Wikileaks / Trump Jr.
- Donald Trump Jr. Doesn’t Seem to Realize That His Messages with WikiLeaks Are a Very Bad Look for Him by Luke Darby (GQ)
- The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks by Julia Ioffe (The Atlantic)
- Donald Trump Jr. confirms communicating with WikiLeaks by Brent D. Griffiths (Politico)
- Pence denies knowing about Trump Jr. WikiLeaks contacts by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- Donald Trump Jr.’s leaked private messages to WikiLeaks, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Help make Julian Assange Australia’s US ambassador, WikiLeaks urged Trump Jr by Michael McGowan (Guardian)
Philippines
- Protesters in Manila call for ‘banning’ Trump (Al Jazeera)
- Trump hails ‘great relationship’ with Philippines’ Duterte by Oliver Holmes (The Guardian)
- President Trump Caught Off-Guard By ‘ASEAN-Way Handshake’ by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Trump and Duterte bond at Asia summit; U.S. says discussed rights by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Trump skirts human rights questions in Duterte meeting by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
- From Burma to the Philippines, Trump largely ignores human rights on Asia trip by David Nakamura and Emily Rauhala
Tax Reform
- Trump calls for tax reform to repeal individual mandate as lawmakers debate by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- 400 millionaires tell Congress not to cut their taxes by Taylor Link (Salon)
- The GOP Path to Tax Reform Keeps Getting Narrower by Alex Shephard (New Republic)
- Trump urges lawmakers to end health mandate, cut top tax rate (Reuters)
- Robbing blue states to pay red by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson (The NY Times)
- Opinion: If the tax bill is so great, why does the GOP keep lying about it? by Catherine Rampell (Washington Post)
Russia Investigation
- McCain Derides Trump For Taking Putin’s Word On Russian Election Interference by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- What Mueller’s org chart reveals about his Russia probe by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- “The Question is Criminal Conspiracy”: The Heat Turns up on Jeff Sessions by Chris Smith (Vanity Fair)
- The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks by Julia Ioffe (The Atlantic)
News
- Trump names former drug exec as new health secretary (AP)
- Trump Health Secretary Nominee Left Job Overseeing Eli Lilly Investigation to Become Eli Lilly’s Top Lobbyist by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Trump to tap ex-pharma executive Azar as health secretary (Reuters)
- North Korean leaders want to know if Donald Trump is crazy by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- U.S. court allows part of Trump travel ban to go into effect (Reuters)
- Trump Travel Ban Allowed To Take Partial Effect by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- Trump judicial nominee did not disclose he’s married to White House lawyer by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Locals were troubled by Roy Moore’s interactions with teen girls at the Gadsen Mall by Charles Bethea (The New Yorker)
- Campaign Raises More Than $72,000 For Cyclist Who Was Fired For Flipping Off Trump by Nina Golgowski (Huffington Post)
- Sessions considering second special counsel to investigate Republican concerns, letter shows by Matt Zapotosky (Washington Post)
- White House reportedly mulls asking judicial nominees to refuse interviews with ABA for ratings by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- 9th Circuit allows part of third travel ban to take effect by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
Analysis
- Trump picking white males for judiciary at highest rate in 30 years by Avery Anapol, AP (The Hill)
- How Liz Smith invented Donald Trump by Marc Fisher (The Washington Post)
Opinion
- Susan Rice: Trump is making China great again (The NY Times)
- This is how a superpower commits suicide by Richard Javad Heydarian (The Washington Post)
- Robbing Blue States to Pay Red by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson (NY Times)