Elijah Cummings / Al Sharpton
- Trump denies new accusations of racism after Elijah Cummings attack (BBC)
- Trump Attacks Al Sharpton in Latest Racist Twitter Barrage by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump labels Al Sharpton a ‘con man’ amid attacks on Cummings by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Trump launches unprovoked attack on beloved black civil rights leader Al Sharpton after days of racist Baltimore insults by Andrew Griffin (Independent)
- Trump’s assault on Cummings signals a new pivot to full-on racism: It’s ugly, but it won’t work by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
Saudi Arabia
- Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia’s most loyal henchman, again sides with the Royal Family over Congress by Adam Peck (ThinkProgress)
- Senate fails to override Trump veto on Saudi arms sales by Marianne Levine (Politico)
- Senate fails to override Trump vetoes of Saudi arms sales bills (Al Jaeera)
- Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Pushed for Saudi Nuclear Deal — and Planned to Profit From It by Isaac Arnsdorf (ProPublica)
9/11
- Trump signs 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund — but doesn’t invite bill’s Democratic author to ceremony by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Trump commemorates 9/11 first responders by making it all about him by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Historical Fiction: Trump Claims He Was Right There With First Responders on 9/11 by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
Other News
- Inside Donald Trump’s ‘brilliant and sinister’ merchandising operation by Alex Isenstadt (Politico)
- Trump Winery Stands To Benefit From Threatened Tariffs On French Wine by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Some officials fear Trump will get the intelligence he wants, not the intelligence he needs, from nominee by Greg Miller (Washington Post)
- Trump friend with business ties to Middle East pushed to shape U.S. policy in the region, House Democratic report says by Tom Hamburger and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
- DOJ restricts asylum claims based on family relations by Ted Hesson and Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Dan Coats Lost His Job for Telling Trump the Truth by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- Jared Kushner’s Family-Owned Baltimore Apartment Complexes Reportedly Had Mice Infestations by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Border Patrol Detained a 9-Year-Old American Girl on Her Way to School for 32 Hours by Luke Darby (GQ)
- As U.S.-China Trade Talks Resume, A Deal Remains Uncertain by Scott Horsley (NPR)
- Barr Changes Asylum Rules, Limits Family Endangerment Claims by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- Trump Reelection Campaign Rakes In Nearly $500,000 Selling Plastic Straws by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
- Jared Kushner Departs For Multi-Stop Middle East Investment by Emily Jane Fox (Vanity Fair)
Opinion
- Who Exactly Is on the Board of the “Women for Trump Coalition”? by Ruth Graham (Slate)
- Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate by Connie Bruck (New Yorker)