Iran / Middle East
- US to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia as Gulf tensions soar (Al Jazeera)
- US to send troops to Saudi Arabia as tensions with Iran grow (BBC)
- U.K. Fears Iran Is Taking A ‘Dangerous Path’ After Seizure Of Tanker by Shannon Van Sant (NPR)
- Trump officials considering ending Iran waivers for civilian nuclear work: report by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
Other News
- Trump met a lot of refugees and seemed to learn about their crises for the very first time by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
- Trump shares Katie Hopkins video defending him over racist tweets and attacks Sadiq Khan by Peter Stubley (Independent)
- Donald Trump in new attack on Sadiq Khan with Katie Hopkins retweet by Mark Townsend (The Guardian)
- Trump Promotes Activist Who Called for “Final Solution” for Muslims by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
- Trump says he ‘vouches’ for detained U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky’s release in Sweden by Nandita Bose, Katanga Johnson (Reuters)
- A free, accessible, hyperlinked version of the Mueller Report at The Internet Archive (via BoingBoing)
- In ‘Send Her Back’ Fallout, Trump Amplifies Praise From Right-Wing British Commentator by Michael Crowley (NY Times)
- AOC Tells Trump “We’re Not Going Anywhere” by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
- Ocasio-Cortez tears into Trump’s immigration agenda: ‘It’s about ethnicity and racism’ by Aris Folley (The Hill)
- Justin Bieber Thanks Trump For A$AP Rocky Help, Then Lashes Him Over Kids In Cages by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Trump Administration Revising U.S. Citizenship Test by Shannon Van Sant (NPR)
Analysis
- Why didn’t more congressional Republicans condemn Trump’s racist tweets about the ‘Squad’? This graph explains. by Jan Zilinsky (Washington Post)
- How Trump’s arch-hawk lured Britain into a dangerous trap to punish Iran by Simon Tisdall (The Guardian)
Opinion
- What do ‘Lock her up’ and ‘Send her back’ have in common? It’s pretty obvious. by Monica Hesse (Washington Post)
- Donald Trump is gambling racism will win for him in 2020 by Lucian K Truscott IV (Salon)
- Trump Employs an Old Tactic: Using Race for Gain by Peter Baker, Michael M. Grynbaum, Maggie Haberman, Annie Karni, and Russ Buettner (NY Times)