Budget
- What to watch for in Senate budget debate on Thursday by Niv Elis (The Hill)
- Senate passes budget blueprint key to Trump tax effort by Amanda Becker, David Morgan (Reuters)
- Senate narrowly passes 2018 budget, paving way for tax reform by Jordain Carney, Niv Elis (The Hill)
Healthcare
- A State-By-State Guide To Those Wonky Obamacare Payments You Keep Hearing About by Anna Maria Barry-Jester (FiveThirtyEight)
- Trump attacks birth control — but states are ready to fight by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Administration Sends Mixed Signals On State Health Insurance Waivers by Alison Kodjak (NPR)
Bush Speech
- Without saying ‘Trump’, George W. Bush delivers implicit rebuke by Peter Baker (The NY Times)
- George W. Bush’s unmistakable takedown of Trumpism– and Trump by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- George W. Bush’s anti-Trump manifest, annotated by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- George W. Bush slams Trumpism, without mentioning President by name by Edward-Isaac Dovere (Politico)
- George W. Bush Slams ‘Bigotry,’ Politics Of Populism That Led To Trump, Sanders by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Full text: George W. Bush speech on Trumpism (Politico)
News
- Trump will nominate Joseph Simons for FTC chair by Ashley Gold, Nancy Sola, John Hendel (Politico)
- Melania Trump facing questions over role as First Lady by Dario Fazzi (Independent)
- Donald Trump’s ‘downward mental health spiral’ could lead US to war, clinical psychologist says by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Trump suggests FBI may have ‘paid for’ dossier alleging Russia ties by Anne Gearan and Devlin Barrett (Washington Post)
- The University of Florida Is Bracing For Richard Spencer and White Supremacists by Elena Hilton (Esquire)
- New FBI chief predicts: ‘Our integrity will be tested’ by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Florida Democrat calls Niger ambush ‘Trump’s Benghazi’ by Marc Caputo (Politico)
- White House confirms Trump told soldier’s widow ‘he knew what he was getting into’ before saying it was ‘totally fabricated’ by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Trump just publicly accused the FBI of having conspired against him by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Trump Says Administration’s Response To Hurricane In Puerto Rico A ’10’ by Brian Naylor (NPR)
Analysis
- Trump rates his Puerto Rico handling a 10 out of 10. America rates it a 4. By Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Of Course Junior Was Duped by Russian Trolls by Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)
- Trump and conservative media have their own, quite different version of the Russia scandal by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- 4 signs that Trump’s furious efforts to save coal are futile by David Roberts (Vox)