Kavanaugh
- Trump: Kavanaugh accuser should have filed charges if assault ‘was as bad as she says’ by Ramsen Shamon (Politico)
- Trump questions Kavanaugh’s accuser, says opponents want to ‘destroy’ nominee by Doina Chiacu, Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- Brett Kavanaugh: Trump says allegation of sexual assault made by Christine Ford could not have been ‘as bad as she says’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump raises doubts about Kavanaugh accuser by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Poll: 4 in 10 Americans want Senate to reject Kavanaugh by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Kavanaugh and Trump are part of a larger crisis of elite accountability in America by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Ed Whelan, a top conservative activist, thinks he knows who really assaulted Christine Ford by Jane Coaston (Vox)
- Trump Suggests Kavanaugh Accuser Is Lying About Sexual Assault Allegations by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Attacks Kavanaugh Accuser By Name Amid Negotiations For Hearing by Brian Naylor, Deirdre Walsh (NPR)
- Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford negotiates appearance before Senate Judiciary Committee by Rachel Leah (Salon)
- Trump tweets: Dr. Ford must provide documentation of her assault by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- Three Teen Girls Penned a Powerful Letter to Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser Christine Blasey Ford by Elly Belle (Teen Vogue)
- Trump says allegation of sexual assault made by Christine Ford could not have been ‘as bad as she says’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Opinion: An ugly new twist in the Kavanaugh saga raises very unpleasant questions by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Analysis: Trump’s ‘restraint’ on Christine Blasey Ford was always oversold. by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- The Kavanaugh Confirmation Process Is Getting Even Uglier by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Opinion: The Brett Kavanaugh case shows we still blame women for the sins of men by Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)
- ‘The president had to step in’: White House shifts strategy on Kavanaugh defense by Christopher Cadelago, Andrew Restuccia (Politco)
- Opinion: The Supreme Court was America’s least damaged institution — until now by George F. Will (Washington Post)
- President Trump’s Tweets Show Why Most Sex Assault Victims Never File Police Reports, Advocates Say by Katie Reilly (TIME)
- #WhyIDidntReport: sexual assault victims react to Trump’s attack on Ford by Sam Wolfson (Guardian)
- Senate panel chairman threatens Kavanaugh vote on Monday if accuser doesn’t respond by 10 P.M. by John Wagner, Seung Min Kim, and Sean Sullivan (The Washington Post)
- PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi by Eliana Johnson (Politico)
- Kavanaugh May Be Getting More Unpopular by Janie Valencia, Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- Ben Carson appears to tie allegation against Kavanaugh to socialist plot by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- Opinion: Trump Reveals Himself, Again by Jamil Smith (RollingStone)
- Trump Slams McCaskill for Opposing ‘Truly Spectacular’ Kavanaugh by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Analysis: Kavanaugh’s Senate hearing isn’t a trial. The standard isn’t ‘reasonable doubt.’ by Caprice Roberts 9Washington Post)
Mueller Investigation / Cohen
- Michael Cohen Says He Is Providing ‘Critical Information’ to Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe by Michael Balsamo (TIME)
- Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen giving ‘critical information’ to Russia investigation by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Trump slows release of Russia probe documents by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Trump delays release of Russia probe documents (Reuters)
- Michael Cohen provided “critical information” to Mueller probe without cooperation agreement: Davis by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Michael Cohen flips on Trump by Melanie Schmitz (ThinkProgress)
- Trump Delays Releasing Russia Probe Documents After U.S. Allies Raised Concerns by AP (TIME)
- Court grapples with case that could impact release of Mueller report by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
Immigration / Border / Migrant Children
- Authorities can deny visa, green card applications without giving applicants chance to fix errors by Kavitha Surana (Salon)
- A record number of migrant children are being detained at the border now by Rachel Leah (Salon)
- Ice arrests more than 40 people trying to sponsor migrant children by Erin Durkin (The Guardian)
Rosenstein
- Rod Rosenstein discussed removing Trump under 25th amendment – report by Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)
- Rosenstein wanted to wear wire on Trump, NYT says by John Bowden, Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
- Rosenstein Denies That He Discussed Recording Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment by Carrie Johnson, Philip Ewing (NPR)
- DOJ’s Rosenstein, allies deny he considered secretly recording Trump by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Denies That He Suggested Secretly Recording President Trump by AP (TIME)
- McCabe memo says Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump by Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky (The Washington Post)
Other News
- FEMA Stopped Paying for Hotels for Displaced Puerto Ricans. Now Some Are Homeless. by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (Mother Jones)
- Trump administration imposes sanctions on China for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles (Independent)
- Russia’s 2016 Twitter Campaign Was Strongly Pro-Gun, With Echoes Of The NRA by Tim Mak (NPR)
- US embassy in London, snubbed by Trump, opens doors to visitors by Esther Addley (The Guardian)
- Someone Put Trump’s Hollywood Star Behind Bars by Drew Schwartz (VICE)
- At Missouri Rally, Trump Vows to Eliminate ‘Lingering Stench’ at the Justice Department by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (NY Times)
- Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Rules Governing Organ Transplant Centers by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein (ProPublica)
Analysis
- Trump Town: Tracking White House Staffers, Cabinet Members and Political Appointees Across the Government by Derek Kravitz, Al Shaw, Claire Perlman (ProPublica)
- Trump Administration Proposing Yet Another Massive Tax Windfall For the Rich by Robert Reich (AlterNet)
- Conservatives divided over Kavanaugh allegations, mostly along gender lines by James Hohman (Washington Post)
- The line between Trump and Fox News isn’t blurry. It barely exists. by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
Opinion
- Why Hasn’t Trump’s Refugee Policy Repelled His Christian Supporters? by Conor Friedersdorf (Independent)
- Another Case of Vanishing Latino Children by David Leonhardt (NY Times)