Healthcare
- Trump Is About To Make A Key Obamacare Decision by Anna Maria Barry-Jester (FiveThirtyEight)
- With Obamacare Safe (for Now), the Medicare-for-All Debate Roars Back by Graham Vyse (New Republic)
- Can Republicans Stop Trump From Sabotaging Obamacare? by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- The Real Reason Trump’s Obamacare Repeal Push Failed by David Frum (The Atlantic)
- Newest GOP health care attempt faces same tough odds by Adam Cancryn (Politico)
- Graham says GOP Senators are still taking orders from Trump on Obamacare repeal by Addy Baird (ThinkProgress)
- John McCain did not kill Obamacare repeal for good. It could still come back. by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- Opinion: The Americans Who Saved Health Insurance by David Leonhardt (NY Times)
- Opioid Prescriptions Across The U.S. by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Ella Koeze (FiveThirtyEight)
- ‘Time to move on’: Senate GOP flouts Trump after healthcare defeat by Matt Flegenheimer and Thomas Kaplan (The NY Times)
- Republicans in Congress bypass Trump to shore up health law by Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan (The NY Times)
Trump-Russia Scandal
- Donald Trump could be guilty of obstruction of justice over son’s statement on Russia meeting, says former White House ethics lawyer by Chantal Da Silva (Independent)
- Donald Trump’s aides admit the US President misled the American people over his son’s Russia meeting by Aaron Blake (Independent)
- The F.B.I. May Have Just Gotten a Major Break in the Russia Investigation by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
- Opinion: President Trump is now directly implicated in trying to cover up the Russia scandal by Paul Waldman
- Trump ‘weighed in’ on son’s statement about Russian meeting (BBC)
- The Two Explanations for Trump’s Meddling in the Russia Investigation by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- White House Says “Any Father” Would Help His Son Cover Up a Secret Meeting With Russians by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- President Trump is now directly implicated in trying to cover up the Russia scandal by Paul Waldman (Independent)
- White House defends president’s effort to help write Trump Jr. statement by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
News
- Senate Democrats offer Republicans help on tax reform – with conditions by David Morgan (Reuters)
- U.S. begins Russia drawdown after Kremlin retaliates for sanctions by Jack Stubbs and Gennady Novikov (Reuters)
- Trump Administration Advances School Vouchers Despite Scant Evidence by Peg Tyre (Scientific American)
- Behind Fox News’ Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale by David Folkenflik (NPR)
- Lawsuit claims Trump involvement in retracted Fox story on Seth Rich by Joe Concha (The Hill)
- Trump’s Tweets Threaten To Destabilize Insurance Markets by Alison Kodjak (NPR)
- Sen. Cory Booker just introduced a bill that could legalize marijuana nationwide by German Lopez (Vox)
- The frightening new developments in Trump’s standoff with North Korea, explained by Alex Ward (Vox)
- Homeland Security to Bypass Environmental Laws in Border Wall Work by Ron Nixon (NY Times)
- Lawsuit claims Fox News and Trump supporter created fake story about killing of DNC staffer Seth Rich by Veronika Bondarenko (Business Insider)
- Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job by Michael M. Grynbaum (NY Times)
- Tillerson: US not seeking regime change in North Korea (Al Jazeera)
- The Latest: Senate confirms Wray as FBI director (AP)
- The Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Christopher Wray as FBI Director by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
- Christopher Wray Confirmed As Next FBI Director by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- The Trump Administration Is About to Fight What It Says Is Discrimination … Against White Kids by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- U.S. Citizen Who Was Held By ICE For 3 Years Denied Compensation By Appeals Court by Camila Domonoske (NPR)
- Homeland Security To Waive Environmental Rules On Border Wall Projects by Colin Dwyer (NPR)
- Full transcript: Trump’s Wall Street Journal interview by Josh Dawsey & Hadas Gold (Politico)
- Coast Guard chief to transgender personnel: ‘I will not turn my back’ by Gregory Hellman (Politico)
- Exclusive: Former Justice Department official joins Mueller team by Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
- NAACP warns that women, people of color, LGBT “may not be safe” in travelling to Missouri by Charlie May (Salon)
- Trump told golf club members that the White House is ‘a real dump’ by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
- Senior EPA official resigns with scathing message for Trump and Pruitt by Natasha Geiling (ThinkProgress)
- Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions by Charlie Savage (NY Times)
Analysis
- A timeline of the explosive lawsuit alleging a White House link in the Seth Rich conspiracy by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- The Cost of Taking Advice from Donald Trump by Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
- Trump aides’ stunning cry for help: Admitting the president misled the American people by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Trump Came In As A Weak President, And He’s Made Himself Weaker by Julia Azari (FiveThirtyEight)
- Time for Stephen Bannon to start worrying? Elizabeth Williamson (The NY Times)
- Flake makes waves with Trump takedown by Seung Min Kim and Elana Schor (Politico)
- Here’s the president talking about how surprised he is that some Asian countries are large by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Trump’s Claims on Unemployment and Business Spirit by Linda Qiu (NY Times)
- What Kushner’s Leaked Speech Gets Wrong About Mideast Peace by Aaron David Miller (Politico)