North Korea
- North Korea says Pompeo talks ‘regrettable’ by AP (Politico)
- North Korea Calls Latest Nuke Talks “Regrettable” by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- North Korea lashes out at US, calls talks ‘extremely regrettable’ (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea Contradicts Pompeo, Calls Talks “Really Disappointing” by Emma Stefansky (Vanity Fair)
- North Korea says resolve for denuclearisation may falter but Pompeo lauds progress by Hyonhee Shin, David Brunnstrom (Reuters)
- North Korea calls U.S. attitude toward talks ‘gangster-like’ and ‘cancerous,’ rejecting Pompeo’s assessment by John Hudson and Carol Morello (Washington Post)
Immigration / Family Separation / Border / ICE
- U.S. using DNA testing in effort to reunite families it separated by Deena Beasley, Kristina Cooke (Reuters)
- Judge rejects Trump’s administration’s blanket request to delay reuniting children at border by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Request for Blanket Extension to Reunite Separated Migrant Children by Elliot Spagat, Julie Watson (TIME)
- Judge does not give Trump admin more time to reunite all separated families by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Judge: Trump administration must release list of migrant children under 5 by John Bowden (The Hill)
Russia / Russia Investigation
- The Russia Investigations: ‘Putin’s Fine. He’s Fine. We’re All Fine.’ by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- A Russian-Backed Offensive in Syria Makes a Mockery of Trump by Dexter Filkins (The New Yorker)
- Trump lawyers make new demands before president can be interviewed by Russia investigation by Michael S. Schmidt, Maggie Haberman (Independent)
Other News
- Donald Trump’s Obamacare Sabotage Continues Apace by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Pruitt leaves behind a long to-do list by Eric Wolff, Emily Holden (Politico)
- Trump Crammed A Remarkable Amount Of Misogyny Into Just 24 Hours by Emily Peck (Huffington Post)
- Pope says walls, occupation, fundamentalism block Mideast peace (Reuters)
- Tariffs: What they are and how they will work (Al Jazeera)
- Trump: Will Twitter axe NYT, WaPo in purge of ‘fake’ accounts? by Jesse Byrnes (The Hill)
- Trump’s lawyers called former FBI director James Comey ‘Machiavellian’ and dishonest in memo to Russia investigation by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
Analysis / Opinion
- Donald Trump dishonors our troops by Lucian K. Truscott IV (Salon)
- Robert Reich: How to prevent future Trumps by Robert Reich (Salon)
- How Conservatives Won the Battle Over the Courts by Julian E. Zelizer (The Atlantic)