Omarosa Manigault Newman / N-word Tape
- Omarosa Admits She Was “Totally Complicit” in the Trump Horror Show by Laura Bradley (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Campaign Official Caught on Tape Saying Trump Used the N-Word Hours After She Said He Didn’t by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Omarosa and the forgotten Martha Mitchell: Unlikely heroes who brought down a president? by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- NYT columnist: A tape of Trump saying N-word could make his supporters like him more by Megan Keller (The Hill)
- Review: I read six sycophantic pro-Trump books — and then I read Omarosa by Carlos Lozada (Washington Post)
Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial / Jared Kushner
- Manafort trial – live updates: Jury hears closing arguments in former Trump campaign manger’s fraud case before retiring to decide verdict on charges by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Jared Kushner’s name was just brought up at Paul Manafort’s trial by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Giuliani to Mueller: ‘Write the damn report’ by Michael Burke (The Hill)
- Analysis: Manafort Prosecution Comes Down to Three Key Points by Griffin Connolly (Roll Call)
- Robert Mueller Is Facing His Biggest Test Yet by Matt Taylor (VICE)
Kavanaugh
- Business looks to Kavanaugh to extend Supreme Court hot streak by Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
- Environmental groups warn of Kavanaugh’s history defending corporate polluters by Mark Hand (ThinkProgress)
Brennan / Security Clearance
- Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
- After Brennan, 9 others face losing security clearances, too by Staff (AP)
- Trump Revokes Clearance Of Ex-CIA Boss Brennan, Puts Other Critics On Notice by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Trump pulls security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Opinion: Trump’s punishment of Brennan is actually all about the Mueller probe by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
Immigration / Border
- Immigration agency chief defends striking ‘nation of immigrants’ from mission statement by Megan Keller (The Hill)
- Citizenship service conspired with ICE to ‘trap’ immigrants at visa interviews, ACLU says by Meagan Flynn (Washington Post)
Other News
- Trump Tower In Chicago Sued For Violating Clean Water Laws by Ayenat Mersie (Huffington Post)
- FACT CHECK: Can Trump Legally Keep Former Staff Quiet? Probably Not by Peter Overby, Brett Neely (NPR)
- Trump enlists fake Peter Strzok tweets in latest attempt to discredit the FBI by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- Trump advisor touts Sprint, T-Mobile deal while denying lobbying by Ginger Gibson (Reuters)
- Mexico, U.S. may be heading toward NAFTA deal amid Trump’s global trade war by Megan Cassella (Politico)
- Trump Administration May Sell Or Transfer Land Cut From Utah Monument by Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)
- Newspapers across U.S. rebuke Trump for attacks on press by Alex Dobuzinskis, Brendan O’Brien (Reuters)
- Trump Reportedly Loosens Rules of Engagement on American Cyberattacks, Reversing Obama-Era Restrictions by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
Analysis
- Can Trump’s White House legally ban reporters? by Frank Lomonte (Salon)
- Hungary’s Leader Was Shunned by Obama, but Has a Friend in Trump by Patrick Kingsley (NY Times)
Opinion
- A Free Press Needs You by Editorial Board (NY Times)
- Democrats are making Congress look more like America. Republicans are fighting this. by Paul Waldman (Washington Post)