June 2019

Iran

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone (Al Jazeera)
• Trump says Iran ‘made very big mistake’ after downing of US drone (Al Jazeera)
• Opinion: Why War With Iran Is Bad For Trump — And America by Aaron David Miller, Richard Sokolsky (NPR)
• Trump Might Not Want War, but the Military Is Steering His Iran Policy by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)
• Iran Says It Shot Down U.S. Drone to Send a Message: “We Are Ready for War” by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• US drone: Trump says Iran ‘made a very big mistake’ (BBC)
• Trump: ‘You’ll find out’ how U.S. will respond to Iran (Reuters)
• Iranian Hackers Launch a New US-Targeted Campaign as Tensions Mount by Andy Greenberg (Wired)
• Opinion: Bolton Keeps Trying to Goad Iran Into War by Peter Beinart (The Atlantic)
• Trump says hard to believe Iranian shooting of U.S. drone was intentional by Roberta Rampton, Phil Stewart, Parisa Hafezi (Reuters)
• Trump Calls Off Military Strike on Iran by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)

Saudi Arms Sales

• US Senate prepares new rebuke of Trump over Saudi arms sales by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful, court rules (BBC)
• Senate votes to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia by Marianne Levine (Politico)

Border / Immigration

• Trump supporters build private US-Mexico border wall (Al Jazeera)
• What Would Happen if Trump Actually Deported Millions of Immigrants? by León Krauze (Slate)
• Lawyers Say Migrant Children Are Living in ‘Traumatic and Dangerous’ Conditions at Border Detention Site by Cedar Attanasio, Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza (TIME)

Other News

• Trump orders review of controversial biofuel waiver program: sources by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters)
• Ivanka Trump Violated Hatch Act With MAGA Tweets, Watchdog Group Says by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• Trump Administration Backs Off Plan To Close Job Corps Centers After Bipartisan Outcry by Dave Jamieson (Huffington Post)
• Trump calls into Sean Hannity’s show, revives debunked wiretapping claim by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
• Hicks told House panel Trump is serious about foreign help in elections by David Morgan (Reuters)
• Trump Says Alabama’s Roy Moore Can’t Win, But Moore Is Running Again Anyway by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• House panel releases transcript of Hicks interview (Reuters)
• Donald Trump’s Interview With TIME on 2020: Read the Transcript (TIME)
• Planned Parenthood slams US court decision on Trump abortion rule (Al Jazeera)
• Trump energy plan faces legal blitz over weaker emissions standards by Elvina Nawaguna (Roll Call)
• Hope Hicks Thinks Trump Was Serious When He Invited Foreign Interference by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)

Opinion

• Trump’s 2020 kick-off proves he lacks the self-awareness to change (The Guardian)
• New York Times publisher slams Trump over ‘virtual act of Treason’ allegation by Eric Wemple (Washington Post)

Analysis

• The White House Is Nowhere Near Ready for Impeachment by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)

Re-Election Campaign

• Trump Launches Reelection Bid With Promises Of Greatness And Familiar Grievances by Jessica Taylor, Tamara Keith (NPR)
• Trump raises $24.8 million in less than 24 hours, RNC says by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• Trump Kicks Off 2020 Reelection Bid by Promising to Cure Cancer, Land on Mars, Etc. by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• President Trump Raised $24.8 Million in Just a Few Hours After His Campaign Launch Rally by Bill Allison (TIME)
• Trump sets stage for 2020 fight with false claims and recycled attacks by David Smith (The Guardian)
• Raucous crowds, Proud Boys and a baby blimp: Trump’s 2020 campaign begins by Richard Luscombe (The Guardian)
• On day one of his 2020 campaign, Trump promised to cure cancer, wipe out AIDS, and put an American on Mars by Tom Porter (Business Insider)

Climate Change / Coal

• Trump administration rolls out coal-friendly climate rule by Alex Guillén (Politico)
• Trump Deals Final Blow To Clean Power Plan, Obama’s Signature Climate Policy by Alexander C. Kaufman (Huffington Post)
• EPA rolls out one of Trump’s top efforts to save coal even as industry declines by E.A. Crunden (ThinkProgress)
• Trump Administration Weakens Climate Plan To Help Coal Plants Stay Open by Jeff Brady (NPR)
• The Trump Administration Just Rolled Back Obama’s Historic Climate Change Plan by Sarah EMerson (VICE)
• US sets back efforts to fight climate change in favour of supporting coal industry by Lily Puckett (Independent)

Hope Hicks

• Trump lashes out at Democrats over Hope Hicks testimony by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• House Democrats grill Hope Hicks behind closed doors after White House asserts immunity by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Former Trump aide Hope Hicks frustrates Democrats with limited testimony by David Morgan (Reuters)
• Hope Hicks won’t answer questions about the White House in congressional interview Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju by Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju (CNN)

Other News

• Trump revives Monroe Doctrine as warning to China and Russia by Lucia Newman (Al Jazeera)
• U.N. report sees credible evidence linking Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi murder by Stephanie Nebehay, Stephen Kalin (Reuters)
• Sarah Sanders is ‘extremely serious’ about a run for Arkansas governor by Andrew Restuccia, Daniel Lippman (Politico)
• Donald Trump has repeatedly violated his oath of office: Reason enough for impeachment by Chauncey Devega (Salon)
• Mexico first to ratify USMCA trade deal, Trump presses U.S. Congress to do same by Miguel Angel Lopez, Dave Graham (Reuters)
• Read and Watch Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Rebuke of Mitch McConnell at the House Reparations Hearing by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
• Trump Adds Another Million To His Golf Tab With Visit To His Resort Near Miami by S.V. Date (Huffington Post)
• Judge’s Order Sets Up Potential New Block Against Census Citizenship Question by Hansi Lo wang (NPR)
• Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist, former Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Senate to vote Thursday to block Trump’s Saudi arms deal by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Trump says Iran ‘made a very big mistake’ by shooting down drone by Parisa Hafezi, Phil Stewart (Reuters)

Analysis

• AP-NORC poll: Majority worry about 2020 foreign meddling by Eric Tucker and Emily Swanson (AP)
• An Administration Run by Temp Workers by Matt Ford (The New Republic)
• UN report: “credible evidence” links Saudi crown prince to Khashoggi’s murder by Jen Kirby (Vox)

Opinion

• The Shanahan debacle exemplifies Trump’s incompetence by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
• Trump and Iran May Be on a Collision Course and it Could Get Scarier by Nicholas Kristof (NY Times)

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 (The Guardian)

Re-Election 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)
• Trump formally kicks off his 2020 re-election campaign (Al Jazeera)
• Donald Trump formally launches 2020 re-election bid (BBC)
• Trump launches re-election campaign, presents himself as outsider and victim by Steve Holland (Reuters)
• Trump Delivers a ‘Bizarro World’ Re-Election Speech by Jeff Greenfield (Politico)
• Trump invites Sarah Sanders onstage at rally after touting her as potential governor by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump takes credit for passing veterans bill that passed under Obama by Rachel Frazin (The Hill)
• Five takeaways from Trump’s 2020 kickoff rally by Jordan Fabian, Jonathan Easley (The Hill)

Deportations / Immigration / Border

• 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 Says ICE Will Start Removing “Millions of Illegal Aliens.” Here’s What’s Actually Happening. by Fernanda Echavarri, Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Trump Admin Running ‘Concentration Camps’ On Border by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
• 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)
• AOC Called Out the Reality of the Trump Administration’s “Concentration Camps” by Lucy Diavolo (Teen Vogue)

Shanahan

• Trump says Shanahan is withdrawing from Defense secretary consideration (Politico)
• Shanahan drops bid to lead Pentagon, citing ‘painful’ past by Lolita C. Baldor (AP)
• Trump’s Choice to Lead Pentagon Withdraws Amid Reports of Violent Family Turmoil by Matt Cohen, Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
• Defense Secretary Pick Withdraws as Report Shows He Called Son’s Baseball-Bat Attack on Mother “Self-Defense” by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Shanahan withdraws his bid for Pentagon chief, is swiftly replaced by army secretary by D. Parvaz (ThinkProgress)
• Trump’s rush to appoint Shanahan ignored crucial vetting by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
• Opinion: Patrick Shanahan’s departure plunges the Pentagon into uncertainty by the Editorial Board (Washington Post)

Other News

• Trump Labels Fox News “Fake” and Claims “Something Weird Is Going on” at Network by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump calls Fox ‘fake news’ for citing unfavourable 2020 election polls by Harry Cockburn (Independent)
• 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)
• Interior held back FOIA’d documents after political screenings by Jacob Holzman (Roll Call)
• House votes to block military transgender ban by Andrew Taylor (AP)
• Mitch McConnell says America made up for slavery by electing Barack Obama by Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)
• Paul Manafort Gets Saved from Rikers Island by Trump Justice Department by Jay Willis (GQ)
• William Barr’s Justice Department Is Now Openly Running Legal Interference for Paul Manafort by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• Trump refuses to apologise for demanding Central Park Five be executed: ‘They admitted their guilt’ by Clémence Michallon (Independent)
• Watchdogs Sue Trump Administration Over Missing Notes From Putin Meeting by Vera Bergengruen (TIME)
• Exclusive: President Trump Says Hong Kong Protesters Are Having a ‘Big Impact’ by Tessa Berenson (TIME)
• Kushner Meets With Bipartisan Architects Of Dreamer Legislation by Franco Ordoñez (NPR)
• US-China trade war: Officials to resume talks before G20 (BBC)
• Senate Advances Trump Court Pick Opposed By Pretty Much Every LGBTQ Rights Group Ever by Jennifer Bendery (Huffington Post)

Opinion

• The Best People by Fred Kaplan (Slate)

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)