Afghanistan
- Taliban responds to Trump’s Afghan strategy (Al Jazeera)
- World reacts to Trump’s new strategy on Afghan war (Al Jazeera)
- Trump’s Afghanistan strategy makes new demands on India by Matthew Pennington (AP)
- Combating His Instinct, Trump Commits U.S. To Another Tour Of Duty In Afghanistan by Ron Elving (NPR)
- Trump Inherits The Afghanistan Albatross — And Commits For The Long Term by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Trump Backs a Surge into Afghanistan He’s Unfit to Lead by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- Official: US may boost air power in Afghanistan by Josh Delk (The Hill)
Phoenix
- Trump Heads To Arizona To Push Border Wall Funding, Rally Supporters by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Heavy Police Presence, Large Crowds Expected As Trump Visits Phoenix by Kirk Siegler (NPR)
- Big protests expected as Trump goes to Phoenix for rally by Ayesha Rascoe (Reuters)
- Phoenix on high alert for Trump rally by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- Phoenix Mayor: Donald Trump Is Not Welcome Here by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- Trump rally in Phoenix puts a city on an edge by Simon Romero (The NY Times)
- At rally, Trump all but promises to pardon Arpaio by Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- Phoenix police fire tear gas at anti-Trump protesters (Al Jazeera)
- A wounded Trump lashes out at Phoenix rally by Josh Dawsey and Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- PHOTOS: Thousands protest Trump in Phoenix, Arizona by Esther Yu Hsi Lee (ThinkProgress)
- Trump Goes Off-Script in Hour-Long Public Meltdown by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
- Trump paints himself as the real victim of Charlottesville in angry speech by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Trump threatens to shut down government to build border wall by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
- At Rally, Trump Blames Media for Country’s Deepening Divisions by Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
Border Wall
News
- White Supremacists Cancel Upcoming “America First” Rallies, Opt for Online Day Instead by Jack Moore (GQ)
- North Korea vows ‘merciless retaliation’ for joint U.S.-South Korea drills by AP (Politico)
- Bannon’s Breitbart tears into Trump after Afghanistan speech by Henry C. Jackson (Politico)
- Turnberry: Trump’s golf hotel given £110,000 Scottish tax rebate by Severin Carrell & Rob Edwards (The Guardian)
- Trump’s potential pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, explained by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a ‘major gift to the right’ by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Donald Trump ‘has made more than 1,000 false claims’ since becoming US President by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- States that voted for Trump have the lowest immigrant populations by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Donald Trump ready to use ‘full range of capabilities’ against North Korea, says US ambassador by Ben Kentish (Independent)
- Pence on Confederate statue controversy: ‘I’m someone who believes in more monuments’ by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Breitbart: Trump speech a ‘disappointment’ to many supporters by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- US ramps up pressure on N. Korea with sanctions on Chinese, Russian companies by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- British Spy Christopher Steele Has Given FBI the Names of His Sources for Trump Dossier: Report by Travis Gettys (AlterNet)
- A Key Member of Congress Has Had Enough—and Calls for Trump’s Impeachment by John Nichols (The Nation)
- Republican leader Mitch McConnell ‘doubts whether Trump can salvage his administration’ by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- McConnell and Trump haven’t spoken in weeks: report by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Members resign from White House council on infrastructure security by Melanie Zanona (The Hill)
- Breitbart editor: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump will be ‘out by end of year’ by Josh Delk (The Hill)
- Trump Administration Unveils New Sanctions To Curb North Korea’s Weapons Program by Jackie Northam (NPR)
- Trump administration faces fresh immigration battle as ‘Dreamer’ fights deportation in court by Jeremy B White (Independent)
- White House says Trump won’t pardon Arpaio on Tuesday by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- McConnell, in private, doubts if Trump can save presidency by Alexander Burns and Johnathan Martin (The NY Times)
- Trump signals Arpaio pardon coming by Josh Gerstein & Ted Hesson (Politico)
- No U.S.-Russia cyber unit without Trump notifying Congress, bill says by Dustin Volz (Reuters)
Analysis
- Steve Bannon Is Not Your Friend by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
Opinion
- Growing Up in the Shadow of the Confederacy by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)