Iran
- Iran warns US against ‘repeating mistake’ of violating borders (Al Jazeera)
- Exclusive: Iran still short of nuclear deal’s enriched uranium cap – diplomats by Francois Murphy (Reuters)
- Iran holds back on threat to breach nuclear deal by Patrick Wintour (The Guardian)
India Tariffs
- Donald Trump hits out at ‘unacceptable’ India tariffs (BBC)
- Trump asks India to withdraw ‘unacceptable’ tariff increase (Al Jazeera)
- Trump demands withdrawal of India’s ‘unacceptable’ tariff hike by Neha Dasgupta (Reuters)
Democratic Debates
- Elizabeth Warren Stands Alone by Jim Newell (Slate)
- 5 Takeaways From The 1st Democratic Debate by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- 7 big takeaways from the first Democratic debate by David Siders, Natasha Korecki (Politico)
- Warren’s Medicare for All Moment Was Critical by David Dayen (The American Prospect)
- Gabbard is most searched on Google after Democratic debate by Joe Concha (The Hill)
- Search interest for Julián Castro surges by more than 2,400 percent during first debate by Aris Folley (The Hill)
- Warren shines in first Democratic debate by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- First Democratic debate: Elizabeth Warren persists, but Julián Castro is the star by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- The First Democratic Debate Shuns Donald Trump in Favor of Substance by John Cassidy (New Yorker)
- Trump Takes a Back Seat to Policy at the Democratic Debate by David A. Graham (Atlantic)
- Analysis: Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s first night by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Watch Kamala Harris Call Out Joe Biden’s Record on Race by Aaron Mak (Slate)
Border / Deportation Protections
- Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy threatens migrants’ lives, asylum officers say by Maria Sacchetti (Independent)
- Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Families Of Active Troops by Franco Ordoñez (NPR)
- Trump Administration Reportedly Will Strip Deportation Protection for Families of Active-Duty Troops by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Attorneys call for Trump administration to be held in contempt over border conditions by Rebecca Klar (The Hill)
- US House passes Senate border aid bill, sends to Trump by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
- House Passes Senate Version Of New Funding To Ease Border Crisis by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
Census
- Supreme Court blocks census citizenship question (AP)
- Trump fumes as Supreme Court blocks census citizenship question by Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung (Reuters)
- Supreme Court blocks census citizenship question for now (BBC)
- Trump Threatens Census Delay After Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked by Nina Totenberg, Hansi Lo Wang (NPR)
- The Supreme Court Stopped The Census Citizenship Question — For Now by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
- John Roberts Just Called Out the Trump Administration for Lying by Richard Primus (Politico)
Partisan Gerrymandering
- Federal courts have no power to decide partisan gerrymandering challenges, Supreme Court rules by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- In major elections ruling, U.S. Supreme Court allows partisan map drawing by Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley (AP)
- Supreme Court OKs Excessive Partisan Gerrymandering by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
- Decision on gerrymandering brings new urgency to Democratic fight to win state seats by Robert Costa And John Wagner (Washington Post)
Other News
- China’s Xi to present Trump with terms for settling trade fight: WSJ, citing Chinese officials (Reuters)
- Trump, Congress set for new showdown on Saudi Arabia by Jordain Carney, Rebecca Kheel (The Hill)
- E. Jean Carroll Said She Told 2 Friends That Trump Raped Her. Now They Are Speaking Out. by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Two Women Go on the Record and Corroborate E. Jean Carroll’s Trump Sexual Assault Allegations by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Dalai Lama Says Donald Trump Lacks ‘Moral Principle’ by David Moye (Huffington Post)
- More than $200K in taxpayer money spent at Trump hotel for Secret Service in his first year: report by Aris Folley (The Hill)
- US and China reportedly reach tentative trade war truce ahead of G20 summit by Wendy Wu, Mark Magnier, Doug Palmer, Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post (Business Insider)
- Manafort pleads not guilty in New York mortgage fraud case (Al Jazeera)
- Trump prepares for ‘productive’ talks with Xi on trade war by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
Analysis
- Why the Supreme Court’s Rulings Have Profound Implications for American Politics by Michael Wines (NY Times)
Opinion
- The supreme court is supposed to be a check on the political process. Is it still? by Erwin Chemerinsky
- Politicians Can Pick Their Voters, Thanks to the Supreme Court by the Editorial Board (NY Times)