Trump Sues Banks / Subpoenas
- Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One over Democratic subpoenas (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Sues 2 Banks To Block Democrats From Investigating His Finances by Jim Zarroli (NPR)
- The Trump Family Is Trying to Sue Its Way Out of Congressional Oversight by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One over Democrat subpoenas (BBC)
- Trump’s lawyers pick the worst possible way to fight Deutsche Bank subpoenas by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
- Escalating fight, Trump sues Deutsche Bank, Capital One over Democratic subpoenas by Rich McKay (Reuters)
- Trump Just Gave Democrats Another Reason to Launch an Impeachment Inquiry by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
Asylum
- Under Trump’s New Asylum Order, Migrants Will Be Charged A Fee To Apply For Refuge by Dominique Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump wants asylum seekers to pay application fee (BBC)
- White House to seek billions of dollars in new funds for border crisis by John Bresnahan, Eliana Johnson, Sarah Ferris (Politico)
- Trump Calls For Asylum-Seekers To Pay Fees, Proposing New Restrictions by Laurel Wamsley (NPR)
- Trump orders asylum-seekers to pay application fees, requires hearings within 180 days by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
Mueller Report / Barr
- Senate Dems call on DOJ watchdog to investigate Barr by Marianne Levine (Politico)
- Despite Barr’s Objections, It’s Totally Normal for Congressional Staff Members to Question Witnesses by W. Neil Eggleston (Slate)
- Robert Mueller wasn’t Superman: Straight-arrow prosecutor no match for Trump crime family by Bob Cesca (Salon)
- Bill Barr could well be the most odious of Donald Trump’s henchmen by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- The Mueller Report’s Key Lessons for the Press by Kathleen Hall Jamieson (TIME)
- GOP sets up firewall for Trump on Mueller by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- Schiff says House will make a criminal referral of Trump ally Erik Prince for possible perjury by John Wagner and Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)
- Reports: Mueller Complained Barr’s Letter About Russia Investigation Lacked Proper “Context” by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
- NYT: Mueller Not Happy With Barr’s Russia Spin by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Mueller Wrote Letter to Attorney General Criticizing Portrayal of Russia Investigation Findings by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Mueller Sent a Letter to Attorney General Barr Expressing Frustration Over Portrayal of Findings by Eric Tucker (TIME)
- Robert Mueller Told William Barr He Mischaracterized His Findings: Report by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
- Just 2 lawmakers have seen less-redacted Mueller report by Kyle Cheney, Marianne Levine (Politico)
- Mueller complained to Barr about report summary by Natasha Bertrand, Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Mueller’s Letter To Barr Complained That Trump-Russia Report Summary Lacked ‘Context’ by Richard Gonzales, Sasha Ingber (NPR)
Abortion Rhetoric
- Why Trump Can Lie to His Base About the Nature of Abortion by Elizabeth Spiers (GQ)
- “They Will Execute the Baby” by Rebecca Onion (Slate)
- Nurse: An abortion is not an execution, Mr. President by Theresa Brown (CNN)
Democrats Emoluments Clause
- Federal judge rejects Trump request to dismiss Democrats’ emoluments clause lawsuit by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
- Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Democrats in Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- A Democrat Lawsuit Over Trump’s Business Dealings With Foreign Governments Can Proceed by AP (TIME)
- Congressional Democrats notch win in emoluments suit against Trump by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
Other News
- Trump working to designate Muslim Brotherhood as ‘terror’ group (Al Jazeera)
- Trump drives for Muslim Brotherhood to be labelled terrorist organisation by Chris Stevenson (Independent)
- Trump’s record on white nationalism under scrutiny (Al Jazeera)
- Trump And Democrats Agree On $2 Trillion For Infrastructure, But Not On How To Pay by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Trump team jumps to support Venezuela uprising by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- Trump accuses European countries of failing to help relocate ISIS prisoners by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump intensifies calls on Fed to cut interest rates by Katie Galioto (Politico)
- Trump Fed pick said in 2016 he supported removing ‘a lot’ of child labor laws by Rachel Frazin (The Hill)
- Trump not expected to address parliament during UK state visit by Jessica Elgot (The Guardian)
- Trump’s trade war leads to the lowest income for American farmers in years by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Republicans want to make sex discrimination legal — and they’re moving fast by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Trump-endorsed One America News Network among right-wing amplifiers of Jacob Wohl’s attempted smear of Pete Buttigieg by Alex Kaplan (Media Matters)
- Trump Fed pick Stephen Moore: Biggest problem to the US economy is declining ‘male earnings’
by Devan Cole (CNN) - Trump’s World Still Faces 16 Known Criminal Probes by Garrett M. Graff (Wired)
Opinion
- Republicans want to make sex discrimination legal — and they’re moving fast by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Trump feeds his voters one of his most ridiculous scams yet by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Under Trump, the Language We Use to Create Political Reality Is Crumbling by Masha Gessen (New Yorker)