Trump Resort
- Trump: I Have Nothing to Do With All These Government Officials Staying at My Resorts by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump says Air Force stays at his Scotland resort have ‘NOTHING TO DO WITH ME’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- ‘Allowable But Not Advisable’: Air Force And Congress Review Stays At Trump Resort by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Air Force reviewing layover guidelines amid scrutiny of stop at Trump property in Scotland by John Wagner and Missy Ryan (Washington Post)
- Air Force crews have lodged at Trump’s Scottish resort at least 4 times by Natasha Bertrand, Connor O’Brien (Politico)
- Trump had deal with airport to send aircrews to his Scotland resort: report by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
Sanford
- Trump takes aim at Mark Sanford, his newest GOP challenger by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Mark Sanford: Trump lashes out at latest Republican challenger (BBC)
- Trump GOP primary challenger Mark Sanford says growing field of Republican candidates strengthens anti-Trump message by Devan Cole (CNN)
- The Trump Presidency Is One Long Grift by Jay Willis (GQ)
Border / Immigration
- Judge Blocks Trump’s Ban on Asylum at the Southern Border by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- Judge restores nationwide block of asylum ban by Ted Hesson, Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Judge reinstates block on Trump’s asylum ban for migrants at southern border by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
NOAA / Dorian / Bahamas
- NOAA’s chief scientist will investigate why agency backed Trump over its experts on Dorian, email shows by Kayla Epstein, Andrew Freedman, Jason Samenow, Kate Harrison Belz, and Colby Itkowitz (Washington Post)
- Some Bahamas evacuees were told to get off a ferry headed to the US. CBP blames the ferry operator. by Christina Maxouris and Eric Levenson (CNN)
- NOAA Chief Scientist Says Move To Contradict Agency And Back Trump Was ‘Political’ by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
- Government scientists blast Trump weather wars after NOAA defends his hurricane forecast by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Bahamian Hurricane Dorian survivors weren’t allowed to evacuate to the US by Nicole Narea (Vox)
- Trump says some Bahamas typhoon evacuees not welcome in US (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Claims Those Fleeing Bahamas Could Be ‘Very Bad People’ by Amy Ruso (Huffington Post)
Other News
- Trump calls activist shareholder moves on AT&T ‘great news’ (Reuters)
- Student-loan behemoth tightens its ties to Trump and DeVos by Michael Stratford (Politico)
- Trump heads to N.C. for House special election — and 2020 test run by Steven Shepard (Politico)
- Amid wave of retirements, Trump calls for ending term limits for House GOP committee chairs by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Mnuchin says administration will consider new round of tax cuts in 2020 by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Trump Campaign Manager: Get Ready for Presidents Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr. by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Trump administration extracted US spy from inside Russia government in 2017, report says by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- The CIA Reportedly Pulled Its Top Spy from Russia Because Trump Can’t Keep His Mouth Shut by Luke Darby (GQ)
- House Judiciary Committee Is Taking a Small Procedural Step Towards Impeachment by Mary Clare Jalonick (TIME)
- “Filthy Mouthed” Chrissy Teigen Shut Down Donald Trump’s Twitter Attacks Over Criminal Justice Reform by Lucy Diavalo (Teen Vogue)
- Trump says US-Taliban peace talks are ‘dead’ (Al Jazeera)
- US House panel calls on former top Trump aide Flynn to testify (Al Jazeera)
- Trump rallies support for Republican in North Carolina special election, with eye on 2020 by Roberta Rampton, Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
- House panels launch investigation into Giuliani’s dealings with Ukraine by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- US House Democrats launch probe into Trump, Giuliani and Ukraine (Al Jazeera)
- Trump again jokes about extending his term past 2024 by Arren Kimbel-Sannit (Politico)
- Trump claims he’ll release ‘extremely complete’ financial details by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump makes unfounded voter fraud claim — while campaigning for seat opened by GOP cheating by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
Analysis
- We’re starting to see the scale of Trump’s personal corruption — and it’s massive by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Trump’s approval rating is strong with Republicans. He exaggerates it anyway. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- The Trump administration’s new plan to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, explained by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- False Summit by Fred Kalpan (Slate)
Opinion
- Trump’s Stunt with the Taliban Was Not About Negotiating Peace by Robin Wright (New Yorker)