DACA

• Trump to end DACA: report by Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
• How Immigration Hardliners Are Forcing Trump’s Hand on DACA by Molly Ball (The Atlantic)
• Trump’s expected repeal of Dreamer program draws fire from business by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason (Reuters)

Hurricane Harvey

• Trump requesting initial $6 billion in aid for Harvey by Josh Delk (The Hill)
• Trump to donate $1 million for Harvey relief efforts by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
• Trump Promises $1 Million Of Personal Funds To Aid Harvey Victims by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• White House preparing $5.9B request for Harvey recovery aid by Andrew Taylor (AP)

Tax Reform

• Trump Gives Congress An Olive Branch With Tax Pitch, But Will It Last? by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• The reality beneath Trump’s tax reform talk by Brian Faler (Politico)
• Analysis: Fact-checking President Trump’s speech on his tax plan by Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee

Russia

• Robert Mueller Just Formed an Alliance That Should Terrify Trump by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
• Robert Mueller and New York Attorney General ‘team up on Manafort probe’, stopping Trump from pardoning him by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Rather: Trump ‘seized with fear’ over Mueller investigation by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• Trump lawyer rebuts claims in Russian dossier: report by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
• Paul Manafort’s central role in the Trump-Russia investigation, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Trump and Manafort get big reminder that pardon power does not extend to state crimes by Fred Barbash (Washington Post)
• Trump orders Russia to shutter San Francisco consulate, two annexes by Morgan Chalfont (The Hill)
• Mueller teams up with IRS in Russia probe: report by Josh Bowden (The Hill)

News

• Trump order cramps rebuilding stronger against floods by Michael Biesecker, Joan Lowy (AP)
• Trump and DeVos fuel a for-profit college comeback by Michael Stratford (Politico)
• Kuwait emir announces state visit to Washington, talks with Trump (Reuters)
• NAFTA nations plan talks progress under barrage of Trump threats by Dave Graham (Reuters)
• Jared Kushner’s company has been scouring the world for investors: report by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Senator Kamala Harris to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare-for-all’ bill by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
• Trump administration removes sexual violence report from website by Harry Cockburn (Independent)
• Top Russian official tells Tillerson new N. Korea sanctions would be ‘dangerous’ by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• White House acknowledges Trump lied about ‘witnessing first hand’ the devastation of Harvey by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
• The US Has Thousands More Troops in Afghanistan Than the Public Knew by Alexa Liautaud (VICE)
• Trump is slashing Obamacare’s advertising budget by 90% by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
• Trump officials pick four companies to build prototypes of border wall by Tracy Jan (Washington Post)
• Senate panel expected to hold hearing on immigration visas by Ali Breland (The Hill)
• Trump to cut pay raises for government workers by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
• US settles first Muslim ban lawsuit with campaigners (Al Jazeera)
• Trump Administration Selects Contractors For Border Wall Prototypes by Richard Gonzales (NPR)

Analysis

• Trump Voters In Alabama May Be About To Teach Trump A Lesson by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
• How Mattis May Get Himself in Trouble With Trump by Andrew Exum (The Atlantic)
• Trump claimed he witnessed Harvey’s devastation ‘first hand.’ The White House basically admits he didn’t. by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Trump and DeVos fuel a for-profit college comeback by Michael Stratford (Politico)
• Trump’s ‘Tax Reform’ Is Just Another Bailout for the Rich by Harry Cheadle (VICE)
• Republicans Want to Sideline This Regulator. But It May Be Too Popular. by Steve Eder, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, and Stacy Cowley (NY Times)

Opinion

• The American roots of Donald Trump’s fascism by Andrew Mitrovica (Al Jazeera)
• Trump Raises an Army by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)

Tax Reform

• Trump Hits The Road To Promote Tax Cuts (Details To Come) by Scott Horsley (NPR)
• FACT CHECK: 4 Claims From Trump’s Tax Speech by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
• Trump’s Fill-in-the-Blanks Tax Reform Plan by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)

Hurricane Harvey

• Trump Administration Hasn’t Decided Whether To Accept Harvey Help From Mexico by Jessica Schulberg (Huffington Post)
• Donald Trump Went to Texas for Harvey and Didn’t Meet a Single Flood Victim by Jack Moore (GQ)
• Trump’s Self-Congratulatory Tour Comes to Texas by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
• Trump says ‘heart goes out’ to Texans after not meeting Harvey victims by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
• Help to Those Who Help Themselves by James Bouie (Slate)

North Korea

• Trump Doesn’t Have the Authority to Attack North Korea Without Congress by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
• Trump rips out another terrifying North Korea threat: ‘Talking is not the answer’ by Laura Clawson (Daily Kos)
• Mattis quickly walks back Trump’s bellicose tweet about North Korea by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
• North Korea launch increases focus on risky U.S. shootdown option by Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom (Reuters)
• Mattis responds to Trump: US ‘never out of diplomatic solutions’ on North Korea by Ellen Mitchell (The Hill)
• Analysis: Trump Says He Will Not Talk to North Korea. Experts Fear He Will. by Mark Sandler (NY Times)

Russia

• Russia Has Confirmed That Donald Trump’s Lawyer Tried to Make a Deal with Them During the Election by Jack Moore (GQ)
• Russiagate’s Second Smoking Gun by Bob Dreyfuss (Rolling Stone)
• Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe by Josh Dawsey (Politico)

Transgender Ban

• Mattis Puts Hold On Transgender Ban For Current Military Service Members by Bill Chappell (NPR)
• Mattis Won’t Enforce Trump’s Trans Military Ban—for Now by Alexa Liautaud (VICE)
• Reports: Mattis froze the transgender military ban. Reality: no, he didn’t. by Alex Ward (Vox)
• The military is already denying trans members healthcare, advocates claim by Charlie may (Salon)

News

• Trump Administration Puts on Hold an Obama-Era Desegregation Effort by Alana Semuels (The Atlantic)
• Trump Reportedly Feels Betrayed by Cabinet, and His Mood Is the ‘Worst It’s Ever Been’ by Travis Gettys (Alternet)
• Trump attacking freedom of the press: U.N. rights boss (Reuters)
• White House blocks Obama-era rule expanding pay data from companies by Daniel Wiessner (Reuters)
• Trump voting panel apologizes after judge calls failure to disclose information ‘incredible’ by Spencer S. Hsu (Washington Post)
• Federal judge blocks Texas’ ban on sanctuary cities by Manny Fernandez (The NY Times)
• For Scott Pruitt’s EPA, Climate-Change Denial Is Mission Critical by John Nichols (The Nation)
• Betsy DeVos’s Newest Hire Was a Dean of DeVry, Everyone’s Favorite Sham University by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Sanctuary Cities Set to Go Into Effect This Week by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks SB4, Texas Law Targeting Sanctuary Cities by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
• 11,000 U.S. Troops Are In Afghanistan, Thousands More Than Previously Acknowledged by Mark Katkov (NPR)
• GOP lawmaker: Trump can’t bully senators, ‘this isn’t the Apprentice’ by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Ivanka Trump supports rollback of Obama’s policy to close gender pay gap by Sabrina Siddiqui (Guardian)

Analysis

• Legal challenge to Arpaio pardon begins by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
• Ivanka Trump’s latest sell-out is no surprise: Why would she stand up for workers now? by Jeremy Binkles (Salon)
• Trump Halting Equal Pay Measure ‘A Blatant Attack On Women,’ Activists Say by Clare O’Conor (Forbes)

Hurricane Harvey

• FEMA chief no newcomer to gov’t disaster response by Laurie Kellman (AP)
• Trump relishes role as chief executive of Harvey response by Josh Dawsey (Politico)
• Hurricane Harvey is a humanitarian disaster. It will also send gas prices soaring. by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
• Harvey exposes Trump’s empathy deficit by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Trump would slash disaster funding to the very agencies he’s praising for Harvey response by Lisa Rein (Washington Post)
• Opinion: The Waters Swell. So Does Trump’s Ego. by Frank Bruni (NY Times)
• Opinion: Even in visiting hurricane-ravaged Texas, Trump keeps the focus on himself by Jenna Johnson (Washington Post)
• Hurricane Harvey And The Potential Hypocrisy Of Texas Republicans by Matt Fuller, Kaeili Subberwal (Huffington Post)

Joe Arpaio

• Joe Arpaio, a Monster Who Terrorized Communities of Color, Is Bummed Everyone Is Calling Him a Racist Monster by Jack Moore (GQ)
• The Arpaio Pardon Has Plenty Of Precedents … That Got Other Presidents In Trouble by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Andrea Jones-Rooy (FiveThirtyEight)
• Trump’s Pardon Aside, Reporters Have Built Long Rap Sheet Against Sheriff Joe by Ryan Gabrielson (ProPublica)

North Korea

• North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan for first time (New Scientist)
• North Korea fires missile over Japan (Al Jazeera)
• As North Korea fires missile over Japan, analysts see gains by Choe Sang-Hun (The NY Times)

Transgender Ban

• Mattis freezes Trump’s transgender ban pending review by people other than the President by Elliot Hannon (Slate )
• Mattis assembling panel to discuss transgender troops (AP)
• Transgender members in U.S. military may serve until study completed: Mattis (Reuters)

News

• Trump Fires Rally Organizer for Not Making Rally Big Enough by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
• Transgender Military Members At Risk Of Harassment Under Trump, Says Former Army Secretary by Amanda Terkel (Huffington Post)
• Finnish president denies Trump claim of fighter jets sale by Ellen Mitchell (The Hill)
• White House Won’t Require Firms to Report Pay by Gender, Race by Ted Mann (Wall Street Journal)

Analysis

• What Can We Do If A President Has A Conflict Of Interest But Doesn’t Think He Does? by Maggie Koerth-Baker (FiveThirtyEight)
• 10 legal experts on why Trump can’t pardon his way out of the Russia investigation by Sean Illing (Vox)
• The economy minus Houston by Daniel Gross (Slate)
• Trump tax plan may free up corporate dollars, but then what? by Patricia Cohen (The NY Times)
• The new front in the gerrymandering wars: Democracy vs. Math by Emily Bazelon (The NY Times)

Hurricane Harvey

• Trump Reportedly Revoked an Obama Order to Improve Flood Protections Two Weeks Before Hurricane Harvey by Jack Moore (GQ)
• How Hurricane Harvey became so destructive by Lisa Friedman and Jon Schwartz (The NY Times)
• At a shelter in Texas, desperate for clues to what happened back home by Jack Healy (The NY Times)
• Flashback: 20 Texas GOP representatives and both Senators voted against the Sandy Relief Act by Henry Grabar (Slate)
• For many of Houston’s undocumented immigrants, storm is just the latest challenge by Maria Sacchetti (The Washington Post)
• Texas officials say at least nine dead as Harvey flooding continues by Kevin Sullivan and Mark Berman (The Washington Post)
• Moments of hope and inspiration rise above the chaos of Harvey by Daniel Victor (The Washington Post)
• Trump to travel to Texas with torrential rain still in the forecast by Mark Landler (The NY Times)
• Cost of cleaning up Harvey will bring new test of governance for Trump and GOP by Mike DeBonis and Damian Palette (NY Times)
• Mexico offers to help Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas by Robin Eberhart (The Hill)

Transgender Ban

• Trump administration sued over transgender military ban (BBC)
• Pair of new lawsuits challenge Trump’s transgender ban by Jacqueline Klimas (Politico)
• ACLU Sues President Trump Over Transgender Military Ban by AP (TIME)

News

• Mexico to Trump: We won’t pay for a border wall ‘under any circumstances’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• Trump to roll back Obama’s crackdown on military equipment for local police by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• Trump to undo Obama-era limits on military-style gear for US police by AP (The Guardian)
• The Senate Tests a New Approach on Obamacare: Bipartisanship by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• Trump was working on a real estate deal in Moscow during presidential campaign: report by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Trump nominated a climate denier as USDA chief scientist — here’s why that matters by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
• China says sanctions won’t help as Trump targets Venezuela (Reuters)
• Pro-Russian bots take up the right-wing cause after Charlottesville by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica (Salon)
• Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president by Mike DeBonis and Damian Palette
• ‘We have a lot of blond women in Finland’: Trump thought two female reporters were the same person by Callum Borchers (The Washington Post)
• Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal by Rosalind S. Helderman, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger (The Washington Post)
• North Korea said to fire another missile by Chloe Sang-Hun (The NY Times)
• White House ‘pressuring’ intelligence officials to find Iran in violation of nuclear deal by Julian Borger (Guardian)
• Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’ by Matt Apuzzo and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)

Analysis

• • Trump Is A 19th-Century President Facing 21st-Century Problems by Julia Azari (FiveThirtyEight)
  • Paid actors, a fake publicist, and retweeted bots: Trump habitually uses deceit and propaganda to shape perceptions by Cristina López G (Salon)
  • Trump’s Arpaio pardon sends a clear signal to racist, brutal cops: I’ve got your back by Heather Digby Parton
  • The Secretary’s rebuke by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
  • The GOP wants DACA dead by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
  • Putin saw the Panama Papers as a personal attack and may have wanted revenge, Russian authors say by Adam Taylor (The Washington Post)
  • Trump’s plan to give police easier access to military weapons, explained by German Lopez (Vox)
  • Trump’s Brand of Law and Order Leaves Leeway on the Law by Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
  • Trump’s Legal U-Turns May Test Supreme Court’s Patience by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
  • Appeals Court Appears Inclined to Exempt Relatives From Travel Ban by Adam Liptak (NY Times)

Opinion

• Why We Must Still Defend Free Speech by David Cole (NY Review of Books)
• The Arpaio pardon could be a test run for shutting down the Russia investigation by Robert Bauer (Washington Post)

Hurricane Harvey

• Trump tweets praise of Hurricane Harvey rescuers (Politico)
• Trump’s FEMA director is facing his first big challenge with Hurricane Harvey by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
• President Trump tweets while the flooding in Houston reaches catastrophic levels by Taylor Link (Salon)
• Analysis: Mexican troops saved American lives after Katrina. Would Trump let them do it after Harvey? by Max beard (Washington Post)
• For Houston Homeless, a terrifying night under siege by hurricane Harvey by Julie Turkewitz (The NY Times)
• Harvey brings catastrophic floods to Houston; at least five reported dead (The NY Times)
• Harvey is causing ‘epic, catastrophic flooding’ in Houston. Why wasn’t the city evacuated by Amy B. Wang and Cleve R. Wootson jr. (The Washington Post)
• FEMA director says Harvey is probably the worst disaster in Texas History by Joel Achenbach (The Washington Post)
• A catastrophe for Houston’s most vulnerable people by Tavni Misra (The Atlantic)
• Did climate change intensify Hurricane Harvey? by Robinson Meyer (The Atlantic)
• Texans are trying to keep their heads above water as Harvey batters region by Sandyha Somashekar (The Washington Post)
• Hurrican Harvey: Where you can donate to help with disaster relief and recovery by Dylan Scott (Vox)

Joe Arpaio

• How Will the Supreme Court Respond to the Arpaio Pardon? by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
• Why the Arpaio Pardon Matters by James Fallows (The Atlantic)
• Trump’s long interest in Arpaio’s case is a bad sign for his regard for rule of law by Tara Isabella Burton (Vox)
• White House aide defends Trump’s pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio by Abby Philip (Washington Post)
• Conservative news organization denounces Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio by Taylor Link (Salon)

News

• • President Trump Tweets About 2016 Election and Border Wall in the Midst of Hurricane Harvey by Alana Abramson (TIME)
  • Does Trump represent U.S. values? ‘The President speaks for himself’, Tillerson says by Abby Philip (The Washington Post)
  • Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president by Carol D. Leonnig, Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman (Washington Post)
  • Trump to restore program sending surplus military weapons, equipment to police by Tom Jackman (Washington Post)
  • Trump: Mexico and Canada are ‘being very difficult’ in NAFTA renegotiations by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
  • Trump Forges Ahead on Costly Nuclear Overhaul by David. E. Sanger and William J. Broad (NY Times)

Analysis

• Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants by Jill Colvin (AP)

• “The President speaks for himself” by Krishnadev Calamur (The Atlantic)

• Trump’s Brand of Law and Order Leaves Leeway on the Law by Maggie Haberman (NY Times)

Opinion

• ‘We Are Living Through a Battle for the Soul of This Nation’ by Joe Biden (The Atlantic)

• I am a ‘dreamer.’ I cannot rest easy. by Cristian Bardales (Washington Post)

Joe Arpaio

• Will The Arpaio Pardon Make Trump More Unpopular? by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
• Trump Pardons Joe Arpaio While Hoping You’re Distracted by a Hurricane by Luke Darby (GQ)
• President Trump Should Be Impeached for Pardoning Joe Arpaio by Ian haney López (The Nation)
• John McCain leads criticism of Trump’s pardon for controversial former sheriff Joe Arpaio by Jon Sharman (Independent)
• John McCain Rips Donald Trump For Pardoning Joe Arpaio by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
• Former ethics director: Trump’s Arpaio pardon a sign of ‘worse to come’ by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
• Arizona’s largest newspaper slams Arpaio pardon by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Arizona Newspaper Editorial Says Joe Arpaio Pardon Shows Institutional Racism Is Trump’s Goal by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
• Donald J. Trump is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced by Mark B. Baer (Psychology Today)
• Why Trump’s pardon of Arpaio follows law, yet challenges it by Adam Liptak (The NY Times)
• What authoritarianism experts think of Trump’s decision to pardon Joe Arpaio by Amanda Erickson (The Washington Post)
• Arpaio, 85, hints at return to politics after pardon from Trump by Amy B. Wang (The Washington Post)
• Trump’s pardon of Arpaio fits a pattern: a divider, not a uniter by Dan Balz (The Washington Post)
• Analysis: If he’ll pardon Arpaio, why wouldn’t Trump pardon those who ignore Robert Mueller? by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Opinion: I was one of Joe Arpaio’s victims. He doesn’t deserve a pardon. by Dan Maos (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Arpaio Pardon May Be Opening Act of a Constitutional Crisis by Charles Kaiser (Billmoyers.com)
• Ryan breaks with Trump on Arpaio pardon by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
• Trump Asked Top Aides Months Ago if Arpaio Case Could Be Dropped, Officials Say by Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
• The Arpaio Pardon Encapsulates Trump’s Identity Politics by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• The Arpaio Pardon Is A Flagrant Assault on Civil Rights by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
• Trump asked Sessions about closing case against Arpaio, an ally since ‘birtherism’ by Philip Rucker and Ellen Nakashima (Washington Post)

Gorka

• Sebastian Gorka Worked Hard to Make it Sound Like His Firing Was a Resignation by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Sebastian Gorka Leaves Post as White House National Security Aide by Suzannah Weiss (Teen Vogue)

News

• ‘Restraint’ Appears To Be Over As North Korea Launches Missile Test Again by Amy Held (NPR)
• Trump under fire over epic Friday news dump by Josh Dawsey (Politico)
• Trump Orders Military to Start Rejecting Transgender Recruits by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Venezuelan army and militias hold exercises after U.S. threat (Reuters)
• Mattis to US troops: ‘Hold the line until our country gets back to respecting each other’ by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
• Concentration Camps Expert Says Trump Just Endorsed The Idea Of Them In U.S. by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
• Transgender troops say Trump directive will create ‘complete inequality’ by AP (Guardian)
• Right-wing gathering in San Francisco fizzles amid crackdown by Paul Elias and Sudhin Thanawala (AP)
• Two Men Arrested in Connection With Charlottesville Violence by Frances Robles (NY Times)
• Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His ‘Insufficient Attention’ to Threats by David Z. Morris (Fortune) 

Analysis

• Trump Won’t Back Down by David Frum (The Atlantic)
• What if Trump ditched the GOP? by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)

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

• The sad truth about Teleprompter Trump by Francine Prose (Guardian)

• 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)

News

• Trump retweets image of him covering up Obama in ‘best eclipse ever’ (Politico)
• Agitated Trump lashes out at McConnell, Ryan, Clapper, media by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
• Poll: 62 percent of voters say Trump is doing more to divide country by Negassi Tesfamichael (Politico)
• Top U.S. general in Afghanistan says Trump’s plan means long-term U.S. commitment (Reuters)
• Trump: Mexico paying for the wall is out, Congress pays or else shutdown is in by Gabe Ortiz (Daily Kos)
• Donald Trump Is Now Yelling at Republican Senators Over Russia by Jack Moore (GQ)
• Pakistan in the crosshairs of Trump’s Afghan strategy by Asad Hashim (Al Jazeera)
• Majority of Americans say Trump has encouraged white supremacists by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
• A GOP senator wrote a bill to protect Robert Mueller. Trump called him to try to kill it. by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Trump’s Transgender Ban In Military Will Focus On New Enlistments by Bill Chappell (NPR)
• Rabbis cancel annual High Holidays call with Trump over his response to Charlottesville by Tara Isabella Burton (Vox)
• The Bernie voters who defected to Trump, explained by a political scientist by Jeff Stein (Vox)
• 1 In 10 Sanders Primary Voters Ended Up Supporting Trump, Survey Finds by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
• Secretary of the Interior says he won’t recommend eliminating national monuments, but hints at opening up mining and drilling by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• ExxonMobil allegedly misled the public on climate change for 40 years by Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)
• John Kelly’s latest mission: Controlling the information flow to Trump by Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
• Interior Secretary proposes shrinking four national monuments by Julie Turkewitz and Lisa Friedman (The NY Times)
• DHS reviewing status of Obama’s deferred-action program for illegal immigrants by David Nakamura (NY Times)
• Kushner meets Abbas, Netanyahu to try to restart talks (Al Jazeera)

Analysis

• 7 Rules For Reading Trump’s Approval Rating by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
• The Trump Administration Just Approved a Dangerous Merger by David Dayen (The Nation)
• Sorry, Trump supporters: The White House clearly isn’t going to make Mexico pay for that wall by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
• At CIA, a watchful eye on Mike Pompeo, the president’s ardent ally by Greg Miller (The Washington Post)
• Trump distances himself from GOP lawmakers to avoid blame if GOP agenda stalls by Philip Rucker, Sean Sullivan and Mike DeBonis (The Washington Post)
• Trump fences himself in with border wall spending threat by Carl Hulse (The NY Times)
• Why Obamacare didn’t implode by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• Democrats 2018 gerrymandering problem is really bad by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• An anti-Obamacare argument evaporates: No counties now lack exchange insurers by Philip Bump (Washington Post)

Opinion

• Why Trump Can’t Pardon Arpaio by Martin H. Redish (NY Times)

• We’re Journalists, Mr. Trump, Not the Enemy by William Kristoff (NY Times)

• Say no to Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Mr.Trump (The NY Times)
• Donald was a creep. Too bad Hillary couldn’t say it. by Jill Filipovic (The NY Times)

Phoenix

• ‘He’s anti-left, anti-PC, anti-stupid’: Trump supporters in their own words by David Smith (The Guardian)
• Donald Trump Wants You to Know He Can Be Racist Without Steve Bannon by Joan Walsh (The Nation)
• Trump in Arizona: Threats, paranoia and a dark lesson in white history by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Trump’s Vacation Is Over by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Here’s How Police Cleared the Last Protesters Outside Trump’s Phoenix Rally by Jim Newell (Slate)
• CNN’s Don Lemon gave a scathing rebuke of Trump’s Phoenix speech by Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna (Vox)
• President Trump Ranted For 77 Minutes in Phoenix. Here’s What He Said (TIME)
• As Trump ranted and rambled in Phoenix, his crowd slowly thinned by Jenna Johnson (Washington Post)
• Analysis: What Trump said about various people during his Phoenix rally by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Trump’s dishonest rant about his Charlottesville comments by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Trump paints himself as the real victim of Charlottesville in angry speech by David Smith (Guardian)
• Analysis: Trump’s vicious attack on the media shows one thing clearly: He’s running scared by Margaret Sullivan (The Washington Post)
• Analysis: Trump accused the media of ‘making up stories’ in Phoenix. He then made up several stories by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
• Analysis: In Phoenix, Donald Trump committed a sin he’s never committed before: He was boring by Dara Lind (Vox)
• 5 Truths About Trump Displayed In His Phoenix Rally by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
• FACT CHECK: 10 Statements From Trump’s Phoenix Speech by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
• Opinion: Why Trump Loves Arizona by Tom Zoellner (NY Times)

North Korea

• What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About the North Korean Missile Crisis by Martin J. Sherwin (The Nation)
• North Korea will never surrender nuclear weapons, says Pyongyang diplomat (Independent)

Kushner in Middle East

• Jared Kushner leads US team seeking Middle East peace (Al Jazeera)
• Egypt cancels Kushner meeting with minister after denial of aid (Reuters)
• Jared Kushner meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss Israeli-Palestinian conflict by Bethan McKernan (Independent)

James Clapper Interview

• Ex-intelligence chief: Trump’s access to nuclear codes is ‘pretty damn scary’ by Julian Borger (The Guardian)
• Former intel boss questions Trump’s ‘fitness to be in office,’ suggests he’s ‘looking for a way out’ by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
• In a sobering interview, former intelligence director questions Donald Trump’s fitness for office by Jen Hayden (Daily Kos)
• Clapper questions Trump’s fitness for office after Phoenix rally by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• James Clapper questions Trump’s fitness, worries about his access to nuclear codes by Rachel Chason (The Washington Post)

News

• ‘My skin crawled’: Hillary Clinton recalls dealing with ‘creep’ Trump by Edward Helmore (The Guardian)
• Former CIA agent wants to buy Twitter to kick Trump off (AP)
• The list of charities canceling events at Mar-a-Lago keeps growing by Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna (Vox)
• Breitbart’s war on Trump’s top national security aide, explained by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
• EXCLUSIVE: In Charlottesville, black residents 9 times more likely to be stopped by police by Joshua Eaton (ThinkProgress)
• Mexico, Canada dismiss Trump threats to scrap NAFTA trade pact by Gabriel Stargardter and David Ljunggren (Reuters)
• Trump government shutdown threat rattles markets by Chuck Mikolajczak and Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
• Top science adviser to Trump resigns over his Charlottesville response with letter containing secret message by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
• State Dept. science envoy resigns with letter that spells out ‘Impeach’ by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• UN condemns Donald Trump for not ‘unequivocally rejecting racist violent events’ in Charlottesville by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
• Pentagon has been underreporting the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by thousands by Luke Barne (ThinkProgress)
• Ex-British ambassador to US compares Trump to 1933 Germany by Josh Delk (The Hill)
• Secret Service to stop erasing White House visitor log information by John Bowden (The Hill)
• White House readies paperwork for Joe Arpaio pardon: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• Charlottesville: United Nations warns US over ‘alarming’ racism by Haroon Siddique and Oliver Laughland (Guardian)
• Trump to Congress: Fund the wall or I’ll shut the government by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (The NY Times)
• Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump a ‘creep’, says her ‘skin crawled’ during debate by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Amy B. Wang (The Washington Post)
• Trump’s science envoy quits in scathing letter with an embedded message: I-M-P-E-A-C-H by Amy B. Wang (The Washington Post)
• California Democrats lead attack over Trump’s mental health by Carla Marinucci (Politico)
• Trump vented to GOP senators over Russia: report by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
• Russia probe unearths attempted meeting between Trump campaign and Putin: report by Max Grenwood (The Hill)
• Another US agency deletes references to climate change on government website by James Lartey (The Guardian)
• Trump Administration Is Reportedly About to Issue Its Transgender Ban to the Pentagon by Elliot Hannon (Slate)

Analysis

• Why Donald Trump Likes To Surround Himself With Generals by Jim Zarroli (NPR)
• What you need to know about former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio’s record on illegal immigration by Michelle Ye Her Lee (Washington Post)
• Trump’s whiplash: Three personas in three speeches, but the same president by Philip Rucker (The Washington Post)
• Donald Trump and the Presidential Campaign From Hell That Will Never End by Jack Moore (GQ)

Opinion

• The Republican Party Is Enabling an Increasingly Dangerous Demagogue by James Fallows (The Atlantic)

Afghanistan

• Taliban responds to Trump’s Afghan strategy (Al Jazeera)
• World reacts to Trump’s new strategy on Afghan war (Al Jazeera)
• Trump’s Afghanistan strategy makes new demands on India by Matthew Pennington (AP)
• Combating His Instinct, Trump Commits U.S. To Another Tour Of Duty In Afghanistan by Ron Elving (NPR)
• Trump Inherits The Afghanistan Albatross — And Commits For The Long Term by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Trump Backs a Surge into Afghanistan He’s Unfit to Lead by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
• Official: US may boost air power in Afghanistan by Josh Delk (The Hill)

Phoenix

• Trump Heads To Arizona To Push Border Wall Funding, Rally Supporters by Tamara Keith (NPR)
• Heavy Police Presence, Large Crowds Expected As Trump Visits Phoenix by Kirk Siegler (NPR)
• Big protests expected as Trump goes to Phoenix for rally by Ayesha Rascoe (Reuters)
• Phoenix on high alert for Trump rally by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
• Phoenix Mayor: Donald Trump Is Not Welcome Here by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• Trump rally in Phoenix puts a city on an edge by Simon Romero (The NY Times)
• At rally, Trump all but promises to pardon Arpaio by Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
• Phoenix police fire tear gas at anti-Trump protesters (Al Jazeera)
• A wounded Trump lashes out at Phoenix rally by Josh Dawsey and Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
• PHOTOS: Thousands protest Trump in Phoenix, Arizona by Esther Yu Hsi Lee (ThinkProgress)
• Trump Goes Off-Script in Hour-Long Public Meltdown by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
• Trump paints himself as the real victim of Charlottesville in angry speech by David Smith (The Guardian)
• Trump threatens to shut down government to build border wall by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
• At Rally, Trump Blames Media for Country’s Deepening Divisions by Mark Landler and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)

Border Wall

• Trump vows to ‘close government’ to build Mexico wall (BBC)

News

• White Supremacists Cancel Upcoming “America First” Rallies, Opt for Online Day Instead by Jack Moore (GQ)
• North Korea vows ‘merciless retaliation’ for joint U.S.-South Korea drills by AP (Politico)
• Bannon’s Breitbart tears into Trump after Afghanistan speech by Henry C. Jackson (Politico)
• Turnberry: Trump’s golf hotel given £110,000 Scottish tax rebate by Severin Carrell & Rob Edwards (The Guardian)
• Trump’s potential pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, explained by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a ‘major gift to the right’ by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
• Donald Trump ‘has made more than 1,000 false claims’ since becoming US President by Jon Sharman (Independent)
• States that voted for Trump have the lowest immigrant populations by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Donald Trump ready to use ‘full range of capabilities’ against North Korea, says US ambassador by Ben Kentish (Independent)
• Pence on Confederate statue controversy: ‘I’m someone who believes in more monuments’ by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Breitbart: Trump speech a ‘disappointment’ to many supporters by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• US ramps up pressure on N. Korea with sanctions on Chinese, Russian companies by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• British Spy Christopher Steele Has Given FBI the Names of His Sources for Trump Dossier: Report by Travis Gettys (AlterNet)
• A Key Member of Congress Has Had Enough—and Calls for Trump’s Impeachment by John Nichols (The Nation)
• Republican leader Mitch McConnell ‘doubts whether Trump can salvage his administration’ by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
• McConnell and Trump haven’t spoken in weeks: report by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
• Members resign from White House council on infrastructure security by Melanie Zanona (The Hill)
• Breitbart editor: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump will be ‘out by end of year’ by Josh Delk (The Hill)
• Trump Administration Unveils New Sanctions To Curb North Korea’s Weapons Program by Jackie Northam (NPR)
• Trump administration faces fresh immigration battle as ‘Dreamer’ fights deportation in court by Jeremy B White (Independent)
• White House says Trump won’t pardon Arpaio on Tuesday by Matthew Nussbaum (Politico)
• McConnell, in private, doubts if Trump can save presidency by Alexander Burns and Johnathan Martin (The NY Times)
• Trump signals Arpaio pardon coming by Josh Gerstein & Ted Hesson (Politico)
• No U.S.-Russia cyber unit without Trump notifying Congress, bill says by Dustin Volz (Reuters)

Analysis

• Steve Bannon Is Not Your Friend by Brian Beutler (New Republic)

Opinion

• Growing Up in the Shadow of the Confederacy by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)