Russia Summit / Putin
- Trump-Putin summit kicks off in Helsinki (Al Jazeera)
- Trump meets Putin against backdrop of tense U.S.-Russia relations by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- Trump Blames Washington For Poor Russia Ties Ahead Of Putin Summit by Jeff Mason, Andrew Osborn (Huffington Post)
- Trump And Putin Hold First Summit Talks In Finland by Jeff Mason, Andrew Osborn (Huffington Post)
- In Opening Remarks, Trump Makes No Mention of Election Interference by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- The Trump-Putin Summit Shows the Dangers of Executive Power by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- Forget the Summit: How Trump Let Putin Win the Cyber-Security War by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
- Opinion: Trump Is Right to Meet Putin by Sen. Rand Paul (Politico)
- Why are Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin holding this summit? A bizarre overseas trip ends in mystery by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Putin says he had to tell Trump ‘several times’ that Russia did not interfere in US election by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump winks at Putin at start of Helsinki summit – video by AP (The Guardian)
- The Trump-Putin Summit Was Over Before It Began by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Bashes U.S. ‘Foolishness and Stupidity’ As Summit With Putin Gets Underway by Jonathan Lemire, Jill Colvin, Vladmir Isachenkov (TIME)
- Putin denies interference in US election at meeting with Trump by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- A Russian newspaper editor explains how Putin made Trump his puppet by Sean Illing (Vox)
- Russia just won the first point in the Trump-Putin meeting by Alex Ward (Vox)
- Trump and Putin: what we know is damning by Ezra Klein (Vox)
- Trump says he discussed Russian interference in 2016 election with Putin by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Trump appears to side with Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies on election interference by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- U.S. lawmakers slam Trump as ‘weak,’ ‘cowardly’ in summit with Putin by Richard Cowan, Amanda Becker (Reuters)
- Trump, after Helsinki summit, says he has confidence in U.S. intelligence (Reuters)
- Trump, Putin Address Election Meddling Charges in Helsinki. by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- The Latest: Putin rejects collecting dirt on Trump (AP)
- Trump’s Historic Meltdown In Helsinki: “I Don’t See Any Reason Why It Would be Russia” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Denounces U.S. Conclusions About Russian Hacking, Calls Putin’s Denial “Extremely Strong and Powerful” by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- The Most Bizarre Part of Trump’s Disastrous Press Conference Was His Deference to Putin by Isaac Chotiner (Slate)
- Opinion: Trump is now repaying Putin for helping him win the presidency by Greg Sergeant (Washington Post)
- Putin again denies Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election; Trump calls probe a ‘disaster for our country’ by Philip Rucker, Anton Troianovski and Seung Min Kim (Washington Post)
- Trump Begins Summit with Tweet Criticizing Past U.S. Presidents by Susan B. Glasser (New Yorker)
- Trump, at Putin’s Side, Questions U.S. Intelligence on 2016 Election by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (NY Times)
- Trump attacks Mueller at joint news conference with Putin, advances conspiracy theories by Jonathan Allen (NBC)
- Trump says he doesn’t ‘see any reason’ why Russia would have hacked the US election when asked whether he believes Putin or the US intel community by Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)
- This Is the Moment of Truth for Republicans by James Fallows (The Atlantic)
- Even by Trump Standards His Press Conference with Putin Was Bizarre by Harry Cheadle (VICE)
- Trump’s Meeting With Putin Draws Alarmed Responses From Both Parties by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
- Shock, alarm as Trump backs Putin on election meddling at summit by Jeff Mason, Denis Pinchuk (Reuters)
- Trump sides with Russia against FBI at Helsinki summit (BBC)
- Trump refuses to denounce Russian involvement in election at joint presser with Putin by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Dictionary.com shares definition of ‘traitor’ after Trump press conference with Putin by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- Putin triumphs over Trump at US-Russia summit by Mansur Mirovalev (Al Jazeera)
- In Helsinki, Trump Shows He Is Indeed Guilty of Collusion by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- Read a Transcript of Trump and Putin’s Joint Press Conference by Abigail Simon (TIME)
- Trump-Putin press conference leaves members of both parties reeling by Eleanor Mueller (Politico)
- Full text: Trump and Putin’s press conference, transcribed (Politico)
- Trump’s meeting with Putin was so bad that people are calling it the #TreasonSummit by Morgan Sung (Mashable)
- It’s Resignation Time by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- ‘Treasonous’ And ‘Disgraceful’: Critics Slam Trump’s Performance At Putin Summit by Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump Is Facing Twitter Treason Accusations After His Meeting with Vladimir Putin by Kaylen Ralph (Teen Vogue)
- Trump ‘treasonous’ after siding with Putin on election meddling by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Vladimir Putin just humiliated Donald Trump. And Trump humiliated America by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- McCain: Trump-Putin appearance ‘one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president’ by Eleanor Mueller (Politico)
- Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad by Mark Sandler (NY Times)
- Trump and Putin vs. America by Thomas L. Friedman (The NY Times)
- Republicans rebuke Trump for siding with Putin as Democrats demand action by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos, and Thomas Kaplan (The NY Times)
- The moment called for Trump to stand up for America. He chose to bow. by Dan Balz (The Washington Post)
- The facts missing from Trump and Putin’s news conference by Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly (The Washington Post)
- Trump’s defense of Putin finds few supporters in Congress by Michael Scherer (The Washington Post)
- ‘Disgraceful’ and ‘tragic’: John McCain’s excoriation of Trump on Russia, annotated by Amber Philips (The Washington Post)
- Fox News’ Chris Wallace gives Putin the grilling Trump won’t by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- Putin’s Attack on the U.S. Is Our Pearl Harbor by Mark Hertling, Molly K. Mckew (Politico)
- Transcript: Trump And Putin’s Joint Press Conference (NPR)
Mueller / Russia Investigation
- Americans Know Where They Stand On The Mueller Investigation by Dhrumil Mehta, Nathaniel Rakich (FiveThirtyEight)
- Mueller’s Latest Indictment Suggests Russia’s Infiltration of U.S. Election Systems Could Get Worse by Lawrence Norden (Slate)
- What Robert Mueller Knows—and 9 Areas He’ll Pursue Next by Garrett M. Graff (Wired)
Maria Butina
- US Indicts Russian Gun Activist Who Interacted with NRA and the Trump Campaign by Dan Friedman, Denise Clifton (Mother Jones)
- Who is Maria Butina? NRA-linked gun activist charged with operating as a Russian agent by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Russian woman charged with spying for Moscow by ‘infiltrating’ NRA by Jon Swaine, Lois Beckett (The Guardian)
- The Strange Case of the NRA-Linked Russian Charged With Being a Kremlin Agent by W.J. Hennigan (TIME)
- Maria Butina latest: Russian woman charged with spying in the US under Kremlin direction by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Russian Spy Indictment an Aftershock to Trump’s Helsinki Statements by Jeff Cirilo (Roll Call)
- Trump Told Woman Charged As Kremlin Agent He’d Drop Russia Sanctions by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
Immigration / Border / Family Separation
- Immigration Poll Finds Deep Divide Over Trump’s Agenda by Joel Rose (NPR)
- Poll: Where You Watch TV News Predicts Your Feelings On Immigration by Joel Rose (NPR)
- Most Trump Voters Say MS-13 Is A Threat To The Entire U.S. by Dana Liebelson, Ariel Edwards-Levy (Huffington Post)
- Migrant children tell of life without parents inside US immigration detention centres by Dan Barry, Miriam Jordan, Annie Correal, Manny Fernandez (Independent)
- ‘Credible fear’ for US asylum harder to prove under Trump by Will Weissart and Emily Schmall (AP)
- Judge temporarily halts Trump admin from deporting reunited families by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
- Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Deportation of Reunited Migrant Families by Elliot Spagat (TIME)
- Trump Administration Admits it Still Hasn’t Found the Parents of 71 Migrant Children by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- Deported from U.S. and picking up pieces of a shattered dream by Kirk Semple (The NY Times)
Supreme Court / Kavanaugh
- Brett Kavanaugh’s First Potential SCOTUS Case Could Devastate These Critically-Endangered Frogs by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s Soft Spot for Police Abuses by Steve Chapman (Reason)
- Judge Kavanaugh’s Extremist Position on the Second Amendment by Dennis Henigan (The American Prospect)
- Democrats’ long game on the Supreme Court: it might be too late to stop Kavanaugh, so what then? by Li Zhou (Vox)
Other News
- Trump’s Tariffs and High Prices Are Sinking the Midwest by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- The Trump Baby Blimp Is Coming To America by Carla Baranauckas (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s Reelection Bid Already Has A $53 Million War Chest by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- China files complaint to WTO over Trump’s $200bn tariff plan by Lily Kuo (The Guardian)
- Ivanka Trump’s Fashion Line: A Complete List of Retailers by Alyssa Hardy (Teen Vogue)
- Defying Convention, President Trump Reveals Details of Private Conversation With Queen by Casey Quackenbush (TIME)
- The Trump administration is about to delete an important medical resource by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- Kushner’s used ‘toxic’ construction to drive our tenants, suit says by Charles V. Bagli (The NY Times)
Analysis
- Historian Explains How Donald Trump and the Far Right Weaponized ‘Chaos Magic’ — Just Like the Occult by Chauncey DeVega (AlterNet)
- Trump White House finds new reason to target Medicaid by Colby Itkowitz (Washington Post)
- Hidden from view: The astonishingly high administrative costs of U.S. healthcare by Austin Frakt (The NY Times)
- Donald Trump Is Fulfilling All of Those Obama Conspiracy Theories by Jamelle Bouie (Slate)
- Trump vs. Strzok by William Saletan (Slate)