Russia Investigation
- A week of Fox News transcripts shows how they began questioning Mueller’s credibility by Alvin Chang (Vox)
- Russia-backed Facebook posts ‘reached 126m Americans’ during US election by Olivia Solon, Sabrina Siddiqui (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump tweets dismiss George Papadopoulos as ‘low level volunteer’ by Joanna Walters, Shaun Walker (The Guardian)
- Trump’s “No Collusion” Defense Is Falling Apart by Alex Shephard (New Republic)
- ‘None Of This Is Real’: Conservative Media Reacts To Mueller Indictments by Brian Mann (NPR)
- 2016 Under Scrutiny: A Timeline Of Russia Connections by Miles Parks, Tamara Keith, Madeline Garcia, Abigail Censky (NPR)
- Manafort spent millions on homes, rugs, clothes: court filing by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- Corey Lewandowski Points Finger At FBI: They Didn’t Warn Us About Paul Manafort by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Poll: Vast majority of Trump voters say he should stay in office even if Russia collusion is proven by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Trump’s claims about George Papadopoulos don’t add up by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Bannon pushing Trump to take action on Mueller: reports by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Washington prepares for the unexpected as Russia investigation unfolds by Michael Sherer (Washington Post)
- Opinion: Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork for a Saturday Night Massacre by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Analysis: Preet Bharara Reads Bob Mueller’s Tea Leaves by Edward-Isaac Dovere (Politico)
- Facebook, Twitter to tell Congress about Russia-linked posts by Mary Clare Jalonick (AP)
- Mueller got Manafort’s attorney to speak against him once. He may try the tactic again. by Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky (The Washington Post)
- Who’s who in the George Papadopoulos Court Documents by Rosalind S. Helderman (The Washington Post)
- Special counsel: Manafort’s stated wealth fluctuated wildly; he keeps 3 passports by Spensr S. Hsu (Washington Post)
- Papadopoulos Claimed Trump Campaign Approved Russia Meeting by Greg Farrell, David Voreacos, and Henry Meyer (Bloomberg)
News
- Donald Trump might not seek re-election in 2020, says Rand Paul and Chris Christie by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Trump chief of staff’s Civil War comment draws fire (Reuters)
- Trump will not visit DMZ during Asia trip: official (Reuters)
- Trump’s Nominee For NASA Chief Could Remake The Agency by Rebecca Boyle (FiveThirtyEight)
- Scott Pruitt Declares War on Air Pollution Science by Emily Atkin (New Republic)
- Tax Bill Delayed As GOP Divisions On Eliminating Tax Breaks Persist by Kelsey Snell (NPR)
Analysis
- Historians respond to John F. Kelly’s Civil War remarks: ‘Strange,’ ‘sad,’ ‘wrong’ by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Russia investigation charges complicate Trump’s Asia trip, ability to sell tax cuts by Josh Wagner and David Nakamura (The Washington Post)
Opinion
- The Dangerous Myth of the Judicial ‘Resistance’ by Dahlia Lithwick and Stephen I. Vladeck (NY Times)