Immigration / Family Separation / DACA
- US: ‘Chain migration’ grants Melania Trump’s parents citizenship by Kimberly Halkett (Al Jazeera)
- Melania Trump’s Parents Just Became Citizens Through a Process Her Husband Wants to Make Illegal by Sophie Murguia (Mother Jones)
- First Lady’s Parents Become U.S. Citizens Thanks To ‘Chain Migration’ by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Trump Officials Keep ‘Temporary’ Tent Shelter For Migrant Kids Open Yet Another Month by Dana Liebelson (Huffington Post)
Manafort Trial / Mueller Investigation
- Mystery surrounds former sex-ring operator’s Mueller probe role by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Trump’s lawyer claims it’s unconstitutional for Mueller to question the president by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- Roger Stone Associate Is Subpoenaed in Russia Investigation by Alan Feuer (NY Times)
- Judge finds Roger Stone associate in contempt for refusing to appear before grand jury by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Manafort trial Day 9: Witness suggests Trump role helped Manafort nab loans by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Mueller’s latest move is very bad news for Roger Stone by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- Judge finds Roger Stone associate in contempt for refusing to appear before grand jury by Kyle Chen ey (Politico)
Space Force
- Trump’s Space Force logos are just as dumb as Space Force by Jesus Diaz (Fast Company)
- Mike Pence: US to create Space Force by 2020 (Al Jazeera)
- Russian Embassy mocks Trump’s Space Force logos by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- 4 Reasons Trump Is So Enamored with ‘Space Force’ by Jay Willis (GQ)
Supreme Court / Kavanaugh
- Did Kavanaugh’s ‘one race’ assertion signal a vote against racial preferences? by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Kavanaugh confirmation hearings set for Sept. 4 by Elana Schor (Politico)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearings Will Start in September by Alana Abramson (TIME)
Other News
- Trump blasts NFL players for kneeling at preseason games by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
- Trump renews attacks on NFL players after preseason protests (Reuters)
- Kanye West stumped by Jimmy Kimmel’s Donald Trump question (BBC)
- Omarosa Claims Trump Repeatedly Used ‘N-Word’ During ‘The Apprentice’ by Alana Horowitz Satlin (Huffington Post)
- Omarosa says Trump is a racist who uses N-word – and claims there’s tape to prove it by David Smith (The Guardian)
- President Trump Says He’s Doubling Steel and Aluminum Tariffs ‘With Respect to Turkey’ by AP (TIME)
- Trump Fans Spent $1,000 Putting Dozens of Peel-Off Stars on the Walk of Fame by Drew Schwartz (VICE)
- NAACP slams Trump as ‘racist’ by Beatrice Peterson (Politico)
- DeVos Ends Obama-Era Safeguards Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges by Erica L. Green (NY Times)
- Russia tells Washington curbs on its banks would be act of economic war by Andrew Osborn and Andrey Ostroukh (Reuters)
- Group asks Trump to unblock 41 Twitter users after court ruling by David Shepardson (Reuters)
- Trump May Cut Suspended Aid To Palestinians Soon by Daniel Estrin (NPR)
- Study: 11 million white Americans think like the alt-right by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- NAACP President Says Trump Emboldened Racists With Charlottesville Response by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (Huffington Post)
- Trump Thanks Kanye West For Sticking Up For Him On ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Trump administration calls endangered species protections a ‘regulatory burden’ by Miranda Green (The Hill)
- Tensions Between Turkey and U.S. Soar as Trump Orders New Sanctions by Carlotta Gall and Jack Ewing (NY Times)
Analysis
- Can the EPA Roll Back California’s Clean Air Standards? by Judith Lewis Mernit (The American Prospect)
- The 12 Trumpiest Members of Congress by Igor Bobic, Matt Fuller (Huffington Post)
- The White Nationalists Are Winning by Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)
- Devin Nunes Is the Exact Constitution-Shredding Miscreant the Founders Feared by John Nichols (The Nation)
- Trump Made Socialism Great Again by Shadi Hamid (The Atlantic)
Opinion
- The White Nationalists Are Winning by Adam Serwer (Atlantic)
- Trump’s résumé is rife with mob connections by David Von Drehle (Washington Post)