Manafort Trial / Mueller Investigation
- As Manafort Trial Continues, The Defense Gets Its Shot At Ex-Partner Rick Gates by Miles Parks (NPR)
- The Ultimate Betrayal of Paul Manafort by Franklin Foer (The Atlantic)
- Donald Trump’s endgame: He may admit collusion — and claim he was saving America from Hillary by Chauncey DeVega (Salon)
- “Spinning him into a frenzy”: Trump is more erratic than ever as Mueller probe advances by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
- How Judicial Watch became Trump’s favorite Mueller attack dog by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
- Manafort ex-aide Gates testifies at trial on Cyprus accounts (Reuters)
- Opinion: Get ready for this nightmare scenario involving Trump, Mueller and Kavanaugh by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Manafort team attacks ‘secret life’ of star witness Rick Gates (BBC)
- Manafort accountant who admitted role in false tax returns leaves Virginia firm by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- Fox News host: How could Trump testify to Mueller knowing he could face charges if he lies? by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Trump Can’t Count on the Supreme Court to Save Him from Mueller by Matt Taylor (VICE)
- Former Trump Campaign Official Rick Gates Admits To Staggering Criminal Activity At Manafort Trial by Ryan J. Reilly, Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- Obstruction questions still on table for Mueller-Trump interview, Giuliani says by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
Hollywood Star
- West Hollywood Council Passes Resolution to Remove President Trump’s Walk of Fame Star by Mike Miller (TIME)
- Trump’s Hollywood Star of Fame One Step Closer to Removal by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Council wants to remove Trump star from Walk of Fame by AP (Politico)
- Trump’s star on the Walk of Fame to be permanently removed after West Hollywood council vote by Tom Barnes (Independent)
Iran
- Iran sanctions: Rouhani condemns US ‘psychological warfare’ (BBC)
- Iran sanctions: Trump warns trading partners (BBC)
- Trump: U.S. seeking ‘world peace, nothing less’ with Iran sanctions by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
- President Trump Says He Reinstated Sanctions on Iran for ‘WORLD PEACE’ by Susannah George, Zeke Miller (TIME)
- Trump says anyone trading with Iran will not trade with U.S. (Reuters)
- Trump says firms doing business in Iran to be barred from U.S. as sanctions hit by Babak Dehghanpisheh, Peter Graff (Reuters)
- Donald Trump says rest of world must choose between trade with US or Iran by Bethan McKernan (Independent)
- Sorry, Justin!: Trump abandons Canada as Prince Mohammed blows his top by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
Immigration / DACA
- Stephen Miller Wants to Deny More Legal Immigrants Green Cards and Citizenship by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
- Trump Administration Sets Its Sights on Legal Immigrants with Plan to Limit Number of New US Citizens by David Badash (AlterNet)
- The Republican Party Stands for Despising Brown People and Not Much Else by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Stephen Miller and the Trump Administration Set Their Sights on Punishing Legal Immigrants by Luke Darby (GQ)
- The Trump Administration Is Reportedly Targeting Legal Immigrants Who’ve Benefited from Public Welfare Programs by Jewel Wicker (Teen Vogue)
- DACA is in a state of legal limbo. Now a Texas judge might rule to kill it. by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Opinion: Trump and Stephen Miller are now targeting legal immigrants. This will get uglier. by Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- ACLU Sues the U.S. Over Restricting Access for Asylum Seekers by Nomaan Merchant, Amy Taxin (TIME)
- Trump White House Reportedly Inching Closer to Curtailing Legal Immigration That Could Affect 20 Million Immigrants by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- ACLU sues Trump administration for denying asylum to those fleeing domestic and gang violence by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
Other News
- Jared Kushner Ordered Deletion Of Observer Articles Critical Of His Friends: Report by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Obama Cabinet official: Trump doesn’t want educated workforce by John Bowden (The Hill)
- House Democrats Launch a Challenge to Big Pharma by Richard Eskow (The Nation)
- 43% of Republicans say Trump should be able to shut down news outlets, new poll finds by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Poll: Nearly half of Republicans think Trump should have authority to shutter media outlets by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen under investigation for tax fraud, report says by Kimberley Richards (Independent)
- U.S. to Impose 25% Tariffs on an Additional $16 Billion of Chinese Goods by Andrew Mayeda (TIME)
Analysis
- Trump’s Privatization Plan Would Destroy the Postal Service by Katrina vanden Heuvel (The Nation)
- Caribbean states beg Trump to grasp climate change threat: ‘War has come to us’ by Oliver Milman (Guardian)
- Why Republicans don’t push back on Trump’s China tariffs — in one map bJohn Seungmin Kuk, Deborah Seligsohn and Jiakun Jack Zhang (NY Times)
- August 7 primary: live results for Ohio, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, and Washington by Li Zhou, Ella Nilsen, Dylan Scott, and Tara Golshan (Vox)