Gorka
- Gorka resigns from White House by Julia Manchester and Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
- Counterterrorism Adviser Gorka Out Of White House Job by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- White House aide Sebastian Gorka resigns by Annie Karni & Josh Dawsey (Politico)
- Sebastian Gorka Is Forced Out as White House Adviser, Officials Say by Maggie Haberman and Matt Stevens (NY Times)
Joe Arpaio
- President Trump pardons controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio (BBC)
- Sickening: Trump pardons former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio by David Nir (Daily Kos)
- Trump pardons former Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Jesse Byrnes and Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- Phoenix mayor rips Trump: Pardoning Arpaio ‘a slap in the face’ by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- President Trump Pardons Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Amita Kelly (NPR)
- President Trump Pardons Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
- Trump pardons former sheriff notorious for racially profiling Latinos by Esther Yu Hsi Lee (ThinkProgress)
- Pelosi: Trump’s Arpaio pardon a ‘mockery of rule of law’ by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
- The real reason Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Trump pardons Joe Arpaio, who became face of crackdown on illegal immigration by Julie Hirschfeld-Davis and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- ACLU Comment on the Pardon of Joe Arpaio (ACLU.org)
Transgender Ban
- Trump’s ban on transgender troops will soon be policy. Here’s what happens next. by Alex Ward (Vox)
- Trump officially bans transgender people from military by Ellen Mitchell and Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- Trump Signs Memo Implementing Ban On Transgender People Enlisting In The Military by Jim Kane (NPR)
- The White House Formalizes Its Military Transgender Ban by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
- Trump signs memo banning transgender military recruits (Al Jazeera)
- Trump gives Mattis wide discretion over transgender ban by Michael R. Gordon and Emily Cochrane (The NY times)
- Trump directs Pentagon to implement ban on transgender service members, band sex-reassignment surgery by Abby Phillip (The Washington Post)
- Trump Gives Mattis Wide Discretion Over Transgender Ban by Michael R. Gordon and Emily Cochrane (NY Times)
DACA / Immigration
- DACA, explained: why Donald Trump holds the fate of a generation of immigrants in his hands by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Trump Reportedly Ending DACA in Move That Will Not Upset White Supremacists at All by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Trump likely to rescind Obama ‘Dreamer’ program: media reports by Julia Harte (Reuters)
- Trump Could Soon Decide the Fates of 800,000 Young Immigrants by Meredith Hofman (VICE)
Hurricane Harvey
- Hurricane Harvey Is Going to Be Donald Trump’s First Big Natural Disaster Test by Talmon Joseph Smith (GQ)
- Trump plans to visit Texas early next week in response to Hurricane Harvey by Negassi Tesfamichael (Politico)
- Trump to Texas as Hurricane Harvey approaches: “Good luck to everybody” by Jeff Stein (Vox)
- Trump Isn’t Ready for Harvey by Emily Atkin (Slate)
- Fear of deportation could keep Texans from evacuating for Harvey — and Trump is making it worse by Dara Lind (Vox)
Venezuela
- White House slaps new financial sanctions on Venezuela by Ben Lefebvre (Politico)
- Trump prohibits dealings in new Venezuelan government, PDVSA debt (Reuters)
- Donald Trump launches new financial sanctions against the ‘dictatorship in Venezuela’ by executive order by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- Trump Signs Sanctions Aimed Squarely At Venezuelan Government by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Venezuela decries new US sanctions (BBC)
Healthcare
- One of Obamacare’s Biggest Problems Was Just Solved by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Trump’s big mistake on health care was not realizing Republicans were lying by Matthew Ygelsias (Vox)
Russia
- How the Russia Investigation Could Turn on 50-Year-Old Court Case by Ronald Goldfarb (The American Prospect)
- Yeah, there’s still a Russia probe — and it looks worse for Trump all the time by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Robert Mueller is looking into Michael Flynn’s potential ties to Russian hackers by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Special counsel subpoenas Manafort-linked PR firms: report by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
News
- Trump Staffer Responsible For Finding Positive News Stories Resigns by Rebecca Shapiro (Huffington Post)
- Trump Boasts “Best Presidency Ever,” Accidentally Undercuts Himself by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
- Trump: Few administrations have done more than me in 7 months by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Yellen rejects Trump approach to Wall Street regulation, says post-crisis banking rules make economy safer by Damian Palette (Washington Post)
- Trump slams another Republican senator, warning Bob Corker that ‘Tennessee not happy!’ by Philip Rucker (Washington Post)
- SF, protesters brace themselves for far-right rally at Crissy Field by Lizzie Johnson (SF Chronicle)
- Trump confronts unprecedented public rebuke by Gary Cohn after Charlottesville by Damien Paletta and Philip Rucker (The Washington Post)
- Richard Spencer stayed at Trump’s D.C. hotel as he planned the Charlottesville rally by Jeremy Burke (Business Insider)
- As White Nationalist in Charlottesville fired, police ‘never moved’ by Frances Robles (The NY Times)
- North Korea fires several short-range missiles as South Korea, U.S. conduct drills (Reuters)
- Report: Mueller Examining Flynn’s Role In Seeking Clinton Emails From Russia (Huffington Post)
- Report: Mueller Subpoenas PR Executives Linked To Manafort (Huffington Post)
- America’s Most Powerful Woman Is Practically Daring Trump to Fire Her by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Yellen warns against erasing regulations made after financial crisis by Binyamin Applebaum (The NY Times)
- DreamHost Ordered to Release Some Trump Protest Website Data to U.S. by Tiffany Hsu (NY Times)
Analysis
- With Trump White House, Are Ethics Issues Becoming Just Part Of The Scenery? by Peter Overby (NPR)
- With the debt ceiling, President Trump is playing with fire by Heather Long (Washington Post)
- Fear of deportation could keep Texans from evacuating for Harvey — and Trump is making it worse by Dara Lind (Vox)
Opinion
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The sad truth about Teleprompter Trump by Francine Prose (Guardian)
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Trump’s chilling contempt for future generations by John Podesta (Washington Post)
Resources
- What you need to know about Saturday’s ‘Patriot’ rally in San Francisco (Southern Poverty Law Center)
- Patriot prayer group cancels San Francisco rally by Emily Kirschenheuter (KRON)