Russia / Collusion / Hacking / Mueller Investigation / Cohen
- Giuliani accuses special counsel’s office of acting in ‘bad faith’ over Trump-Mueller interview by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Tipping point for Donald Trump: Will his (alleged) crimes finally drive away his supporters? by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Rudy Giuliani suggests Russia collusion may not be a crime – but ‘hacking’ is by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- After insisting there were no contacts with Russians, team Trump now argues collusion isn’t a crime by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- Trump-Russia protests: 5 of the most shocking – and bizarre – acts of American rebellion by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Russians Are Targeting Private Election Companies, Too — And States Aren’t Doing Much About It by Clare Malone (FiveThirtyEight)
- Rudy Giuliani Is Now Claiming Collusion May Not Be a Crime by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort is first to go on trial in Russia probe by Nathan Layne, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
- ‘Never happened’: Giuliani walks back confusing claim of secret Trump Tower meeting by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Trump’s Increasingly Desperate Attacks on Mueller by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
Iran
- In Iran, economic worries grow as new US sanctions loom by Amir Vahdat and David Rising (AP)
- Trump says he would ‘certainly meet’ with Iran’s Rouhani (Al Jazeera)
Other News
- ‘Eye-popping’ payouts for CEOs follow Trump’s tax cuts by Patrick Temple-West, Victoria Guida (Politico)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: I have ‘at least five more years’ on the bench by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she plans to stay on Supreme Court for “at least five more years” by Li Zhou (Vox)
- Trump is reportedly considering going around Congress for a massive tax cut that would mostly benefit wealthier Americans by Bob Bryan (Business Insider)
- Trump Again Threatens to Shut Down the Government Over Border Security, Rankling Republicans by Katie Rogers and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
- LeBron James: Trump is using sports to ‘divide us’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Sessions announces ‘religious liberty task force’ by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
- Twitter Rains Hell On Jeff Sessions’ New Religious Liberty Task Force by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- G.O.P. Faces Another Midterm Threat as Trump Plays the Shutdown Card by Sheryl Gay Stolberg (NY Times)
- Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration To Block 3D-Printed Guns by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
- Federal Judge Orders Government To Seek Consent Before Medicating Migrant Children by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
Analysis
- How Companies Are Making Customers Pay for Trump’s Trade War by Peter Eavis (NY Times)
- 99 Days to Go, and the Midterm Elections Battleground Is Not What Was Expected by Nate Cohn (NY Times)
- Trump’s ‘fake news’ rhetoric crops up around the globe by Jason Schwartz (Politico)