Cohen Video
- Trump recorded discussing paying for Playboy model’s story (Al Jazeera)
- Tape reveals Trump and lawyer discussing payoff over alleged affair (BBC)
- Trump On Recording Released By Cohen: ‘What Kind Of A Lawyer Would Tape A Client?’ by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- This Is the Greatest Threat to Donald Trump’s Presidency So Far by James West (Mother Jones)
- “There are more tapes”: Michael Cohen’s lawyer promises more damaging recordings of Trump by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Donald Trump lashes out at former lawyer Michael Cohen over leaked recording of Playboy model conversation: ‘So sad!’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump claims Cohen tape on Playboy model may have been doctored by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- The Trump-Cohen tape, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
Immigration / Border / ICE
- US senators to grill Mike Pompeo on Trump-Putin Helsinki meeting by Rosiland Jordan (Al Jazeera)
- Judge Frees Immigrant Arrested While Delivering Pizza To Army Base by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Man Detained While Delivering Pizza Is Finally Freed From ICE Detention by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- ICE Steps Up Workplace Arrests Of Undocumented Immigrants Under Trump by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- Most deported migrants were not asked about leaving children behind, Trump official says by Ted Hesson, Renuka Rayasam, Dan Diamond (Politico)
Russia / Mueller Investigation / Trump-Putin Summit
- Pompeo To Face Lawmakers After Trump Summits With Foreign Leaders Raise Questions by Ayesha Rascoe (NPR)
- Donald Trump’s unreality campaign in overdrive: If Democrats win in November — it’s the Russians! by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Voters believe Russia more likely to meddle for GOP in midterms than for Democrats by Steven Shepard (Politico)
- Trump delays proposed Putin meeting until 2019 (AP)
- White House Postpones Proposed Visit By Putin, Citing Russia ‘Witch Hunt’ by Philip Ewing,Miles Parks (NPR)
- Trump Retracts White House Invitation to Putin That Putin Never Accepted by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- Misleading Government Accusation Against Butina Attorney Points to Murkiness of Case by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
Trade
- Trump set for trade tug-of-war with EU’s Juncker by Adam Fleming (BBC)
- Trump planning huge tariffs on foreign cars despite opposition: report by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- After Bashing EU, Trump Says ‘Good’ Trade Deal Likely by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Trump pushes 25 percent auto tariff as top advisers scramble to stop him by Damian Paletta (Washington Post)
- Trump’s “Plan” to Appease Farmers With $12 Billion Amounts to “Gold Crutches” by Tom Philpott (Mother Jones)
- Trump And EU Agree To Work Toward Zero Tariffs by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Trump relents on EU car tariffs, as U.S.-China fight derails Qualcomm deal by David Lawder, Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Trump and EU’s Juncker pull back from all-out trade war (BBC)
- Trump Just Called Off His Trade War With Europe. Score One for the Globalists. by Jordan Weissmann (Slate)
Other News
- Here Are 5 Democrats Who Are Supporting Single-Payer Healthcare in Their 2018 Campaigns by Alex Henderson (AlterNet)
- Majority Don’t Want Roe V. Wade Overturned by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- The Trump Administration Is Attacking a Crucial Lifeline for Domestic Violence Victims by Tonya Riley (Mother Jones)
- This Is Why Lawmakers Want to Gut the Endangered Species Act by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
- The Trump Administration Just Took a Sincere Step to Fix a Piece of Obamacare by Jordan Weissmann (Slate)
- The Trump administration just did something unambiguously good for Obamacare by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- White House will stop transcribing conversations between Trump and foreign leaders by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
- Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Someone Completely Demolished Trump’s Hollywood Star with a Pickax by Drew Schwartz (VICE)
- Judge rejects Trump attempt to dismiss emoluments clause lawsuit by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed by Ann E. Marimow, Jonathan O’Connell and David A. Fahrenthold (Washington Post)
- DeVos Proposes to Curtail Debt Relief for Defrauded Students by Erica L. Green (NY Times)
- Iran: We will not engage in one-sided talks with US under threat (Al Jazeera)
- CNN Reporter: White House Called My Questions ‘Inappropriate,’ Banned Me From Event by Vanessa Romo (Mother Jones)
- Federal Lawsuit Against President Trump’s Business Interests Allowed To Proceed by Peter Overby (NPR)
- Republican lawmakers launch move to impeach Justice Department’s Rosenstein (Reuters)
- White House Bars CNN Reporter for “Shouting Questions” During Oval Office Press Event by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
Analysis
- What is an emolument? Judge gives term a broad definition in refusing to toss lawsuit against Trump by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- In Ruling Against Trump, Judge Defines Anticorruption Clauses in Constitution for First Time by Sharon LaFraniere (NY Times)
- How the Trump Tax Cut Is Helping to Push the Federal Deficit to $1 Trillion by Jim Tankersly (NY Times)
Opinion
- What Doesn’t Kill Him Makes Him Stronger by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)