North Korea
- US bombers stage North Korea show of force (BBC)
- North Korea says rockets to U.S. ‘inevitable’ as U.S. bombers fly off North Korean coast by Michelle Nichols, Phil Stewart, Christine Kim (Reuters)
- ‘Inevitable’ that North Korean missiles will hit US mainland after Donald Trump’s insults, says Pyongyang foreign minister at UN by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Aides warned Trump not to attack North Korea’s leader personally before his fiery U.N. address by Brian Bennett (LA Times)
Healthcare
- Trump pressures U.S. senators to back Republican healthcare bill by Amanda Becker (Reuters)
- Trump Laces Into McCain Over His Opposition to Health Care Bill by Julie Hirshfeld Davis (NY Times)
- Graham is ‘pressing on’ with the health-care bill. Other GOP senators signal they’re moving on. by Dan Weigel and Sean Sullivan (Washington Post)
- Doctors, Hospitals And Insurers Ask Senate To Reject Graham-Cassidy by Doha Madani (Huffington Post)
News
- Donald Trump Uninvited Steph Curry to the White House After Steph Curry Said He Wasn’t Going by Luke Darby (GQ)
- NFL Stars Erupt In Anger Over Donald Trump’s ‘Son Of A Bitch’ Speech by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
- NFL condemns Trump’s comments on football player protests by Barbara Goldberg (Reuters)
- Trump attacks Warrior’s Curry. LeBron Jame’s Retort: ‘U Bum’ by Ken Belson and Julie Hirschfeld-Davis
- Stephen Curry, on a ‘Surreal day’ confronts a Presidential snub by Scott Cacciola (The NY Times)
- Trump Just Threw His NFL Buddies Under the Bus by Ben Strauss (Politico)
- Trump hits NFL commissioner for defending players who protest by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
Analysis
- As Trump Takes On Athletes, Watch Them Rise by Michael Powell (NY Times)
- Sen. Cassidy’s misleading claim that preexisting-conditions ‘protection is absolutely the same’ by Glenn Kessler (Washington Post)
- Donald Trump and the Depressing Politicization of Everything by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)
- What Mueller Might Have on Manafort by Asha Rangappa (Slate)
Opinion
- So much for the party of fiscal responsibility by Editorial Board (Washington Post)