Immigration / Family Separation / Border / ICE
- A Lawyer Met With 11 Separated Parents in One Day. What She Heard Is Terrifying. by Noah Lanard (other Jones)
- Trump Makes It Official, Literally Compares Families at Border to People Who Should Get Off His Lawn by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Trump compares border enforcement to keeping people off ‘your front lawn’ by Rafael Bernah (The Hill)
- Woman Who Climbed the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July Has Been Arrested by Casey Quackenbush (TIME)
- ICE Protester Who Scaled Statue of Liberty on Fourth of July Is a Goddamn Hero by Luke Darby (GQ)
- What Will Happen to the Woman Who Climbed the Statue of Liberty to Protest ICE? by Emma Stefansky (Vanity Fair)
- Republicans Don’t Really Want to Fix Illegal Immigration by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump reiterates demand to deport undocumented immigrants, asylum-seekers without due process by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Why people believe Donald Trump’s immigration lies — and why it’s time to fight back with truth by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- As Many As 3,000 Migrant Families Separated At The Border Haven’t Been Reunited by Elise Foley (Huffington Post)
- HHS now estimates under 3,000 kids separated from parents in government custody by Claire Foran (CNN)
- Trump Broke Up Families to Deter Illegal Immigration. New Numbers Show That Plan Has Failed. by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Statue of Liberty Climber Speaks Out Against Trump Immigration Policy by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Some 3,000 Migrant Kids Are Still Separated From Their Parents. The Trump Administration Is Using DNA Tests to Match Them by Maya Rhodan (TIME)
- Trump Administration Loses Effort to Block 2 California Laws That Protect Illegal Immigrants by Sudhin Thanawala, Don Thomson (TIME)
- Trump Administration Renews Temporary Protected Status For Some Yemenis by Colin Dwyer (NPR)
- The Trump Administration Is Quietly Discharging Immigrant Recruits Promised Citizenship in Return for Military Service by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Judge rejects blanket delay to reunite children at border by Elliot Spagat and Julie Watson (AP)
EPA/Pruitt Resignation
- Scott Pruitt, Trump’s E.P.A. Chief, Resigns Under Cloud of Ethics Scandals by Coral Davenport (NY Times)
- Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns by Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)
- Embattled Pruitt Out as EPA Chief by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Scott Pruitt quits as head of US environment agency (BBC)
- Scott Pruitt Just Resigned by Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)
- Read Scott Pruitt’s Bizarre Resignation Letter by Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)
- What Finally Did In Scott Pruitt? by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Pruitt resigns amid torrent of ethics woes by Anthony Adragna, Alex Guillén, Emily Holden (Politico)
- Read Scott Pruitt’s totally unapologetic resignation letter by Dara Lind (Vox)
- E.P.A. chief Scott Pruitt resigns under a cloud of ethics scandals by Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman, and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- These Are The Scandals That Brought Down EPA Chief Scott Pruitt by Lydia O’Connor (Huffington Post)
- Scott Pruitt’s Replacement Is Even Worse by Alexander C. Kaufman (Huffington Post)
- A brief guide to Andrew Wheeler, Scott Pruitt’s replacement at the EPA by Li Zhou (Vox)
Trade / Tariffs
- Trump’s Big Trade War Bluff by Alex Shephard (The New Republic)
- Caught In Tariff War, U.S. Distillers Fear Losing Out On Global Whiskey Boom by John Ydistie (NPR)
- Mexico imposes retaliatory tariffs on dozens of U.S. goods by Sabrina Rodriguez (Politico)
- China says U.S. ‘opening fire’ on world with tariffs, vows to respond by Elias Glenn and David Lawder (Reuters)
- Trade war set to escalate as Fed warns of economic hit by Danielle Paquette and Emily Rauhala (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Trade War Could Strangle Millennials’ Favorite Tech Products by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
- US-China trade war to kick off as Trump slaps tariffs on $34bn worth of goods from world’s largest economy by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump’s trade war against China is officially underway by Ana Swanson (The NY Times)
- Analysis: Trump’s tariffs: What they are and how they will work by Paul Wiseman and Christopher Rugaber (AP)
- US-China trade war elevates the risks to the global economy by Paul Wiseman and Josh Boak (AP)
Supreme Court
- Trump Docket: New justice could sway court on president’s personal cases by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- The best argument for and against each Trump Supreme Court candidate by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Trump focused on Kavanaugh, Kethledge for Supreme Court: source (Reuters)
- Trump’s reported Supreme Court finalists: Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Raymond Kethledge by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Schumer urges Trump to tap Merrick Garland for Supreme Court by Seung Min Kim and Robert Costa (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist Narrows To 3 Finalists by Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)
- These 5 Senate races will be pivotal battlegrounds in the coming Supreme Court clash by Charlie Mahtesian, Steven Shepard (Politico)
- Here Are Five Facts About Trump’s Top Supreme Court Candidates That Should Chill You to Your Core by Alex Henderson (AlterNet)
- Trump Is Picking His Supreme Court Nominee Like He’s Casting the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Bruce Kavanaugh, Supreme Court front-runner, once argued broad grounds for impeachment by Mark Landler and Matt Apuzzo (The NY Times)
Mueller / Russia Investigation
- Why Trump’s inauguration money is a major part of Mueller’s Russia investigation by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Trump-Russia probe expands further as Robert Mueller retains more prosecutors by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Mueller hires more prosecutors as Russia probe moves forward: report by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Mueller fights Manafort’s bid for release from Virginia jail by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
Bill Shine / New WH Communications Chief
- Former Fox News executive Bill Shine joins Trump White House as deputy chief of staff for communications by Paul Farhi and Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
- Trump’s New White House Communications Chief Loves a Good Fire by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- Trump hires former Fox News executive Bill Shine as communications chief by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- Trump names former Fox executive Bill Shine to communications job (Reuters)
- Ex-Fox News exec Bill Shine to join White House by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
UK Visit
- Donald Trump to be met by protests at each stage of UK visit by Dan Sabbagh (The Guardian)
- Thousands plan to protest Trump’s UK visit by Claire Gilbody-Dickerson (Al Jazeera)
- A balloon of Trump as a 20-foot-tall angry baby has been cleared to fly over London for his diplomatic visit next week by Sinéad Baker (Business Insider)
- A Giant Angry ‘Trump Baby’ Blimp Will Fly Over London During the President’s Visit by Chris Sosa (AlterNet)
- Mayor of city in England ‘bans’ Trump by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
Michael Cohen
- Michael Cohen Removes Trump Affiliation From Twitter And LinkedIn by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- Cohen adds ex-Clinton official to legal team: report by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
- Michael Cohen hires Clinton scandal veteran Lanny Davis by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
Montana Rally
- Trump unleashes in Montana by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- Trump assails critics and mocks #metoo. What about Putin? He’s fine. by Emily Cochrane (The NY Times)
- Trump Mocks the ‘Me Too’ Movement and Elizabeth Warren’s Heritage at Montana Rally by Cody Fenwick (AlterNet)
Other News
- ACLU Quadrupled Membership, Gained $120 Million In Donations After Trump’s Election by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- This One’s Personal: Trump Heads to Montana With Grudge Against Tester by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Judge Upholds Key Parts Of California Sanctuary Policies by Antonia Blumberg (Huffington Post)
- Judge largely rejects Trump bid to block California sanctuary laws by Josh Gerstein, Ted Hesson (Politico)
- New California Bill Restores Strong Net Neutrality Protections by Klint Finley (Wired)
- Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort requests permission to hire 40 foreign workers by Aris Folley (The Hill)
- Government drops charges against all inauguration protesters by Ashraf Khalil (AP)
Analysis
- Trump’s Impulsive Foreign Policy Moves Are Starting to Backfire. He’s Not Taking It Well. by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- With Pruitt’s Departure, More Than A Quarter of Trump’s Cabinet Has Changed by Anna Maria Barry-Jester (FiveThirtyEight)
Action / Resources
- Tell Microsoft and All Other Tech Companies to Break Ties with ICE by NationAction (The Nation)
- Classes Are Open at Resistance School by Conor Hand (The Nation)