North Korea
- North Korea announces plan to fire missiles toward Guam by AP (Politico)
- This Is Not a North Korean Crisis. It’s a Trump Crisis. by Jeet Heer (New Republic)
- North Korea and America ‘heading toward conflict’, former US Defense Secretary and Pyongyang negotiator predicts by Christopher Hooton (Independent)
- North Korea isn’t flinching: it’s announced detailed plans for a missile strike near Guam by Zeeshan Aleem & Alex Ward (Vox)
- Trump escalates rhetoric on threat from North Korea by Philip Rucker and Karen DeYoung (The Washington Post)
- Trump Toughens Warning on North Korea, Despite Bipartisan Criticism by Peter Baker (NY Times)
- Wrestling with North Korea, Trump finds perilous options by Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt (The NY Times)
Russia Investigation
- 5 Big Unanswered Questions About The Russia Investigations by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Trump thanks Russia’s Putin for slashing U.S. diplomatic staff by Warren Strobel, Jonathan Landay, and Yeganeh Torbati (Reuters)
Healthcare
- Trump attacks Senate leader McConnell over healthcare failure (Reuters)
- Trump’s mixed signals on healthcare send premiums rising, study finds by AP (The Guardian)
- Trump steps up attacks on McConnell for failure on healthcare reform by John Wagner, Ed O’Keefe, and Paul Kane (The Washington Post)
- Trump won’t rule out asking Mitch McConnell to resign if he doesn’t deliver on the GOP agenda by Bob Bryan (Business Insider)
News
- Exclusive: U.S. destroyer challenges China’s claims in South China Sea (Reuters)
- Trump calling stories he doesn’t like ‘fake news’ is akin to ‘state-run media’, says director of American Press Institute by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- Poll: Almost half of Republicans believe Trump won popular vote by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Trump touts online poll showing he’s a ‘better president’ than Obama by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Half of Republicans Would Be Down to Postpone the 2020 Election, Says Poll by River Donaghey (VICE)
- Five Transgender Service Members File Suit Over Trump’s Military Ban by Alexa Liautaud (VICE)
- In a new poll, half of Republicans say they would support postponing the 2020 election if Trump proposed it by Ariel Malka and Yphtach Lelkes (The Washington Post)
- Trump attacks on McConnell bring rebukes from fellow Republicans by John Wagner, Ed O’Keefe and Paul Kane (The Washington Post)
- President Trump Thanks Putin For Ordering Expulsion Of U.S. Diplomats From Russia by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- Trump Says He Intends To Declare Opioid Crisis National Emergency by Brian Naylor, Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Trump Informally Declares the Opioid Crisis a National Emergency by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
Opinion
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Trump is ignoring the Minnesota mosque bombing. We know why. by Moustafa Bayoumi (Guardian)