Russia / Mueller Investigation / Manafort Trial
- Manafort Jurors Ask What Happens If They Can’t Agree for 1 Count by Matthew Barakat, Chad Day, Eric Tucker (TIME)
- Manafort trial Day 16: Jury struggling to reach unanimous verdict on at least one count by Josh Gerstein, Darren Samuelsohn, Ben Schreckinger (Politico)
- “They’re Squeezing Don Jr. Right Now”: As the Mueller Siege Tightens, Trump’s Twitter Rage Crests by Gabriel Sherman (Vanity Fair)
- The Mueller investigation is showing how badly we’ve failed to prosecute white-collar crime by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Mueller seeks to push back Flynn sentencing again by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Paul Manafort Jury Asks For Instructions About Consensus On 1 Charge by Ryan Lucas, Barbara Sprunt (NPR)
- Paul Manafort’s jury looks to be stuck on one criminal charge by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Paul Manafort guilty of 8 charges in Fraud trial by Sharon LaFraniere (The NY Times)
- What the Manafort verdict means by Noah Bookbinder, Barry Berke, and Norman L. Eisen (The NY Times)
- Paul Manafort was just found guilty on 8 counts by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort guilty on eight counts (Al Jazeera)
- Opinion: All the President’s Crooks by Editorial Board (NY Times)
- ‘The worst day of the Trump presidency’: Manafort’s conviction and Cohen’s plea deal land within striking distance of the White House by Sonam Sheth and Grace Panetta (Business Insider)
- Michael Cohen’s lawyer says his client has information about Trump ‘that should be of interest’ to Mueller by David Choi and Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)
- Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Found Guilty of Tax and Bank Fraud by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Paul Manafort’s Suit Dealer Doesn’t Want to Talk About It by Cam Wolf (GQ)
- Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort Are Guilty of Lots of Crimes by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Could Paul Manafort Still Flip on Donald Trump? An Ex-Justice Department Official Explains. by Stephanie Mencimer (Mother Jones)
- Mueller wins more than a conviction in Manafort case by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- The Dramatic Conclusion to Paul Manafort’s Trial by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
- Twin convictions are a stunning rebuke of Trump by Editorial Board (Washington Post)
Michael Cohen
- Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ‘strikes plea deal’ (BBC)
- Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Michael Cohen, Trump’s former “fixer,” strikes tentative plea deal with federal prosecutors: reports by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Cohen reaches plea deal in tax fraud case: reports by Tax Axelrod, Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- 6 takeaways from Michael Cohen’s guilty plea by Alan Feuer (The NY Times)
- Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea (US Dept. of Justice)
- Read Michael Cohen’s plea deal by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- Cohen’s claim about Trump may spark calls for impeachment but is unlikely to lead to charges by Rosalind S. Helderman, Michael Zapotosky, and Devlin Barrett (The Washington Post)
- What Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea Means for Trump by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- The Worst Day Yet of Trump’s Presidency by Matt Ford (The New Republic)
- Trump’s company approved $420,000 in payments to Cohen, relying on ‘sham’ invoices, prosecutors say by Carol D. Leonnig and Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Washington Post)
Election Hacking
- Microsoft Uncovers More Russian Hacking Attempts Ahead of Midterms by AP (TIME)
- The Growing List of Hackings Ahead of the 2018 Midterm Elections by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Microsoft Says Russian Operation Targeted U.S. Conservative Groups As Midterms Loom by Colin Dwyer, Sasha Ingber (NPR)
- I Just Hacked a State Election. I’m 17. And I’m Not Even a Very Good Hacker. by River O’Connor (Politico)
- Microsoft shuts down Russian plot to hack U.S. political targets by Eric Geller (Politico)
Immigration / ICE
- Tweeters Erupt Over Donald Trump’s ‘Racist’ Praise Of Border Patrol Agent by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
- The Thousands of Children Who Go to Immigration Court Alone by Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s immigrant family separation strategy 2.0 targets children as they return to school by Bob Hennelly (Salon)
- DHS has increased requests to open closed immigration court cases by Lorelei Laird (ABA Journal)
EPA / ACE / Climate Change Policy
- Trump issues rollback of Obama’s biggest climate rule by Alex Guillén (Politico)
- Even Trump’s EPA Admits His Power Plan Will Kill Thousands of Americans by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s EPA wants to kill the nation’s most ambitious climate change policy to save the coal industry by Mark Kaufman (Mashable)
- The Trump Administration Released a Plan to Fight Climate Change. It Could Actually Make Things Worse by Justin Worland (TIME)
- The Trump Administration Admits It’s OK Letting People Die from Dirty Air by Harry Cheadle (VICE)
- EPA unveils weaker alternative to Obama power plant rule by Nichola Groom (Reuters)
- Cost of New E.P.A. Coal Rules: Up to 1,400 More Deaths a Year by Lisa Friedman (NY Times)
- EPA rolls back Obama-era coal pollution rules as Trump heads to West Virginia by Jeremy Diamond and Ellie Kaufman (CNN)
Other News
- After A Year Of Rising Tensions, Protesters Tear Down Confederate Statue On UNC Campus by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
- Author of Trump-Russia dossier wins libel case in US court by Luke Harding (The Guardian)
- Trump Implies Taking Away Security Clearances Is Punishment For Criticizing Him by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- Trump to discuss NAFTA with union leaders by Ian Kullgren (Politico)
- Collins: Kavanaugh considers Roe v. Wade ‘settled law’ by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- Collins Says Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Called Roe v. Wade ‘Settled Law’ by Scott Detrow (NPR)
- S&P 500 sets record high, dollar slips after Trump attacks Fed by Herbert Lash (Reuters)
- Trump attacks Democrats at rally but mostly steers clear of scandals by Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Katie Rogers (The NY Times)
- Trump advisor Larry Kudlow hosted publisher of White nationalists at his home by Robert Costa (The Washington Post)
- Trump attacks players for kneeling after 0.06% of NFL does so in latest games by staff (Guardian)
- His former associates in court, Trump focuses on ‘winning’ by Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire and Darlene Superville (AP)
- Trump-backed Friess loses Wyoming governor’s primary by Daniel Strauss, Scott Bland (Politico)
- Dollar, Treasuries yields fall on Trump woes by Herbert Lash (Reuters)
Analysis
- If Trump Said the N Word by Matt Thompson (The Atlantic)
- A one two punch puts Trump back on his heels by Mark Landler, Michael D. Shear, and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
Opinion
- Stop Wallowing in Your White Guilt and Start Doing Something for Racial Justice by Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect)
- The GOP turns to toilets to suppress more black voters by Dana Milbank (Washington Post)