Afghanistan
- Trump likely to announce modest troop increase for Afghanistan by Steve Holland, John Walcott (Reuters)
- Trump to address nation on new Afghan strategy (Al Jazeera)
- Donald Trump wants to send more troops into Afghanistan by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Watch Live: President Trump Unveils His New Military Plan for Afghanistan by Maya Rhodan (TIME)
- Trump Expected To Order 4,000 More Troops To Afghanistan by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Trump pledges support for Afghanistan (BBC)
- Full Text And Analysis: Trump’s Address On Afghanistan, Plans For U.S. Engagement (NPR)
- Trump announces military increase in Afghanistan by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
- Full Transcript: Donald Trump Announces His Afghanistan Policy by Nora Kelly (The Atlantic)
- The America First president just announced he’s escalating the Afghanistan war by Alex Ward (Vox)
Steve Bannon / Breitbart
- How Big Is The Bannon Wing Of The Republican Party? by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
- Breitbart ‘prepared to rally votes for Trump’s impeachment if he stops pushing populist agenda’ by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
- Breitbart loses nearly 2,600 advertisers: report by Robin Eberhardt (The Hill)
- Steve Bannon’s ‘economic nationalism’ is total nonsense by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Steve Bannon Already Has Breitbart Staffers Whispering About Impeaching Donald Trump by Jay Willis (GQ)
White Supremacy
- Texas university removes ‘white supremacy’ statues overnight by Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters)
- White supremacists are running for office. Will the Republican Party do anything to stop them? by Kira Lerner (ThinkProgress)
- Tucker Carlson and the Daily Caller: Taking white nationalism mainstream by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
News
- Donald Trump drains Secret Service budget, agents go without pay by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- Secret Service Is Already Out of Money to Pay Agents for the Year Because of the Trump Family by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Anonymous White House Advisors Have Accidentally Made the Best Case for Removing Trump from Office by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Trump dismisses climate policy advisers by Natasha Geiling (ThinkProgress)
- U.S. Temporarily Halts Nonimmigrant Visas For Russians by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- White House officials are terrified of what Trump would do on his own by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Lobbyist at Trump campaign meeting has a web of Russian connections by Sharon LaFraniere, David D. Kirkpatrick, and Kenneth P. Vogel (The NY Times)
- Secret Service: We have funding to protect Trump through September by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- List Of Charities Shunning Trump’s Mar-A-Lago Resort Keeps Growing by Greg Allen (NPR)
- A majority of Americans want to preserve Confederate monuments: Reuters/Ipsos poll by Chris Kahn (Reuters)
- Jerry Falwell Jr. keeps defending Trump as Liberty University grads return diplomas by Samantha Schmidt and Amy B. Wang (The Washington Post)
- Trump administration moves to expand deportation dragnet to jails by Caitlin Dickerson (The Washington Post)
Analysis
- Can a Decades-Old Immigration Proposal Pass Under Trump? by Priscilla Alvarez (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s Advisers Are Nudging Us Closer to Catastrophe by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
- White House aides can’t stop stop talking about President Trump like he’s a toddler by Daniel W. Drezner (The Washington Post)
- Will Donald Trump last through his first full term? (Al Jazeera)
- We asked the experts: What do Trump’s low approval ratings actually mean? by Philip Bump (The Washington Post)
- In the states that gave Trump the presidency, 3 in 10 Republicans are embarrassed by him by Philip Bump (The Washington Post)
- Trump Could Go to War with 75% of Top Pentagon Posts Empty by Harriet Sinclair (Newsweek)
Opinion
- Failing All Tests of the Presidency by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)
- Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton: Now is not the time for Trump to visit my city (The Washington Post)
- Neil Gorsuch doesn’t seem to care that much about impartiality after all by Elizabeth Wydra (The Washington Post)
- From Charlottesville to Boston, Rightbloggers’ “Alt-Left” Story Falls Flat by Roy Edroso (Village Voice)