News
- Mike Pence in Estonia to ease Russia concerns in Baltic (Al Jazeera)
- Despite all his promises, Trump has done nothing about the devastating opioid epidemic by Jalal Baig (Salon)
- Newt Gingrich plays Goebbels for Trump in insane attack on justice department and Mueller by Steven Rosenfeld (Salon)
- Forget Breitbart: the White House has a new favorite rightwing media outlet by Lois Beckett (The Guardian)
- Trump urges Republican senators not to give up on healthcare (Reuters)
- Putin, Responding to Sanctions, Orders U.S. to Cut Diplomatic Staff by 755 by Neil MacFarquhar
Analysis
- Trump Is on the Losing Side of the Culture War With Transgender Military Issue by Steve Chapman (Reason.com)
- Donald Trump called gang members “animals.” That’s dehumanizing — and dangerous. by Brian Resnick (Vox)
- Author Tom Nichols on how Trump won: “People looked up from their phones and said, ‘Where’s my money?’” by Chauncey Devega (Salon)
- Trump Tries to Regroup as the West Wing Battles Itself by Peter Baker (NY Times)
- Amtrak’s $630m Trump budget cut could derail service in 220 US cities by Tom Dart (Guardian)
- Trump’s new weapon? His Cabinet by Devin Henry (The Hill)
Opinion
- Why Anthony Scaramucci’s Paranoid Schizophrenia Insult Was Offensive by Rebecca Chamara (Teen Vogue)
- President Trump’s Really Weak Week by Maureen Dowd (NY Times)