Immigration / Travel Ban / DACA
- Trump administration asks top U.S. court to lift refugee ban limits (Reuters)
- Trump administration launches bid to lift restrictions on ‘Muslim ban’ (Independent)
- Pope Francis: Trump may not be ‘pro-life’ if he ends DACA by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Pope Francis: If Trump is ‘pro-life’ he wouldn’t end DACA by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
- ‘We all have Christmas, or nobody has Christmas’: Activists want DACA tied to debt limit by Jeff Stein (Vox)
- Justice Kennedy’s Order Temporarily Leaves in Place Trump Travel Ban on Refugees by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
- California Sues Trump Administration Over DACA Elimination by Mollie Reilly (Huffington Post)
- Supreme Court lifts restriction on Trump ‘Muslim ban’, barring 24,000 people from entering US by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
News
- Pyongyang warns Washington over UN sanctions push (Al Jazeera)
- Bannon confirms he opposed firing of FBI Director Comey (AP)
- Steve Bannon: Firing FBI director James Comey ‘may be biggest mistake in modern political history’ by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith (Independent)
- Pope launches thinly veiled attack on Trump, saying: ‘History will judge climate change deniers’ by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
- Jeff Sessions Considering a New Weapon in His War on Leakers by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Voter Fraud Panel Agenda Paints Picture Of Election System Rife With Fraud by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
- A History Of Donald Trump’s Tasteless Comments About 9/11 by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- Trump company hires Chinese government-owned firm despite promise: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Donald Trump uses Hurricane Irma to argue for tax cuts by Matthew Sheffield (Salon)
- The FBI is looking into Sputnik, the Russia-sponsored propaganda news outlet by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- After an earthquake and a hurricane — and Trump’s failure to send condolences — Mexico rescinds offer of aid to U.S. by Kate Linthicum (LA Times)
- Feds Want to Know Who’s Protesting Trump by Larry Greenmeier (Scientific American)
- U.N. Security Council Approves New North Korea Sanctions by Richard Gonzles (NPR)
- Republicans Abandoning Re-election Bids as Trump Fatigue Sets In by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Trump lawyers wanted Kushner to step down over Russia probe: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- Legal groups move to challenge Trump’s Arpaio pardon by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- 2 senators want to block the transgender military ban in Congress by Alex Ward (Vox)
- Continuing to court Democrats, Trump will host dinner on tax reform by Burgrss Everett (Politico)
- Trump Lawyers Reportedly Recommended Jared Kushner Resign Over Russia Probe by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
Analysis
- Yes, Trump is an “independent” by Hans Noel (Vox)
- Does Bannon believe Mueller could bring down Trump? by Paul Waldman (The Washington Post)
- Once Obamacare repeal is dead, the GOP has no plan B by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- Hurricane Irma linked to climate change? For some, a ‘very insensitive’ question by Lisa Friedman (The NY Times)
- Steve Bannon’s nervous defense of Trump on Russia is telling by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- In Free-Range Trump, Many See Potential for a Third Party by Jeremy W. Peters (NY Times)
- The Steele Report, Revisited by John Sipher (Slate)
- Kris Kobach Pushes Voter Fraud Lies While Meeting With Fellow Suppression Activists by Brian Tashman (ACLU.org)
- The Recurrent Fantasy of a Third-Party Trump Presidency by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
Opinion
- Trump welcomes an authoritarian to the White House by Editorial Board (Washington Post)
- Why the Gullible Press Is Pushing the “Independent” Trump Fantasy by Jeet Heer (New Republic)
- Conspiracies, Corruption and Climate by Paul Krugman (NY Times)