Tom Price
- Tom Price isn’t paying America back fully for wasting taxpayer dollars by Jeremy Binckes (Salon)
- Trump: We’re going to make a decision on Price’s future tonight by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Drawing Ire for Chartered Flights by Peter Baker (NY Times)
- The Top 1 Million-Plus Reasons Tom Price Quit Donald Trump’s Cabinet by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Price resigns from HHS after facing fire for travel by Dan Diamond, Rachana Pradhan, Adriel Bettelheim (Politico)
- Tom Price resigns over private jet scandal — but Trump’s golf trips cost taxpayers far more by Matthew Sheffield (Salon)
- Tom Price resigns as health secretary over private flights and Trump criticism by Lauren Gambino (The Guardian)
- Analysis: Tom Price resigns over private jet scandal — but Trump’s golf trips cost taxpayers far more by Matthew Sheffield (Salon)
Tax Reform
- Treasury Department Silences Study Showing Tax Plan Won’t Do Jack for the Working Class by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- U.S. Senate panel proposes $1.5 trln 10-year revenue cut for tax plan by David Morgan (Reuters)
- The numbers are in: Trump’s tax plan is a bonanza for the rich, not the middle class by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- Rich would benefit most from Trump tax cut plan: policy group by David Morgan (Reuters)
- Wealthy, not middle class, would be big winners in GOP tax plan, study says by Brian Faler (Politico)
- Republican tax cuts would benefit wealthy and corporations most, report finds by Alan Rappeport (The NY Times)
- Senate unveils blueprint allowing $1.5 trillion in tax cuts by Thomas Kaplan (The NY Times)
- GOP tax plan would provide major gains for richest 1%, uneven benefits for the middle class, report says by Carolyn Y. Johnson (The Washington Post)
Puerto Rico
- Trump: ‘Big decisions’ need to be made about cost of rebuilding Puerto Rico by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump faces growing backlash over Puerto Rico response by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- More Americans Support Aid When Told Puerto Ricans Are U.S. Citizens by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
- San Juan mayor tears into Trump DHS chief: ‘This is not a good news story’ by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Public pressure is forcing the White House to respond to the crisis in Puerto Rico by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
- San Juan mayor: ‘Dammit, this is not a good news story’ by Daniella Diaz (CNN)
- Ex-FEMA chief rips Trump official for calling Puerto Rico ‘good news story’ by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- ‘Not enough’ troops, equipment in Puerto Rico, says general in charge of relief by Ellen Mitchell (The Hill)
- San Juan mayor to Trump: ‘We are dying here’ by Marcus Gilmer (Mashable)
- After Hurricane Maria, could Puerto Rico be at risk for cholera? by Adam Rodgers (Wired)
- San Juan mayor slams Trump administration comments on Puerto Rico hurricane response by Samantha Schmidt and Tom Berman (The Washington Post)
- San Juan Mayor: This Is A ‘People Are Dying’ Story by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- Opinion:Don’t Let Puerto Rico Fall Into an Economic Abyss by Solomon Hsaing and Trevor Houser (NY Times)
News
- Trump Is No-Show For FBI Director Chris Wray’s Installation by Doreen McCallister (NPR)
- State Department Orders More Than Half Its Staff Out Of Cuba After ‘Specific Attacks’ by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- U.S. cuts embassy staff in Cuba, warns citizens not to visit (Reuters)
- Democrats Try To Force Dream Act Vote, As GOP Rolls Out Conservative DACA Fix by Geoff Bennett (NPR)
- Survey: Trump supporters have turned against the NFL by German Lopez (Vox)
- Trump wants to cancel the Iran deal. His administration doesn’t seem to know what it does. by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- This Air Force Leader Just Showed Donald Trump the Right Way to Respond to Racism by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Donald Trump Can’t Stop Talking About a Hospitalized Senator Who Doesn’t Actually Exist by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Trump administration orders Facebook to hand over private information on ‘anti-administration activists’ by Jeremy B White (Independent)
- Black Lives Matter Can’t Be Sued, Judge Tells Police Officer by Niraz Chokshi (NY Times)
- VA chief took in Wimbledon, river cruise on European work trip; wife’s expense covered by taxpayers by
- NSA warned White House against using personal email by Josh Meyer (Politico)
- Rex Tillerson in China for North Korea talks (Al Jazeera)
- Trump slow to implement Russia, Iran, North Korea sanctions law: senators by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- Mueller begins interviewing White House staff for Russia probe: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
Analysis
- Congress just blew a chance to save healthcare for 9 million children by Michael Hiltzek (LA Times)
Resources / Action
Opinion/Essay
- We should have seen Trump coming by Ta-Nehesi Coates (Guardian)