Mueller Investigation / Manafort / Cohen / Fox Interview / Sessions
- Trump Lashes Out at Cohen, Sessions While Complaining That “Flipping” Should Be Illegal by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Jeff Sessions Finally Hits Back at Trump in Rare Statement by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- After Cohen flips, Trump says deals with prosecutors ‘almost ought to be outlawed’ by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
- Sessions pushes back after Trump slam: I ‘will not be improperly influenced by political considerations’ by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Here Are the 6 Most Shocking Moments from Trump’s Latest ‘Fox & Friends’ Interview by Brad Reed (AlterNet)
- Trump doesn’t rule out pardoning Manafort by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
- Cohen’s admission doesn’t mean Trump is guilty, legal experts say by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Sessions Rebukes Trump With Vow Justice Department Won’t Be Swayed By Politics by Carrie Johnson, Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Here Are 5 Surprising Facts About Robert Mueller’s History by Alex Henderson (AlterNet)
- Trump’s Victory Was a Disaster for Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Trump argues Michael Cohen’s hush money payments “weren’t crimes,” flipping should be “outlawed” by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- What the Manafort Verdict Means for President Donald Trump by Cindy Otis (Teen Vogue)
- Trump says ‘flipping’ in criminal cases should be illegal and warns against impeachment by Joanna Walters, David Smith (The Guardian)
- Prosecutors grant immunity to Enquirer’s David Pecker by Megan Keller (The Hill)
- Pardon carries risks for both Trump and Manafort by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
- New Details From Manafort Jury Reveal Tension, Disputes by Carrie Johnson (NPR)
- Fact Check: Trump’s Misguided Defense Of Cohen Payments by Peter Overby (NPR)
- Manafort Jury Holdout Blocked Guilty Verdicts on 10 of 18 Charges, Juror Says by Matthew Haag and Sharon LaFraniere (NY Times)
- There’s No Point in Pardoning Paul Manafort by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Sessions Rebukes Trump, Vows Justice Department Won’t Be Swayed By Politics by Carrie Johnson, Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Manafort jury had lone holdout on deadlocked charges by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Giuliani’s comments add confusion about possible Manafort pardon by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Robert Mueller and impeachment chatter is helping Democrats, not hurting them by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- A Lone Holdout Juror Actually Made It More Likely That Paul Manafort Will Go to Jail Even if Trump Pardons Him by Jed Shugerman (Slate)
- Trump ally David Pecker cuts immunity deal with prosecutors by Jen Kirby (Vox)
Impeachment
- Republicans Are Talking About Impeachment Way More Than Democrats by Perry Bacon Jr (FiveThirtyEight)
- Trump: Impeach me and the market crashes (BBC)
- Trump says ‘market would crash’ if he were impeached by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
- No, impeachment will not crash the stock market by Ben White (Politico)
South Africa / White Nationalism
- South Africa calls Trump ‘misinformed’ over land policy (Al Jazeera)
- South Africa rejects Donald Trump’s tweet on farmer killings (BBC)
- Donald Trump Sparks Outrage By Tweeting White Nationalist Talking Point by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
- Trump wants Pompeo to study ‘killing of farmers’ in South Africa by Lesley Wroughton, Tiisetso Motsoeneng (Reuters)
- Trump’s tweet echoing white nationalist propaganda about South African farmers, explained by Jennifer Williams (Vox)
- Trump’s White-Nationalist Pipeline by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
- How Online White Supremacist Communities Are Celebrating Trump’s Tweet About White Farmers in South Africa by April Glaser (Slate)
- Trump Has Some Thoughts About Land Reform in South Africa. Here Are the Facts. by Joshua Keating (Slate)
DeVos / Arming Teachers
- Report: Betsy DeVos Considering Federal Funds to Arm Teachers by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
- DeVos revives bitter debate over arming teachers by Caitlin Emma, Michael Stratford (Politico)
- Betsy DeVos Eyes Federal Education Grants to Put Guns in Schools by Erica L. Green (NY Times)
Immigration / ICE
- ICE officers handcuffed, jailed detained kids on their 18th birthdays: report by Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
- New Complaint Accuses ICE of Threatening Undocumented Parents Into Signing Deportation Papers or Never Seeing Their Kids Again by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- ICE’s Illegal Abuse of Teenagers Proves the Agency Is Beyond Reform by Mark Joseph Stern, Sofie Werthan (Slate)
Other News
- Reality Winner, Former N.S.A. Translator, Gets More Than 5 Years in Leak of Russian Hacking Report by Dave Phillips (NY Times)
- Dems say Kavanaugh eases off call for presidential immunity; White House disputes by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- A Senate bill to stop election interference got squashed. It might be the White House’s fault. by Alex Ward (Vox)
Analysis
- A Lazy Person’s Guide to Every Senate Race in the 2018 Midterm Elections by Jay Willis (GQ)
- We Already Know Trump Is Betraying His Country by William Saletan (Slate)
- Trump’s warped understanding of how the Justice Department — and justice — works by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Trump Organization Could Face Criminal Charges From Manhattan D.A. by William K. Rashbaum (NY Times)
Opinion
- Republicans won’t have anything left to salvage by Dana Milbank (Washington Post)
- The Question We Must Keep Asking by Ai Weiwei (NY Times)