Hurricane Harvey
- FEMA chief no newcomer to gov’t disaster response by Laurie Kellman (AP)
- Trump relishes role as chief executive of Harvey response by Josh Dawsey (Politico)
- Hurricane Harvey is a humanitarian disaster. It will also send gas prices soaring. by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
- Harvey exposes Trump’s empathy deficit by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Trump would slash disaster funding to the very agencies he’s praising for Harvey response by Lisa Rein (Washington Post)
- Opinion: The Waters Swell. So Does Trump’s Ego. by Frank Bruni (NY Times)
- Opinion: Even in visiting hurricane-ravaged Texas, Trump keeps the focus on himself by Jenna Johnson (Washington Post)
- Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans by Matt Fuller, Kaeili Subberwal (Huffington Post)
Joe Arpaio
- Joe Arpaio, a Monster Who Terrorized Communities of Color, Is Bummed Everyone Is Calling Him a Racist Monster by Jack Moore (GQ)
- The Arpaio Pardon Has Plenty Of Precedents … That Got Other Presidents In Trouble by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Andrea Jones-Rooy (FiveThirtyEight)
- Trump’s Pardon Aside, Reporters Have Built Long Rap Sheet Against Sheriff Joe by Ryan Gabrielson (ProPublica)
North Korea
- North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan for first time (New Scientist)
- North Korea fires missile over Japan (Al Jazeera)
- As North Korea fires missile over Japan, analysts see gains by Choe Sang-Hun (The NY Times)
Transgender Ban
- Mattis freezes Trump’s transgender ban pending review by people other than the President by Elliot Hannon (Slate )
- Mattis assembling panel to discuss transgender troops (AP)
- Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis (Reuters)
News
- Trump Fires Rally Organizer for Not Making Rally Big Enough by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
- Transgender Military Members At Risk Of Harassment Under Trump, Says Former Army Secretary by Amanda Terkel (Huffington Post)
- Finnish president denies Trump claim of fighter jets sale by Ellen Mitchell (The Hill)
- White House Won’t Require Firms to Report Pay by Gender, Race by Ted Mann (Wall Street Journal)
Analysis
- What Can We Do If A President Has A Conflict Of Interest But Doesn’t Think He Does? by Maggie Koerth-Baker (FiveThirtyEight)
- 10 legal experts on why Trump can’t pardon his way out of the Russia investigation by Sean Illing (Vox)
- The economy minus Houston by Daniel Gross (Slate)
- Trump tax plan may free up corporate dollars, but then what? by Patricia Cohen (The NY Times)
- The new front in the gerrymandering wars: Democracy vs. Math by Emily Bazelon (The NY Times)