Manafort Trial / Mueller Investigation / Cohen / Russia / Collusion
- Trump Says Sessions Should End the Russia Investigation “Right Now” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Asks Sessions To End Mueller Investigation, As Manafort Trial Enters Day Two by Miles Parks, Carrie Johnson, Ryan Lucas (NPR)
- Trump calls on Sessions to stop Mueller probe by Rebecca Morin, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Trump claims Manafort case has ‘nothing to do with collusion’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump’s “Witch Hunt” Theory Just Got a Lot More Complicated by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Russia investigation: Stanford law professor explains why Trump is wrong to say ‘collusion is not a crime’ by Philip Bump (Independent)
- Trump sends agitated tweet calling for Jeff Sessions to end Mueller investigation by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Trump Pushes for Interview With Mueller Against Lawyers’ Advice by Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
- Mueller is taking another shot at interviewing Trump as the president escalates his attacks on the Russia probe by Brian Logan (Business Insider)
- Russians are already targeting Democrats again, and Congress says Trump and Republicans aren’t doing enough by Joe Perticone (Business Insider)
- Robert Mueller Is Going After Shady Democrats Now, Too by Matt Taylor (VICE)
Science Advisor / Droegemeier
- Trump Will Finally Tap Science Adviser After 19-Month Vacancy: Reports by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- Trump Finally Picks a Science Adviser—and People Are Delighted by Ed Yong (The Atlantic)
China / Tariffs
- US mulls 25% tariff on $200bn of Chinese goods, say reports (BBC)
- China accuses U.S. of ‘blackmail’ amid reports of higher tariffs by Trump administration by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump whacks Obamacare by boosting short-term health plans by Pauk Demko (Politico)
- Trump Administration Threatens Even Higher Tariffs On China by Jim Zarroli (NPR)
Healthcare
- Horrible Health Insurance Now Legal Again, Thanks To Trump by Jonathan Cohn (Huffington Post)
- Trump pushes low-cost short-term healthcare plans critics call ‘junk’ by AP (The Guardian)
Immigration / Border / Family Separation / ICE
- ICE denies claim that a migrant child died in custody at a Texas detention facility by David Montero (LA Times)
- Trump administration considers reduction in amount of refugees admitted into US: report by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- Trump Set a Record-Low Refugee Cap. Now He May Cut It in Half. by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- Immigration Judges Are Rebelling Against the White House’s Efforts to Turn Courts into Deportation Machines by Luke Darby (GQ)
Other News
- Trump claims Americans need ID to go shopping (BBC)
- Donald Trump vs. the Koch brothers: A major rift — or a stunt staged by Steve Bannon? by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Here Are the Latest Batch of Trump Administration Appointees by Nisa Khan (Mother Jones)
- White Americans support welfare programs — but only for themselves, says new research by Chauncey Devega (Salon)
- Senate Dems Introduce Bill To Include Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity On Census by Alanna Vagianos (Huffington Post)
- 9th Circuit rejects government’s argument that Trump’s sanctuary cities order was mere bluster by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Trump Plans to Announce $500 Tax on All American Households Today by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
Analysis
- The Cult of Trump Makes the Worst Conspiracy Theories Mainstream by Jay Willis (GQ)