Impeachment
- House panel votes to intensify Trump impeachment probe by David Morgan (Reuters)
- House Judiciary Committee approves guidelines for Trump impeachment probe by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
- The Crucial Question Dividing Pro-Impeachment Democrats by Russell Berman, Elaine Godfrey (The Atlantic)
- “It Is Not Just Verbiage”: The Trump Impeachment Pageant Creeps Toward Reality by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- House moves closer towards impeaching Trump after passing key vote by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- US House panel votes to intensify impeachment inquiry by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
China
- Trump’s Latest Trade War Win Is Actually a Victory for China by David Gilbert (VICE)
- Trump delays tariff hikes on Chinese goods ahead of talks (BBC)
- Trump advisers considering interim China trade deal to delay tariffs: Bloomberg (Reuters)
Israel
- Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House by Daniel Lippman (Politico)
- Israel Was Reportedly Known to Be Spying on White House Cellphones, and Trump Didn’t Do Anything About It by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Israel accused of planting spying devices near White House by Oliver Holmes (The Guardian)
Water Protections
- Trump administration rolls back landmark water protections by Annie Snider (Politico)
- Trump Administration to Revoke Federal Water Protection Regulations by John Flesher (TIME)
- Administration finalizes repeal of 2015 water rule Trump called ‘destructive and horrible’ by Julie Eilperin and Brady Dennis (Washington Post)
- Trump EPA repeals Obama-era water protections to boost industry (Al Jazeera)
Border / Asylum
- Supreme Court Allows Trump to Deny and Deport Asylum-Seekers by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Trump officials to move to impose near-total block on asylum seekers at border by Ed Pilkington (Guardian)
- Supreme Court says US can implement rule that bans most asylum applications at southern border by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Mexico slams US Supreme Court order on asylum restrictions (Al Jazeera)
Bolton
- Bolton was fired after disagreeing with Trump on Iran: Report (Al Jazeera)
- ‘I don’t blame Kim Jong Un’: In dismissing Bolton, Trump sides with North Korean leader — again by David Nakamura (Washington Post)
- Trump claims Bolton was ‘holding me back!’ by Quint Forgey (Politico)
Baltimore Speech
- Trump counter-programs Dem debate with his greatest hits by Melanie Zanona, Anita Kumar (Politico)
- Trump Gives A Rambling Mess Of A Speech At The GOP’s Baltimore Retreat — And He’s A Hit by Matt Fuller (Huffington Post)
- President Trump Made a Live Speech During the Democratic Debate. The Networks Didn’t Bite by Tessa Berenson (TIME)
Other News
- Trump pledges to hit Taliban ‘harder’ as peace talks ‘dead’ (Al Jazeera)
- Trump campaign flying anti-socialism banner above Democratic debate by Aris Folley (The Hill)
- Trump Revives Dodgy Claim He And His ‘Men’ Helped At Ground Zero On 9/11 by Josie Harvey (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s poll numbers are so bad the GOP is hiding them from local candidates by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- A nonprofit paid to rent Trump’s D.C. hotel ballrooms. Its headliners: Pence and Pompeo by David A. Fahrenthold (Washington Post)
- White House moving forward to strip California of vehicle authority by David Shepardson (AP)
- Air Force says it sent crews to Trump’s Scottish resort up to 40 times by Bryan Bender, Natasha Bertrand (Politico)
- U.S. Defense Agency Delays New Contract With Airport Near Trump’s Scottish Resort: Report by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s Plan to Stop Violence Via Smartphone Tracking Isn’t Just a Massive Privacy Violation by Jane C. Hu (Slate)
- Trump says he won’t also name Pompeo national security adviser by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Biden attacks Warren, Sanders over cost of healthcare plans in Democratic debate by Tim Reid, Joseph Ax (Reuters)
Analysis
- What Trump’s horrific polling actually tells us — and what it doesn’t — about 2020 by Dylan Scott (Vox)
Opinion
- Sotomayor’s brutal dissent unmasks an ugly truth about Trump by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)