Immigration
- Trump: We’re delaying California border wall until entire project is approved by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Acting ICE director to Oakland mayor: ‘We’re not going away’ by Ayanna Alexander (Politico)
- Oakland Mayor Faces Off Against ICE Over Warning Residents About Immigration Sweep by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
- Questions linger about how Melania Trump, a Slovenian model, scored ‘the Einstein visa’ by Mary Jordan (Washington Post)
Gun Control / Shooting / NRA
- Dick’s Sporting Goods to Stop Selling Assault Rifles by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Dick’s Sporting Goods Ends Sale Of Assault-Style Rifles, Citing Florida Shooting by Colin Dywer, Camila Domonoske (NPR)
- Florida Moves To Arm Teachers After School Massacre by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- Trump to talk about guns, schools with 17 lawmakers at White House (Reuters)
- What’s in play in Washington after Florida school shooting by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
- Hundreds of Worshippers and Their AR-15 Rifles Are Gathering Inside a Church by AP (TIME)
- Dick’s Sporting Goods says it won’t sell assault weapons anymore. It said the same thing in 2012. by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- President Trump bucks the Republican Party on gun control: full transcript by Rachel Wolfe (Vox)
- Trump surprises lawmakers in backing some tougher gun controls by Anne Gearan, Mike DeBonis, and Seung Min Kim (The Washington Post)
- Walmart to raise age to buy guns and ammunition to 21 by Matthew Haag (The NY Times)
- President Trump’s Contradictory, and Sometimes False, Comments About Gun Policy to Lawmakers by Linda Qiu (NY Times)
Russia Investigation / Hope Hicks
- Judge sets Sept. 17 trial date for Manafort on Mueller charges by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Hope Hicks Abruptly Resigns 24 Hours After Testifying About Russia by Elizabeth Preza (AlterNet)
- Hope Hicks Sure Tendered Her Resignation at an Odd Time by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Hicks departure leaves White House without Trump translator by Darren Samuelsohn, Andrew Restuccia, Eliana Johnson (Politico)
- Robert Mueller reportedly looking into Trump’s ‘attempt to oust’ Jeff Sessions by Mythili Sampthkumar (Independent)
- Mueller investigating whether Trump tried to oust Sessions: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- Trump calls Sessions’ handling of surveillance abuse allegations ‘disgraceful’ by Peter Baker and Katie Benner (The NY Times)
- Mueller investigation examining Trump’s apparent efforts to oust Sessions in July by Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, and Rosalind S. Helderman (The Washington Post)
Other News
- Ben Carson Believes God Helps Those Who Help Themselves by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump Blasts Jeff Sessions for Not Doing More to Investigate Dubious Allegations of FBI Misconduct by Pema levy (Mother Jones)
- Trump calls Sessions’ surveillance probe decision ‘disgraceful’ by Jonathan Landay (Reuters)
- Mike Pence Suggests Legal Abortions In U.S. Could End ‘In Our Time’ by Dominique Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
- HUD spending $165K on ‘lounge furniture’ for office: report by Luis Sanchez (The Hill)
- Trump aides keep folders documenting criticism by fellow Republicans: report by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Kushner’s business got loans after White House meetings by Jesse Drucker, Kate Kelly, and Ben Protess (The NY Times)
- For many Republicans, Trump’s offshore drilling plan and beaches don’t mix by Darryl Fears (The Washington Post)
- Trump says U.S. steel, aluminum sectors need ‘free, fair’ trade (Reuters)
- Trump’s Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize Was Apparently Forged. Twice. by Henrik Pryser Libell (NY Times)
Opinion
- The Trump White House is a place where turmoil never ends by Dan Balz (Washington Post)