CNN /NBC
- Trump calls for CNN boss Jeff Zucker to be fired (BBC)
- Carl Bernstein: Trump attacks ‘degenerate’ Watergate reporter (BBC)
- Without Evidence, Trump Accuses NBC’s Lester Holt of “Fudging” Interview by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump bashes CNN, NBC media executives by Stephanie Murray (Politico)
- Trump, without evidence, says NBC fudged 2017 Russia interview (Reuters)
- Trump Foolishly Claims Lester Holt Doctored Interview Tape by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- ‘Totally dishonest’: Trump asserts only he can be trusted over opponents and “fake news” by Ashley Parker (The Washington Post)
North Korea
- Trump blames stagnant North Korea talks on US-China trade war (Al Jazeera)
- Trump accuses China of stalling progress with North Korea (BBC)
- Did Trump Break His Promise to Kim to Sign a Permanent Peace Treaty? by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump Says China To Blame For Hurting U.S.-North Korean Relations by Scott Neuman (NPR)
Kavanaugh
- Brett Kavanaugh’s History as a Judge Has Organized Labor Very Worried by Tonya Riley (Mother Jones)
- Does Brett Kavanaugh Agree With Bush v. Gore? by Robert Gordon (The Atlantic)
- Opinion: What Guantánamo Says About Kavanaugh by Linda Greenhouse (NY Times)
- Grassley raises questions about Dem access to restricted Kavanaugh records by Elana Schor (Politico)
- Inside Kavanaugh’s hearing prep: Mock hearings and faux protesters by Andrew Restuccia, Elana Schor, Lorraine Woellert (Politico)
Russia / Mueller Investigation
- Trump Presses Supreme Court Chief Justice For Action On Russia Dossier (Huffington Post)
- The Michael Cohen, CNN, and Trump-Russia controversy, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Judge gives U.S. more time to decide on retrying Manafort on deadlocked charges (Reuters)
- Trump denies McGahn’s exit had anything to do with Russia investigation by Jen Kirby (Vox)
- Anticipation builds around Mueller as 60-day election window nears by Josh Meyer (Politico)
- Trump’s Top Targets in the Russia Probe Are Experts in Organized Crime by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
National Enquirer
- Trump and Cohen reportedly devised scheme to buy and bury negative National Enquirer stories by Melanie Schmitz (ThinkProgress)
- National Enquirer Had Decades of Trump Dirt. He Wanted to Buy It All. by Jim Rutenberg and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
- Donald Trump Is Apparently Terrified of What The National Enquirer Has on Him by Jay Willis (GQ)
Federal Employee Pay Raises
- Trump cancels pay raises for federal employees by Kevin Liptak (CNN)
- Trump Proposes Freezing Federal Worker Salaries by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Trump cancels pay raises for almost 2 million federal workers by Sarah Ferris, Ian Kullgren (Politico)
- Trump Wants To Cancel Raises For Federal Workers In 2019 by Dave Jamieson (Huffington Post)
- Trump seeks to block pay raises for federal workers by Noam Scheiber (The NY Times)
- Trump seeks to freeze pay in 2019 for federal workers by Eric Yoder (The Washington Post)
Immigration / Border
- Donald Trump on Immigration: Everything You Should Know by Marilyn La Jeunesse (Teen Vogue)
- Democratic lawmakers call for hearings into denial of passports to Americans by Kevin Sieff and Gabriel Pogrund (The Washington Post)
- Trump officials identify 497 migrant children still in custody by Michael Burke (The Hill)
- Trump’s stripping of passports from some Texas Latinos, explained by Dara Lind (Vox)
Other News
- Betsy DeVos’ New Campus Sexual Misconduct Rules Would Strengthen Rights Of The Accused by Dan Whitcomb (Huffington Post)
- Top White House ethics lawyer to leave position: report by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Trump unprepared for impeachment and Democrats taking the House in 2018, says report by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- FBI arrests man who threatened to kill Boston Globe staff for criticizing Trump by Jon Swaine (Guardian)
- Justice Department Promises Crackdown On Supervised Injection Sites by Bobby Allyn (NPR)
- Trump’s Justice Department is threatening cities that allow safe injection sites by German Lopez (Vox)
- Trump says Sessions will be attorney general at least until the midterms by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Trump ready to ratchet up China trade war with more tariffs: report by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
- Trump seeks to backtrack on 2017 comments on Comey firing by Susan Heavey (Reuters)
- President Trump Threatens to Withdraw U.S. From the World Trade Organization ‘If They Don’t Shape Up’ by John Micklewait, Marvaret Talev, Jennifer Jacobs (TIME)
- Trump may impose $200 billion tariffs on Chinese imports as early as next week: report by Megan Keller, Vicki Needham (The Hill)
- President Trump had a lot to say on Thursday. But not about John Mccain. by Katie Rogers (The NY Times)
- Trump administration to end U.S. funding to U.N. program for Palestinian refugees by Karen DeYoung and Ruth Eglash (The Washington Post)
- Trump to sign executive order to boost retirement savings by Patrick Temple-West (Politico)
- Homeland Security Analyst Leaves After His White Nationalist Ties Are Exposed by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
Analysis
- 15 reasons why: Donald Trump’s supporters will never abandon him by Chauncey DeVega (Salon)
- No Matter How Bad It Gets, Trump Will Never Give Up by John Sommers-Flanagan (Slate)
- A House-Flipper’s Guide to the 2018 Congressional Midterm Elections, Part 1 by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Climate change: local efforts won’t be enough to undo Trump’s inaction, study says by Oliver Milman (Guardian)
- Did Trump just admit that he tried to fire Mueller and Sessions? by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)