disastrous Legal Implications of the Trump Foundation’s Activities by Bob Bauer (The Atlantic)
- It’s Become Impossible for Republicans to Deny Their Party Is Racist by Eoin Higgins (VICE)
- The Trump Doctrine Is Winning and the World Is Losing by Kori Schake (NY Times)
- Pence turns VP’s office into gateway for lobbyists to influence the Trump administration by Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey, and Anu Narayanswamy (Washington Post)
- ‘Dictator envy’: Trump’s praise of Kim Jong Un widens his embrace of totalitarian leaders by Philip Rucker (Washington Post)
Opinion
- Sessions invents a faith all his own bElizabeth Bruenig