June 2019

Iran / Middle East

• Russia, China warn US over sending 1,000 new troops to the Gulf (Al Jazeera)
• The US is sending 1,000 more troops to the Middle East to counter Iran by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Trump Has Brilliantly Cornered Himself Where He’s Now Demanding Iran Abide by a Deal He Already Reneged On by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Pompeo: U.S. President Trump does not want war with Iran (Reuters)
• How U.S. Allies in the Middle East are Responding to Rising Tensions with Iran by Joseph Hincks (TIME)
• Opinion: The Trump administration’s dangerous fever dream about Iran by Michael H Fuchs (Guardian)

Trump Campaign

• In battleground state of Florida, Trump to launch re-election campaign by Steve Holland (Reuters)
• Trump to kick off 2020 re-election campaign in Florida by Kimberly Halkett (Al Jazeera)
• Trump Set To Officially Launch Reelection Bid, But Hasn’t He Been Running All Along? by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• Opinion: Running for re-election the Trump way — with half the country against you by Walter Shapiro (Roll Call)

Deportations / Immigration

• Trump Threatens To Deport ‘Millions,’ As He Kicks Off Campaign For Reelection by Franco Ordoñez (NPR)
• Trump promises mass deportations of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ next week by Ted Hesson, Quint Forgey (Politico)
• Trump Says ICE Will Begin Sweeping Crackdown Next Week to “Remove” Millions of Undocumented Immigrants by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Trump’s threat to deport ‘millions of illegal aliens’ explained by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• Trump Vows to Begin Mass Deportation of “Millions” Next Week by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)

Other News

• Trump Labels Fox News “Fake” and Claims “Something Weird Is Going on” at Network by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump says Shanahan is withdrawing from Defense secretary consideration (Politico)
• Trump reportedly discussed firing Fed chair Jerome Powell over rate hikes by Dominic Rushe (The Guardian)
• President Trump’s Tax Law Has Made Americans Less Generous, Charities Say by Laura Davison (TIME)
• Shanahan drops bid to lead Pentagon, citing ‘painful’ past by Lolita C. Baldor (AP)
• Interior held back FOIA’d documents after political screenings by Jacob Holzman ((Roll Call)

Iran / Middle East

• Iran says it will breach nuclear deal enrichment limit, U.S. denounces ‘blackmail’ (Reuters)
• Iran Will Break Nuclear Deal’s Uranium Stockpile Limit in 10 Days by AP (TIME)
• U.S. says to send more troops to the Middle East, cites Iran threats by Phil Stewart, Parisa Hafezi (Reuters)
• Pompeo Claims There’s ‘No Doubt’ Iran Attacked Tankers, But U.S. Allies Want Proof by Dominique Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
• Iran Has Options and It’s Starting to Use Them by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)
• Iran just made one of its riskiest announcements in years by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Pentagon sending 1,000 more troops as tensions with Iran grow by Bryan Bender (Politico)
• Iran responds to Trump’s crackdowns with promise to increase nuclear enrichment by D. Parvaz (ThinkProgress)
• U.S. to Send 1,000 Additional Troops to the Mideast Over Tanker Attacks by Tony Capaccio (TIME)
• Trump leaves ‘question mark’ over use of force to protect Gulf oil by Babak Dehghanpisheh, Sylvia Westall (Reuters)

Pollsters

• Trump fires the polling firm Kellyanne Conway built over leak of polls he said didn’t exist by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
• Trump “Purges” Pollsters Who Revealed He’s Losing to Biden by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)

Census

• The Citizenship Question Could Cost California And Texas A Seat In Congress by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
• Census battle over citizenship question leaves immigration activists with their hands tied by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• How Trump’s census question could transform America’s electoral map by Oliver Laughland (The Guardian)

Mexico

• Mexican official claims gains in U.S. border enforcement by Ted Hesson (Politico)
• Full text of Trump’s “secret” deal with Mexico released by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
• Trump admin considers temporary courts along the southern border by Priscilla Alvarez, Geneva Sands (CNN)
• Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week by Nick Miroff and
  Maria Sacchetti (Washington Post)

China

• U.S. firms say China tariffs will raise costs, see few sourcing alternatives by David Lawder (Reuters)
• Companies plead with Trump against new China tariffs by Doug Palmer, Arren Kimbel-Sannit (Politico)
• China Cuts Treasury Holdings to Two-Year Low Amid Trade War by Sarah McGregor, katherine Greifeld (Bloomberg)

Other News

• Trump Kicks His Chief of Staff out of the Oval Office for Coughing in His Presence by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump says ‘I think I know’ who was behind 9/11 attacks by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
• Israel Names Golan Heights Settlement After President Trump by AP (TIME)
• Trump insists he’s polling ahead of Democratic ‘Motley Crew’ by Quint Forget (Politico)
• Supreme Court rules in case watched for impact on Trump pardons by Josh Gerstein, Natasha Bertrand (Politico)
• Trump interview on ABC was a ratings bust by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• President Trump to seek second term in 2020 election by Alan Fisher (Al Jazeera)
• The House committee quietly racking up oversight wins against Trump by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
• Trump’s interview with George Stephanopoulos, explained by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Trump’s new health care plan, health reimbursement accounts, explained by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• House Democrats ask independent watchdog to investigate whether Jared Kushner violated the Hatch Act by Shira Tarlo (Salon)

Analysis

• So what happens when Donald Trump refuses to leave office? The nightmare scenario could happen by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
• Supreme Court decisions could affect makeup of Congress for years by Todd Ruger (Roll Call)

Opinion

• Trump plans to turn the Fourth of July into a political rally in honor of himself by Eugene Robinson (Washington Post)

NYT / Russia – Cyberattacks

• Trump Accuses New York Times Of Treason For Story On U.S. Attacks On Russian Power Grid by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump accuses New York Times of ‘virtual treason’ over Russia cyber warfare report by Agence France-Presse (The Guardian)
• President Trump Accuses the New York ‘Times’ of a ‘Virtual Act of Treason’ for an Article His Own Administration Reportedly Cleared by Alejandro de la Garza (TIME)
• Barr’s ‘investigation of investigators’ sparks fears for efforts to thwart Russia by Peter Stone (Guardian)

Iran / Pompeo

• Pompeo again blames Iran for tanker attacks but insists ‘we don’t want war’ by Victoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
• Mike Pompeo: Iran definitely responsible for attack on tankers by Bianca Quilantan, Matthew Choi (Politico)
• Pompeo Says ‘There’s No Doubt’ Iran Attacked 2 Tankers by Daniella Cheslow (NPR)

Pollsters

• Trump Campaign to Purge Pollsters After Leak of Dismal Results by Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
• Trump Campaign Purges Pollsters After Devastating Internal Polling Is Leaked by Bryan Schatz (Mother Jones)
• Trump campaign parts ways with pollsters after leak by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Trump Team Cuts Ties With Pollsters After Dismal Polling Numbers Leaked by Nina Golgowski (Huffington Post)

Other News

• Trump Designs On Revamped Air Force One May Not Take Off by Claudia Grisales (NPR)
• Mexico detains nearly 800 undocumented migrants in four trucks (Reuters)
• Trump campaign makes a radical break from 2016 by Gabby Orr (Politico)
• Trump claims to be a student of Nixon under grilling from ABC’s George Stephanopoulos by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
• Trump says he read Mueller report while claiming it said ‘no collusion’ by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• 50 percent of voters believe Trump campaign coordinated with Russia: poll by Rachel Frazin (The Hill)
• Trump wishes Happy Father’s Day to all, including ‘worst and most vicious critics’ by Rachel Frazin (The Hill)
• Bosses pocket Trump tax windfall as workers see job promises vanish by Michael Sainato (The Guardian)
• Donald Trump criticised for quoting Katie Hopkins in attack on Sadiq Khan by Frances Perraudin (The Guardian)
• ‘Catastrophic,’ ‘Cataclysmic’: Trump’s Tariff Threat Has Retailers Sounding Alarm by Nelson D. Schwartz and Sapna Maheshwari (NY Times)
• Trump says he didn’t fire Mueller because he saw what happened to Nixon by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
• Trump says he will roll out new health care plan in next couple of months by Rebecca Klar (The Hill)

Opinion

• Books: The Impeachment Question by Linda Greenhouse (The New York Review of Books)
• Chief justice tries to assure the Supreme Court is apolitical, but term’s biggest cases present partisan challenges by Robert Barnes (Washington Post)

Iran

• Iran renews nuclear pact ultimatum amid tensions with U.S. (Reuters)
• US focus on building consensus after oil tanker attacks: Pentagon (Al Jazeera)
• Iran renews ultimatum over nuclear deal amid tanker tensions (Al Jazeera)
• Pompeo Blames Iran For Taliban Attack As Administration ‘Itches For War,’ Says Expert by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump’s consistent criticism of Iran pushes U.S. to point of potential conflict by Anne Gearan and Karen Morello (Washington Post)

Mexico Deal

• Mexico Releases Full Text of “Secret” Deal Trump Waved in Front of Reporters by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Mexico releases the full text of Trump’s immigration “deal” by Rachel Withers (Vox)
• Remember When Trump Waved a Paper at Reporters and Said It Was a Secret Deal with Mexico? Here It Is. by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)

NYT Report / Russia – Cyberattacks

• NYT: U.S. Steps Up Attacks on Russian Electrical Grid, but Trump May Be in the Dark by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump slams NYT report on U.S. cyberattacks against Russia by Matthew Choi (Politico)

Census

• Top Trump Census Official Communicated With GOP Operative About Citizenship Question by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• GOP strategist and census official discussed citizenship question, new documents filed by lawyers suggest by Tara Bahrampour (Washington Post)

UFOs

• Trump weighs in on UFOs in Stephanopoulos interview by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
• Trump Says He Doesn’t Really Believe in UFOs, but Admits He Has Been Briefed on Sightings by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump says he was briefed on Navy sightings of UFOs by Matthew Choi (Politico)

Other News

• The Trump Administration Is Trying to Use the Scott Warren Case to Scare Activists. It’s Not Working. by Justin Agrelo (Mother Jones)
• Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made up to $135m last year while working in the White House by Abby Young-Powell (Independent)
• Trump campaign zeroes in on a new threat: Elizabeth Warren by Alex Isenstadt (Politico)
• New York City to become first city ever to directly fund abortion by Amanda Michelle Gomez (ThinkProgress)
• Trump administration cannot block abortions for undocumented teenagers, court rules by Ann E Marimow (Independent)
• President Trump Aims to Slash Number of Federal Advisory Committees by Jill Colvin (TIME)
• India to impose retaliatory tariffs on 28 U.S. goods from Sunday by Nidhi Verma, Neha Dasgupta (Reuters)

Analysis

• What Nancy Pelosi Learned From the Clinton Impeachment by Todd S. Purdum (The Atlantic)
• Sarah Sanders’ job was to be the female face of a misogynistic administration by Arwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)

Opinion

• Trump isn’t a president, he’s a gangster by Lucian V. Truscott IV (Salon)

Iran

• US-Iran tensions rise as Pentagon releases video of oil tanker attack in Gulf of Oman by Borzou Daragahi (Independent)
• Trump administration providing ‘false’ information about Gulf of Oman attack, says Japanese tanker owner by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• How the Trump administration is using 9/11 to build a case for war with Iran by Alex Ward (Vox)
• President Trump Says Iran Was Behind Oil Tanker Attacks, but He Still Hopes for Negotiation by AP (TIME)
• As fears of war loom, Trump’s Iran policy, arms deals face challenges in Congress by Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)

Kellyanne Conway

• Trump Says He Won’t Fire Kellyanne Conway Despite Ethics Violations by Julian Shen-Berro (Huffington Post)
• Trump says he will not fire Kellyanne Conway for Hatch Act violations by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump Says He Won’t Fire Kellyanne Conway Despite Report Finding “Persistent, Notorious, and Deliberate” Hatch Act Violations by Elliot Hannon (Slate)

McGahn / Mueller / Flynn

• Trump disputes top aide Don McGahn’s damning Mueller testimony: ‘He may have been confused’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump Says What Ex-White House Lawyer McGahn Told Mueller ‘Doesn’t Matter’ by Liza Hearon (Huffington Post)
• New Trump-approved Flynn lawyer requests another sentencing delay by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Trump suggests Don McGahn lied to Mueller under oath — and bars his testimony by Igor Derysh (Salon)

Mexico / Border / Immigration

• Premature Baby Was Held in Border Patrol Detention Facility, Advocate Says by Astrid Galvan, Garance Burke (TIME)
• Mexico Is Overwhelmed By Asylum Claims As It Ramps Up Immigration Enforcement by James Fredrick (NPR)
• U.S. ramps up Mexico asylum returns, Trump confirms ‘safe third country’ plan by Frank Jack Daniel, Julio-Cesar Chavez (Reuters)
• Trump’s Immigration Id Is Coming to the White House by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)

Other News

• People Are Already Dying From Being Denied Abortions by Kimberly Lawon (VICE)
• Donald Trump Gets Savagely Trolled On His Birthday As Tweeters Celebrate #JohnMcCainDay by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• Trump declines to give Pence his endorsement for a 2024 presidential run (Politico)
• Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. is in jeopardy of losing its liquor license by Adam Peck (ThinkProgress)
• Trump compares Melania to Jackie Kennedy: ‘We have our own Jackie O’ by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump wins court victory in quest for transgender military ban (Al Jazeera)
• Trump Blocked Congress From Seeing These Emails About The Census Unredacted by Hansi Lo Wang (NPR)
• The internal poll that Donald Trump said didn’t exist was just leaked by Adam Peck (ThinkProgress)
• Jared and Ivanka, Who “Sacrificed” Everything to Join the White House, Made $135 Million in 2018 by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Trump retreats on election meddling remarks (BBC)
• Judge dismisses suit against Trump and campaign over forcible kissing, pay discrimination by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Retailers Ask Trump To Stop Tariff Threats On China by Amy Scott (NPR)
• Trump Administration Can’t Block Immigrant Teens From Getting Abortions, Court Rules by Mica Rosenberg (Huffington Post)
• Trump Wants Major Cuts At Federal Advisory Committees by AP (Huffington Post)
• Ivanka Trump Collected $4 Million Last Year From Dad’s Controversial Washington Hotel by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• The Sarah Sanders replacement sweepstakes begins by Andrew Restuccia and Nancy Cook (Politico)
• Saving face: how Donald Trump silenced the people who could expose his business failures by Jonathan Greenberg (Washington Post)
• EPA Air Chief Gave Presentation At Fringe Climate Denier Event, New Emails Show by Alexander C. Kaufman (Huffington Post)

Opinion

• • Why Trump Uses Mock Spanish by Ben Zimmer (Atlantic)

Kellyanne Conway

• Kellyanne Conway Should Be Fired For Violating Ethics Law, Oversight Office Says by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• US watchdog calls for Trump aide Kellyanne Conway’s removal (BBC)
• Government watchdog: Trump aide Conway should be fired for political comments by Steve Holland (Reuters)
• Kellyanne Conway Should Be Fired for Hatch Act Violations, Federal Agency Concludes by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Federal agency recommends that Kellyanne Conway be removed from service by Anita Kumar (Politico)
• READ: Watchdog letter recommending Kellyanne Conway be fired over Hatch Act violations (The Hill)

Foreign Dirt

• Trump Says in Oval Office Interview if Russia Offered Dirt on His 2020 Opponent He’d Do Exactly What He Did Before—Take It by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Trump Admits He’d Be Perfectly Happy to Accept Dirt From Foreign Agents: “I’d Take It” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump would ‘take’ foreign information on rival in 2020 election (BBC)
• Trump rushes into damage control after saying he’d accept foreign help in 2020 by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Trump Equates Taking Dirt From Russia With Presidential Diplomacy by Peter Baker and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
• Opinion: It’s 2016 All Over Again by Peter Nicholas (Atlantic)
• Opinion: Trump’s Electoral Shenanigans Are Getting Worse by David A.Graham (Atlantic)
• Opinion: Trump betrays his country again by inviting foreign interference by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
• Fact Check: Foreign Interference And ‘Opposition Research’ Are Not The Same by Philip Ewing (NPR)

House Intelligence Panel / Mueller

• House Intelligence Committee subpoenas Flynn, Gates by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• U.S. House intelligence panel subpoenas ex-Trump advisers Flynn, Gates (Reuters)
• House Intelligence Committee Issues Subpoenas to Mueller Witnesses Rick Gates and Michael Flynn by Alana Abramson (TIME)

Sarah Sanders

• Sarah Sanders: White House press secretary resigns (BBC)
• Sarah Sanders to leave White House after turbulent ride by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Press Secretary Sarah Sanders To Leave The White House by Ayesha Rascoe, Sarah McCammon (NPR)
• White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Out by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)

Border

• Asylum Seekers Struggle to Navigate Trump’s Broken Border Policy by Madeleine Wattenbarger (The New Republic)
• California, New Mexico ask judge to block Trump from using military funds for border wall by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Mexico official: National Guard won’t go to border until June 30 by Sandra Cuffe (Al Jazeera)

Iran

• U.S. blames Iran for tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman, oil prices rise by Lisa Barrington, Lesley Wroughton (Reuters)
• US blames Iran for attacks on oil tankers (BBC)
• Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” on Iran Is Making the Middle East More Violent by Joshua Keating (Slate)
• Trump: Time not right for diplomacy with Iran by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump Administration Blames Iran for Attack on Oil Tankers, but Provides No Proof by W.J. Hennigan, John Walcott (TIME)
• Trump blames Iran for tanker attacks, fears of confrontation rise by Parisa Hafezi, Makini Brice (Reuters)

Other News

• Trump likely to meet with Xi when G20 gathers: White House (Reuters)
• Donald Trump: US president in ‘Prince of Whales’ Twitter error (BBC)
• Trump explodes over prospect of impeachment in Twitter rant ‘which could amount to obstruction of justice’ by Tom Batchelor (Independent)
• Trump picks a former Senate aide as his new Congress liaison by Andrew Restuccia, Burgess Everett (Politico)
• Trump administration to move USDA researchers to Kansas City area by Liz Crampton, Ryan McCrimmon (Politico)
• Trump to Host Canada’s Trudeau Next Week to Discuss Trade Deal and Huawei by Josh Wingrove, Justin Sink (TIME)
• How Trump’s transgender ban has forced military members back into hiding by Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)
• Trump’s Health Policies Are Designed To Hurt The People His Supporters Hate by Jeffrey Young (Huffington Post)
• Trump’s company sells California mansion to firm linked to Indonesian billionaire, a business partner by Jonathan O’Connell, Alice Crites, and David A. Farenthold (Washington Post)

Analysis

• Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Questions on the Census Matter by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Trump Shows Why He Can’t Be Trusted With Secrets by Fred Kaplan (Slate)

Opinion

• The Nepotism Might Finally Be Too Much to Ignore by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)

Census / Citizenship Question

• US: Trump asserts executive privilege in census fight (Al Jazeera)
• Trump asserts executive privilege to shield documents on census citizenship question by Matt Zapotosky and John Wagner (Washington Post)
• President Trump Asserts Executive Privilege to Withhold Census Citizenship Documents From Congress by Michael Balsamo, Matthew Daly (TIME)
• Ahead of contempt vote, Trump shields census documents from Congress by Jan Wolfe and  Mark Hosenball (Reuters)
• The Trump administration’s desperate census coverup continues by Paul Waldman (Washington Post)
• US House oversight panel backs contempt vote in census dispute (Al Jazeera)
• House panel votes to hold Barr, Ross in contempt by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
• House Democrats Hold Trump Officials in Contempt for Withholding Census Documents by Ari Berman (Mother Jones)
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Trump Officials for Census Citizenship Question by Abigail Weinberg (Mother Jones)
• House Panel Votes For Contempt For Barr, Ross As Justice Dept. Holds Back Documents by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Citizenship Question Lawsuit Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court To Delay Ruling by Hansi Lo Wang (NPR)
• The fight over the 2020 census citizenship question, explained by Dara Lind, Libby Nelson (Vox)

Foreign Dirt

• Trump says he’d ‘want to hear’ foreign dirt on 2020 rivals by Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin (AP)
• Trump says he’d consider accepting information from foreign governments on his opponents by Colby Itkowitz and Tm Hamburger (Washington Post)
• Trump: If Offered Dirt By Foreign Government On 2020 Rival, ‘I Think I’d Take It’ by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• Trump: Nothing wrong with accepting dirt from foreign governments on opponents (Reuters)
• Trump Says He’d Be Perfectly Happy with More Foreign Interference in 2020 by Alison Durkee (Vanity Fair)
• ‘I think I’d take it’: Trump says he might not report foreign help to FBI in 2020 by Matthew Choi (Politico)

Poland

• Trump says US will deploy 1,000 additional troops to Poland (Al Jazeera)
• Trump: US to send 1,000 troops to Poland in new deal (BBC)
• Trump Is Set to Send More Troops Overseas—This Time to Poland by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)

Other News

• Trump Jr. arrives for questioning by Senate Intelligence Committee on Russian links (Reuters)
• After rebuke from Jon Stewart, panel approves 9/11 victim bill by David Lerman (Roll Call)
• Counterintelligence Experts Say Trump Opened the Door to Russian Interference by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Trump administration signals support for uranium mining that could touch Grand Canyon by Miranda green (The Hill)
• ‘Glad This Is Finally Over.’ Donald Trump Jr. Speaks Out After Senate Panel Inquiry by Mary Clare Jalonick, Padmananda Rama (TIME)
• Former Trump aide Hope Hicks agrees to Judiciary interview by Mary Clare Jalonick and Eric Tucker (AP)
• Trump Administration Seeking To Overhaul Forest Management Rules by Kirk Seigler (NPR)
• Trump Will Play Ball With MLB On Cuban Players If League Helps With Venezuela by Franco Ordoñez (NPR)
• Trump touts ‘beautiful letter’ from Kim Jong Un by Pia Deshpande (Politico)
• Trump accidentally reveals details of ‘secret’ Mexico immigration deal by waving document around by Chris Stevenson (Independent)
• Trump official grilled over $8bn ’emergency’ arms sale to Saudis by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)

Opinion

• ‘A simple pattern’: how Trump claims victory when facts suggest otherwise by David Smith (Guardian)

News

• US House to vote on measure making it easier to enforce subpoenas by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• Trump stands by pledge that more to come in U.S.-Mexico deal (Reuters)
• Trump Falsely Claims He Has Wiped Out 150% Of China’s Economy by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Elaine Chao and Mitch McConnell’s potential conflict of interest, explained by Li Zhou (Vox)
• Trump is reportedly in denial about his campaign’s bleak internal polling by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Trump hits Fed over high interest rates: ‘They don’t have a clue!’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump campaign considering making a play for blue state Oregon: report by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
• President Trump and Joe Biden Will Overlap in Iowa After Months of Jabbing Each Other by Thomas Beaumont, Darlene Superville (TIME)
• House set to empower committees to sue Trump over subpoenas by Andrew Desiderio and Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Pelosi: House Democrats ‘not even close’ to backing impeachment by Scott Wong (The Hill)
• Trump’s Own Polling Data Shows He’s in Deep Trouble. Here’s How He Reportedly Tried to Bury It. by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump says he’s considering giving Venezuelans protection in US (Al Jazeera)
• Trump flaunts ‘secret’ migration deal already revealed by Mexico (Al Jazeera)
• Border spending package seeks aid for migrants, but no money for Trump’s wall by David Lerman (Roll Call)

Analysis

• Trump Wants To Limit Aid For Low-Income Americans. A Look At His Proposals by Pam Fessler (NPR)
• Congress and contempt: What you need to know by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)

Opinion

• Joe Biden Is Donald Trump’s Reelection Ritalin by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)

John Dean

• Watergate Figure John Dean Testifies On Monday And Trump Is Already Freaking Out by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
• Former Watergate Star Witness John Dean Set to Testify at House Hearing on Presidential Obstruction by Mary Clare Jalonick (TIME)
• Full text: Watergate’s John Dean gives statement on potential Trump obstruction (Politico)
• Democrats begin Mueller hearings with Watergate-era witness by Morgan Chalfant, Olivia Beavers (The Hill)

Mueller / Barr

• US Justice Department to provide Mueller evidence: Top Democrat (Al Jazeera)
• Justice Department to provide Mueller evidence to Congress: Nadler by Andy Sullivan, Makini Brice (Reuters)
• House Contempt Vote Against The Attorney General: What You Need To Know by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• House delays legal action against Barr as Dems secure ‘key’ Mueller evidence by Andrew Desidero, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• House Democrats To Get Some Mueller Report Material, But Contempt Vote Is Still On by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Trump administration buckles and agrees to give Congress key Mueller evidence by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Nadler reaches deal with Justice on Mueller documents on eve of contempt vote by Olivia Beavers and Morgan Chalfont (The Hill)

Mexico

• Mexico says U.S. migration deal could draw in other Latam countries by Dave Graham (Reuters)
• Trump threatens new tariffs over a deal that Mexico says doesn’t exist by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• Trump’s possibly fake deal with Mexico, explained by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• Opinion: Our Great Patriot Leader claims another illusory win by Max Boot (Washington Post)
• No Secret Immigration Deal Exists With U.S., Mexico’s Foreign Minister Says by Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
• Trump renews Mexico tariff threat amid row over migration deal (Al Jazeera)

China

• Trump ready to slap new tariffs on China after G20 meeting by Doina Chiacu, Stella Qiu (Reuters)
• Trump Threatens Additional China Tariffs if President Xi Jinping Doesn’t Meet With Him by AP (TIME)
• It looks like the US has abandoned any pretense that its war on Huawei is totally unrelated to the China trade talks by Isobel Asher Hamilton (Business Insider)

Other News

• US embassies defy Trump administration orders not to fly LGBT+ flags by Carol Morello (Independent)
• Jared Kushner’s Company Curiously Raked in $90 Million Since He Joined the White House by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Trump accuses the Fed of making a ‘big mistake’ with its interest rate hikes by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump’s Russia Ambassador Wants to Come Home by Mckay Coppins (The Atlantic)
• There is bipartisan support to stop Trump from selling arms to Saudi Arabia by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• President Trump Hints at His Next Trade War Target: French Wine by Terrence Dopp, Margaret Talev (TIME)
• Daughter of Fierce Kavanaugh Defender Amy Chua to Clerk for … Brett Kavanaugh by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
• Trump administration intentionally slowing approval of immigrant work permits, lawsuit alleges by Lorelei Laird (ABA Journal)
• Homeland Security watchdog retires early after his office was forced to retract ‘feel-good’ audits of disaster response by Lisa Rein and Kimberly Kindy (Washington Post)
• US ‘now a full-fledged banana republic’ after Mitch McConnell wife $78m grants revelation by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• Grants for projects favored by McConnell raise ethical questions for Elaine Chao: report by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
• The Koch Brothers Want to Prevent Future AOCs by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Trump Administration Taps Hardliner Cuccinelli For Top Immigration Job by Joel Rose (NPR)
• McConnell’s Wife Gave Him a Special Reelection Present: $78 Million in Federal Funding by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Ginsburg says Kennedy’s retirement was ‘event of greatest consequence’ for current term by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)

Opinion

• Pelosi and Schumer Are Playing Too Nice by Jamelle Bouie (NY Times)
• Justice Breyer Raises Specter of Perpetual Detention Without Trial at Guantánamo by Charlie Savage and Carol Rosenberg (NY Times)

Mexico Deal

• Mexico’s president celebrates deal with US at Tijuana rally by Mauel Rapalo (Al Jazeera)
• Trump Touts New Farm Trade Pact In Deal With Mexico That Doesn’t Seem To Exist by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump says U.S. will release more details on Mexico immigration deal (Reuters)
• Trump says there’s more in Mexico deal but doesn’t say what by David Cohen (Politico)
• Trump disputes that recent Mexican deal is mostly actions agreed to months earlier by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• President Trump Still Floats Tariff Threat Over Mexico Despite Deal Jill Colvin, AP (Time)
• All I have done, no credit!’ Enraged Trump defends US-Mexico migrant deal by Oliver Laughland (The Guardian)
• Trump, Attacking Times Article, Claims Mexico Deal Has Secret Provisions by Peter Baker (NY Times)
• A Drama of Trump’s Own Making Ends With a Familiar Hero by Peter Baker (NY Times)
• Mexican Ambassador To U.S. Won’t Confirm Trump’s Trade Pact by Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)

Media / Donny Deutsch

• Trump Goes On Rant Against ‘Little Donny Deutsch,’ Admits It’s ‘Not Presidential’ by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump rips MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch, acknowledges attacks are not ‘presidential’ by Kyle Balluck (The Hill)
• Trump Finally Admits His Behavior Is “Not at All ‘Presidential’” by Stephanie Mencimer (Mother Jones)
• Trump Slams MSNBC’s Donny Deutsch, Admits Attacks on Press Are Not “Presidential” by Daniel Politi (Slate)

Other News

• Notorious gangster wrote letter praising Trump and complaining about Mueller investigation by Colin Drury (Independent)
• Treasury Secretary says US could ease restrictions on Huawei with progress on trade deal by Andrew Liptak (The Verge)
• Trump claims ‘a National Holiday would be immediately declared’ if Obama made the deals he has by Owen Daughterty (The Hill)
• Trump companies accused of tax evasion in Panama by Heather Vogell (Salon)
• Trump backlash sparks avalanche of 2020 policy proposals by David Siders (Politico)
• Several U.S. Embassies Are Flying Rainbow Flags in Defiance of Trump Administration by Daniel Politi (Slate)

Analysis

• An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry by David A. Graham, Adrienne Green, Cullen Murphy, and Parker Richards(Atlantic)