Hurricane Dorian / Alabama
- Trump drags his Alabama hurricane claims into 6th day by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- It’s Friday and Donald Trump Is Still Talking About Alabama by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- White House Official Says It Was Trump Himself Who Altered the Hurricane Dorian Map With a Sharpie by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Trump campaign is selling branded markers after Sharpie-gate by Arren Kimbel-Sannit (Politico)
- Trump ‘orders Coast Guard admiral’ to take blame for his false Alabama hurricane claims by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
Other News
- Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul by Alex Isenstadt (Politico)
- Trump Plan For Home Loans Rattles Watchdogs by Chris Arnold (NPR)
- House Democrats Announce Investigation of Pence’s Ireland Trip by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Pence’s Stay At Trump’s Irish Golf Resort Is Now Under House Investigation by Sara Bobltz (Huffington Post)
- US border: Mexico announces 56% migrant drop after crackdown (BBC)
- Sarah Sanders stays all-in for Trump at Fox News by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Trump Administration Illegally Kept National Parks Open During Shutdown: GAO by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
- Colleges Face Growing International Student-Visa Issues by Alia Wong (Atlantic)
- August is ‘quirky’: Trump’s top economic adviser brushes off disappointing jobs report by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- White House pushes ban on Chinese-made buses, rail cars by Jessica Wehrman (Roll Call)
- FBI monitoring immigration activists as violent “extremists” — though there’s been no violence by Igor Dervish (Salon)
- Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort by Natasha Bertrand and Bryan Bender (Politico)
- The Trump Administration Might End Refugee Re-Settlement As We Know It by Alison Durkee (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Administration Challenges California And Automakers On Fuel Economy by Brakkton Booker, Jennifer Ludden (NPR)
- Trump Administration Is In Court To Block Nation’s First Supervised Injection Site by Nina Feldman (NPR)
- Trump lawyers ask judge to dismiss suit for president’s tax returns by Brian Faler (Politico)
- Eric Trump Scandalized to Discover Journalists Use Email by Bess levin (Vanity Fair)
Analysis
- How Trump Remade the EPA Into a Pollution Green-Lighting Agency by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Trump may have committed tax fraud by fabricating a loan to avoid paying income taxes on nearly $50 million by
Sonam Sheth (Business Insider) - The Secret Files of the Master of Modern Republican Gerrymandering by David Daley 9New Yorker)
Opinion
- Ivanka Trump is acting as if everything is normal by Monica Hesse (Washington Post)
- Mitch McConnell sinks to new lows in enabling Trump’s corruption by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- The Supreme Court has become just another arm of the GOP by Sheldon Whitehouse (Washington Post)
- Trump’s irrational war on environmental rules just outdid itself by the Editorial Board (Washington Post)
- “Sharpiegate” and Donald Trump’s Perpetual Cone of Uncertainty by John Cassidy (New Yorker)