Trump / Russia / Cohen / Mueller Investigation
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- Trump Jr.’s 2017 Testimony Conflicts With Cohen’s Account Of Russian Talks by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Trump once said he had “no dealings with Russia.” Now he claims “everybody knew” about them. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Trump defends Russia business links after ex-lawyer admits lying (BBC)
- Trump Admits He “Lightly Looked” at Developing a Russian Building Project During the Election by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Michael Cohen’s deal is an outright catastrophe for Trump — and he knows it by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Donald Trump claims his business dealings during 2016 campaign were “very legal” and “very cool” by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Trump defends 2016 Russia project as ‘very legal and very cool’ – live updates by Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
- Trump defends potential 2016 Russia deal: Business was ‘very legal & very cool’ by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Michael Cohen plea deal: What former Trump lawyer admitted to Mueller – and what it could mean for the president by Peter Stubley (Independent)
- Robert Mueller Is Considering Filing New Charges Against Paul Manafort, Prosecutors Say by Chad Day, Eric Tucker (TIME)
- Mueller could hit Manafort with retrial, new charges by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Trump admits he ‘lightly looked’ at a Russia deal after years of saying there was no Russian deal by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- When the Manafort Plea Deal Blew Up, It Was Good News for Oligarchs by David Corn, Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- How Devin Nunes Helped Robert Mueller by David R. Lurie (Slate)
- Michael Cohen’s plea deal shows that Russia did have something on Trump by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Trump calls Russia deal ‘legal and cool’ as Mueller inquiry gathers momentum by David Smith (Guardian)
- Meet Felix Sater, the Russian-born, bar-fighting felon with ties to the mob at the center of Mueller’s Russia investigation by John Haltiwanger (Business Insider)
- Michael Cohen’s plea deal poses a significant danger to Donald Trump Jr. by Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)
G20 / NAFTA
- President Trump Signs New Trade Pact With Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and Mexican President Pena Nieto by Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey (TIME)
- US, Canada, Mexico sign NAFTA replacement at G20 by Jen Kirby (Vox)
- G20 – live: Macron and Saudi crown prince in extraordinary exchange over Khashoggi murder and Yemen, amid Trump-Putin meeting confusion by Chris Riotta, Shehab Khan, Peter Stubley (Independent)
- Strongmen strut their stuff on G20 stage by David M. Herszenhorn, Andrew Restuccia, and Hans von Der Burchard (Politico)
- U.S., Canada, Mexico sign trade deal, Trump shrugs off Congress hurdle by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
Other News
- House Democrats unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
- The Trump Administration Just Made It Easier For States To Rewrite Obamacare Rules by Jonathan Cohn (Huffington Post)
- Trump: Ukraine is ‘sole reason’ for canceling Putin meeting by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Trump Administration Says Companies Can ‘Incidentally Harass’ Marine Mammals by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- DHS Asks Other Federal Agencies To Send Civilian Law Enforcement Officers to Border by Richard Gonzales, Tom Bowman, Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Federal judge denies Trump administration attempt to block order limiting transgender military ban by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Federal judge rules against Trump’s crackdown on ‘sanctuary cities’ by Oliver Laughland (Guardian)
- Six White House officials reprimanded for violating the Hatch Act by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and
Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)
Opinion
- Trump’s racist policies have been even worse than we feared by Colbert I. King (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Book Club: A President Who Doesn’t Read Promotes the Books That Promote Him by Katie Rogers (NY Times)