North Korea
- North Korea boosts defenses after flight by U.S. bombers by Christine Kim, Christian Shepherd (Reuters)
- US rejects North Korea war allegations as ‘absurd’ (Al Jazeera)
- North Korea moves aircraft to east coast and bolsters defence after claiming US declared war by Chris Baynes (Independent)
- North Korea: Hawaii residents told to prepare for nuclear attack as tensions reach new high by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
- North Korea: Trump says he is prepared to take ‘devastating’ military action to end tensions by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Trump: military option for North Korea not preferred, but would be ‘devastating’ by Steve Holland, Idrees Ali (Reuters)
Healthcare
- McConnell Says Republicans Are Giving Up on Health Bill by Thomas Kaplan (NY Times)
- Republicans Scrap Health Care Vote — Again, Trump Blasts ‘So-Called Republicans’ by Domenico Montanaro, Susan Davis (NPR)
- Senate Republicans admit defeat in latest effort to repeal Affordable Care Act by Lauren Gambino (The Guardian)
- Graham-Cassidy: Senate will not vote on Obamacare repeal bill in latest humiliation for Republicans by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- Republicans will not vote on Graham-Cassidy — admitting defeat on Obamacare repeal again by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Senate Republicans say they will not vote on health bill by Thomas Kaplan and Robert Pear (The NY Times)
Puerto Rico
- Hurricane Maria: Trump to visit storm-ravaged Puerto Rico (BBC)
- Trump announces Puerto Rico trip as island pleads for immediate aid by Taylor Link (Salon)
- Clinton pressed Trump to deploy hospital ship Comfort to Puerto Rico. Now it’s preparing to go. by Dan Lamothe (The Washington Post)
- The Latest: US not waiving foreign ship restrictions for PR by AP (Washington Post)
- Analysis: The ‘very big ocean’ between here and Puerto Rico is not a perfect excuse for a lack of aid by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Opinion: : Why isn’t Trump rushing to help Puerto Rico’s U.S. citizens? Political payback by Fabiola Santiago (Miami Herald)
News
- Betsy DeVos Accused Students Who Were Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges of Wanting “Free Money” by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Republican Congressional Leaders Sound Ready To Move On From Health Care To Taxes by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- White House Reiterates Email Policy After News Of Officials Using Private Accounts by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Trump: NFL must make rule requiring players to stand during national anthem by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump calls on NFL to ban kneeling during national anthem by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- U.S. Justice Dept to step up protections of speakers at colleges by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- Georgetown protesters barred from Jeff Sessions’ free speech lecture by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Dem lawmaker threatens to force Trump impeachment vote next week by Cristina Marcos (The Hill)
- Republicans reportedly want to cut the top tax rate — and raise the bottom one by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- Trump urges Spain to remain united ahead of Catalan independence vote by Geoffrey Rowland (The Hill)
- Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S. by Jordan Hirschfeld David and Miriam Jordan (NY Times)
- Sessions calls for ‘recommitment’ to free speech on campus, diving into debate by Rebecca R. Ruiz (The NY Times)
- Trump plans 45,000 limit on refugees admitted to the U.S. by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Miriam Jordan (The NY Times)
- Chad’s inclusion in travel ban could jeopardize American interests, officials say by Helene Cooper, Michael D. Shear, and Dionne Searcey (The NY Times)
- Dismayed by Trump, head of drug enforcement administration to leave by Michael S. Schmidt (The NY Times)
- Bob Corker, Republican Senator from Tennessee, announces his retirement by Paul Kane and Karoun Demirjian (The Washington Post)
- Corker’s departure will hit foreign relations the hardest by Karoun Demirjian (The Washington Post)
- U.S. drug enforcement chief to step down from agency by Nate Raymond Reuters
Analysis
- The Daily 202: Trump’s plutocracy problem complicates push for tax cuts by James Hohman (Washington Post)
- Roger Stone’s defiant congressional testimony on Trump and Russia, annotated by Callum Borchers (Washington Post)
- These are the members of Congress who should be pushing hardest for aid to Puerto Rico by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
Opinion
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Is Trump All Talk on North Korea? The Uncertainty Sends a Shiver by Julie Hershfeld Davis (NY Times)