March 2019

Obamacare / ACA

• In shift, Trump administration backs judge’s ruling that would kill Obamacare by Dan Diamond (Politico)
• Trump Administration Declares “All-Out War” on Obama’s Signature Law by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
• Justice Department Urges Court to Kill Obamacare by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Trump Justice Department sides with court ruling that would invalidate the Affordable Care Act by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
• Trump administration pushes the fight on Obamacare, asks court to overturn law by Amanda Becker (Reuters)
• Trump administration pushes to completely gut Obamacare in dramatic escalation by Erin Durkin (The Guardian)
• The Trump Administration Wants the Entire Affordable Care Act Struck Down by AP (TIME)
• The DOJ Peculiarly Wants to Kill the Affordable Care Act When It’s More Popular than Ever by Luke Darby (GQ)

Mueller Report / Barr

• The Critical Part of Mueller’s Report That Barr Didn’t Mention by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• Are you surprised by the Mueller report? We ask 3 legal experts. by Emily Goldberg, Annie Yu (Politico)
• Trump: Media disgraced ‘all over the world’ following Mueller revelations by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Cover-up Attorney General Bill Barr strikes again by Tom Hartmann (Salon)
• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocks resolution to release Robert Mueller’s full report by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Mueller report: Republicans block move to release Trump investigations to public by Adam Forrest (Independent)
• Mueller Did His Investigation for a World We Don’t Inhabit by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)

Border

• Pentagon Transfers $1 Billion In Funding For Trump’s Border Wall by Dominique Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
• Pentagon Authorizes $1 Billion Transfer for Mexico Border Wall by Ciara Nugent (TIME)

Other News

• How China Is Outmaneuvering Trump on Trade by Sam Bresnick (The New Republic)
• Trump Administration Flips Switch On Energy Efficient Light Bulbs by Jeff Brady (NPR)
• The Acting Defense Secretary Is Testifying Before the House. Here Are 5 Questions Lawmakers Should Ask. by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
• U.S. House panel OKs move to give Congress records of FBI probes against Trump by David Morgan (Reuters)

Mueller Report

• Barr: Mueller found no proof Trump campaign conspired with Russia by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• Analysis: Impeachment Just Got Less Likely And 6 Other Takeaways From The Barr Letter by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
• Kremlin, after Mueller report, says it’s open to better U.S. ties (Reuters)
• Trump says Mueller acted honorably in Russia probe by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• The Mueller Report Analysis By Trump’s Attorney General Makes Conclusions That It Shouldn’t by Jay Willis (GQ)
• What’s behind Bill Barr’s whitewash? We need to see the full Mueller report to know for sure by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Russia claims Mueller report vindicates what it ‘knew all along’ about Trump’s relationship with Moscow by Oliver Carroll (Independent)
• Trump refuses to reveal answers to Mueller questions, while president launches 6am Twitter spree by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump hints at payback for ‘evil’ enemies over Mueller report (BBC)
• ‘I Want the Whole Damn Report.’ Democratic Presidential Candidates Call for Release of Mueller Report by Charlotte Alter (TIME)
• Trump’s Lawyer Objects To Public Release Of ‘Confidential’ Answers To Mueller by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
• Echoes of Clinton Emails in the Mueller Report’s End by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Trump set to weaponize Mueller report in war on Democrats and media by David Smith (The Guardian)
• Robert Mueller and the collapse of American trust by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
• McConnell blocks resolution calling for Mueller report to be released publicly by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• The Mueller Report Actually Looks Like Good News for the Democrats by Harry Cheadle (VICE)
• Trump, allies attack president’s critics after he is cleared of Russia collusion by Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey (AP)
• Suit seeks release of Mueller report while Democrats still investigate; obstruction conclusion questioned
  by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABAJournal)
• Analysis: Legal experts question William Barr’s rationale for exonerating Trump by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Mueller report fallout: Trump, Russia, others react to Barr summary by John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
• Trump OK With Democrats Reading The Full Mueller Report by Mary Claire Jalonick (Huffington Post)
• Republicans block attempt to release entire Mueller report – despite Trump claiming it ‘totally exonerates’ him by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Democrats push for Mueller report to Congress by next week, Republicans resist by Jeff Mason, Susan Heavey (Reuters)
• Everyone Got to Read the Starr Report on Bill Clinton. Here’s Why the Mueller Report May Not Get the Same Treatment by Olivia B. Waxman (TIME)
• Mueller’s moves doom impeachment in Senate by Burgess Everett (Politico)

Golan Heights

• Trump formally recognises Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights (Al Jazeera)
• Golan Heights: Trump signs order recognising occupied area as Israeli (BBC)
• Trump signs declaration formally recognising Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)

Other News

• If Trump’s Border Wall Becomes Reality, Here’s How He Could Easily Get Private Land for It by T. Christian Miller (ProPublica)
• Trump victorious in court case against steel tariffs by Adam Behsudi (Politico)
• Lindsey Graham Wants a New Special Counsel, This Time to Investigate Comey and the FBI by Jim Newell (Slate)
• Mueller report: William Barr’s summary of findings raises more questions than it answers by Harry Litman (Independent)
• Trump investigations: It’s not just Mueller, here are 17 other probes the president should be worried about by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump nominee admits he does not know how the Federal Reserve works: “A steep learning curve!” by Matthew Chapman (Salon)
• Romanian Prime Minister Is Staying at Trump’s D.C. Hotel by Ilya Marritz, Justin Elliott,  Zach Everson (ProPublica)
• Puerto Rico faces food-stamp crisis as Trump privately vents about federal aid to Hurricane Maria-battered island by Jeff Stein and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
• Trump asked aides to cut federal funding for Puerto Rico: report by Michael Burke (The Hill)
• Trump campaign warns networks against booking certain Democrats by Danielle Mclean (ThinkProgress)

Mueller Report

• The Man Who Will Determine The Fate Of The Mueller Report: What You Should Know by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Trump, White House Haven’t Seen Or Been Briefed On Mueller Investigation Report by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• A Top Democrat Just Said Trump Can’t Use Executive Privilege to Block the Mueller Report by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)
• Nadler: Mueller probe already proved there was collusion between Trump camp and Russia by Addy Baird (ThinkProgress)
• Schiff: No New Mueller Indictments Doesn’t Mean Impeachment is Off the Table by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• We Don’t Know What the Mueller Report Says. But We Do Know About How Much It Cost by Abby Vesoulis (TIME)
• Opinion: It’s Mueller time but don’t forget: Trump has undermined the very idea of America by Robert Reich (The Guardian)
• Democrats are ‘absolutely’ willing to go to the Supreme Court if full Mueller report is not released, Nadler says by Felicia Sonmez, Paul Sonne, and Drew Harwell (Washington Post)
• Barr Delivers Mueller’s Key Findings to Lawmakers by Mark Mazzetti and Katie Benner (NY Times)
• The Latest: DOJ: Report doesn’t clear Trump or find crime (AP)
• Trump-Russia inquiry: President ‘did not conspire with Russia’ (BBC)
• READ: The Justice Department’s Summary Of The Mueller Report by Dana Farrington (NPR)
• Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Conspiracy but Stops Short of Exonerating President on Obstruction of Justice by Mark Mazzetti, Katie Benner (NY Times)
• Read Attorney General William Barr’s Summary of Robert Mueller’s Report by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Mueller finds no evidence of Trump-Russia conspiracy by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• The Trump Administration Is Still Busily Spinning the Mueller Report by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Barr’s Summary Of The Mueller Report Seems Good For Trump by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
• The Mueller Report Summary’s Biggest Unanswered Questions by Nick Robins-Early (Huffington Post)
• Special counsel finds Trump did not collude with Russia by Emily Q. Hazzard, Danielle Mclean (ThinkProgress)
• William Barr Has Some Explaining to Do by Renato Mariotti (Politico)
• William Barr Can’t Exonerate Donald Trump by David R. Lurie (Slate)
• Democrats Demand to See Full Mueller Report as Republicans Cheer Barr Summary by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• So, Why Did Mueller Tell Everyone About Paul Manafort’s Buddy Who Had Active Ties to Russian Intelligence? by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Why Did Barr Share Only Four Incomplete Sentences From the Mueller Report? by Jed Shugerman (Slate)
• Yes, Trump Obstructed Justice. And William Barr Is Helping Him Cover It Up. by Marcy Wheeler (The New Republic)
• Mueller Was Trump’s Nemesis—Now He’s His Greatest Asset by Peter Nicholas, Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)

Other News

• There’s a Lot More to Investigate Than Just Russia by Monika Bauerlein (Mother Jones)
• Kirsten Gillibrand will call Trump a ‘coward’ in New York speech by AP (The Guardian)

Analysis

• Fifty-two tweets in 34 hours: How a Trump Twitter frenzy defined a weekend by Ashley Parker (Washington Post)

Mueller Investigation

• The Mueller Report Is Done, But Investigations Related To Trump Will Go On by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Fox News didn’t need to read the Mueller report to declare total victory for Donald Trump. by Justin Peters (Slate)
• President Trump spends the first 24 hours after the Mueller probe ends in Twitter silence by Jason Linkins (ThinkProgress)
• Nancy Pelosi: Mueller report briefings to Congress should be unclassified by Li Zhou (Vox)
• Trump, lawmakers await details of Mueller’s Russia report by Andy Sullivan (Reuters)
• Attorney general’s summary of Mueller report expected Sunday by Sarah N. Lynch, Andy Sullivan (Reuters)
• Analysis: What does the Mueller report mean for Trump? The key questions answered by Tom McCarthy and Jon Swaine (Guardian)

Other News

• These Are All of the Other Investigations Donald Trump Faces by Abigail Abrams (TIME)

Mueller Investigation

• Can Trump Survive Mueller? by Michael Kruse (Politico)
• Turn in your smartphones! How Mueller kept a lid on Trump-Russia probe by Karen Freifeld, Nathan Layne (Reuters)
• Trump insists ‘no collusion’ with Russia as Mueller report rumors swirl – live by Erin Durkin (The Guardian)
• Trump says ‘people will not stand’ for Mueller report by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• Trump steps up efforts to discredit Mueller’s Russia investigation (Independent)
• Meuller Delivers Report on Russia Investigation to Attorney General by Sharon LaFraniere and Katie Benner(NY Times)
• The Latest: Trump lawyers want early look at Mueller report (AP)
• Democrats will direct FBI, White House counsel to preserve records shared with Mueller by Ellen Nakashima and Rachel Bade (Washington Post)
• US: Mueller concludes Russia probe, delivers report to Barr (Al Jazeera)
• Mueller ends the Russia investigation: What happens next? (Al Jazeera)
• Trump-Russia: Special counsel Robert Mueller delivers report (BBC)
• Robert Mueller Submits Report On Russia Investigation To Attorney General Barr by Carrie Johnson, Philip Ewing (NPR)
• The Mueller Report Is Getting A Lot Of Attention. Here’s How We Got Here by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• What Mueller Leaves Behind by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• READ: Attorney General Barr’s Letter On Mueller Report by Dana Farrington (NPR)
• Robert Mueller Has Completed His Investigation Into Donald Trump and Russia by Inae Oh, Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Mueller Is Done. Trump Is About To Go Nuclear. (Mother Jones)
• Lawmakers, 2020 candidates call for immediate release of Mueller report by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
• The Politics Of The Mueller Report by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
• Mueller Just Filed His Report. What Happens Next? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
• White House: Trump has not been briefed on Mueller report by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• READ: DOJ letter to Congress announcing end of Mueller probe (The Hill)
• Schumer, Pelosi: Trump should not get ‘sneak preview’ of Mueller report by Juliegrace Brufke (The Hill)
• Harris wants Barr to testify on Mueller report as 2020 Dems call for its release by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Meadows say Mueller’s end proves ‘no collusion’ by Owen Daughterty (The Hill)
• Read the Attorney General’s Letter Confirming That Mueller’s Investigation Is Over by Olivia Paschal (The Atlantic)
• Robert Mueller Has Handed Over His Report. William Barr Needs to Release It Immediately. by Simon Lazarus (Slate)
• Robert Mueller Has Finished Russia Investigation, Recommends No Additional Indictments by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
• The Mueller Report Is Done, But The Investigations Into Trump Aren’t Over by Nick Robins-Early (Huffington Post)
• Mueller submits Trump-Russia report, clamor grows for its quick release by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
• The leak-proof inquiry: how Mueller’s team kept their work under wraps by Oliver Laughland, Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• Mueller won’t recommend further Russia probe indictments by Katie Galioto (Politico)
• Here Are All of the Indictments, Guilty Pleas and Convictions From Robert Mueller’s Investigation by Ryan Teague Beckwith (TIME)
• A List of All the Trump Figures Who Apparently Won’t Be Indicted by Robert Mueller by Jeremy Slate (Slate)

Kushner Email

• Jared Kushner ‘used WhatsApp for official duties’, top Democrat says (BBC)
• Hillary Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Unite to Mock Jared Kushner’s Email Hypocrisy by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hillary Clinton Mocked Jared Kushner on Twitter by Raisa Bruner (TIME)

Israel / Golan Heights

• Syria condemns Trump’s stance on Golan Heights sovereignty (Al Jazeera)
• Trump’s Golan Fiasco by Tamara Cofman Wittes, Ilan Goldenberg (Politico)
• Trump’s Golan Heights Tweet Is a Gift to the Far Right by Elizabeth Tsurkov (The New Republic)
• U.S. preparing official document on recognizing Israeli sovereignty of Golan Heights: source by Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick (Reuters)

Fed / Moore

• Commander-in-Chief Picks Flatterer-in-Chief for Fed Board by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Trump To Nominate Stephen Moore To The Fed. Both Say It Raised Rates Too Much by Jim Zarroli (NPR)
• Trump offers Fed job to conservative economist Moore by Ben White, Victoria Guida (Politico)
• Stephen Moore, the Trump loyalist nominated to the Fed, explained by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Trump’s Federal Reserve pick linked to indicted boyfriend of Russian agent by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• Donald Trump Is Nominating a Hack CNN Pundit to Join the Federal Reserve by Jordan Weissman (Slate)

North Korea

• Trump surprises his own aides by reversing North Korea sanctions by Caitlin Oprysko, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Trump cancels new North Korea sanctions (BBC)
• Trump reverses first North Korea sanctions since failed summit after one day by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
• Opinion: Trump’s North Korea Strategy Is an Incoherent Mess by Frad Kaplan (Slate)
• Trump decides against more North Korea sanctions at this time: source by Roberta Rampton (Reuters)

Other News

• US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies for helping North Korea (Al Jazeera)
• Pompeo says God may have sent Trump to save Israel from Iran (BBC)
• Some Democrats want more than just Trump’s personal tax returns by Brian Faler (Politico)
• Trump administration plan to offer lump-sum payout to private pension holders is a Wall Street scam by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
• Trump And Universities In Fight Over Free Speech, Federal Research Funding by Matthew S. Schwartz (NPR)
• U.S. accuses Iran of plotting to restart nuclear weapons program by Katie Galioto (Politico)
• Trump administration losing 94 percent of lawsuits over illegal policy changes by Igor Derysh (Salon)
• Trump says Islamic State no longer holds any territory in Syria (Reuters)
• Trump’s Man in Mexico by León Krauze (Slate)
• Pompeo says ‘it’s possible’ Trump was sent to save the Jewish people by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Trump’s corporate tax cuts have helped fuel the largest monthly deficit ever by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
• A Federal Judge Is About to Decide If Trump’s Latest Immigration Restrictions Are Illegal by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn, Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)

Analysis

• Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes by Ayal Feinberg, Regina Branton, and Valerie Martinez-Ebers (Washington Post)

McCain

• Trump’s attacks on McCain exacerbate tensions with Senate GOP by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
• Trump Slammed After Escalating Attacks on McCain: He’s “Beefing With a Dead Man—and Losing” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Rather than attack Trump, Lindsey Graham attacks Trump critics who defend McCain by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
• Washington National Cathedral: John McCain’s Funeral Did Not Require Trump’s OK by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)

Israel /Golan Heights

• Trump: Time for US to recognise Israeli sovereignty over Golan (Al Jazeera)
• Trump to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• President Trump Backs Israeli Sovereignty Claim Over Golan Heights by Daniella Cheslow (NPR)
• Trump’s Golan Announcement Was No Impulse Tweet by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)

Border

• Trump mulls deploying emergency disaster workers to detention centers by Niv Elis (The Hill)
• The Trump Administration Is Admitting That Its Border Policies Aren’t Working by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses ‘unacceptable risk’ by Molly O’Toole (LA Times)
• Asylum-Seekers Sent Back to Tijuana Under Trump Policy Are Finally Starting to Get Their Day in Court by Fernanda Echavarri (Mother Jones)

Jared Kushner

• Charles Kushner pens op-ed in defense of son Jared by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• The Kingdom and the Kushners: Jared Went to Riyadh. So Did His Brother. by David D. Kirkpatrick (NY Times)
• Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Continue to Use Unofficial Communications for Government Business by Inae Oh, Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Kushner Used Private Email To Conduct Official Business, House Committee Says by Tim Mak (NPR)
• Cummings demands docs on Kushner’s alleged use of encrypted app for official business by Andrew Desidero, Kyle Cheney (Politico)

Other News

• Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan Investigated Over Ties To Boeing by Mark Katkov (NPR)
• Ex-White House communications director Hope Hicks to cooperate with House Judiciary probe of Trump by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Trump’s hyped free speech order will ask colleges to do what they already have to by Benjamin Wermund (Politico)
• Trump’s Acting Defense Secretary Faces Ethics Investigation Over Boeing Ties by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Blue states threaten to drop family planning program over Trump abortion ban by Rachel Roubein, Alice Miranda Ollstein (Politico)
• White House rejects Dem request for documents on Trump-Putin communications  by Morgan Chalfont (The Hill)
• Roger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment in House Judiciary document request by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Trump wants Patriots owner Robert Kraft at White House despite prostitution bust by Gabby Orr, Eliana Johnson, and Daniel Lippman (Politico)
• Trump’s Caddy Will Put You in a Chokehold If You Criticize His Boss by Rick Reilly (Politico)’
• Trump’s free speech executive order isn’t about free speech by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)

Analysis

• How Trump is on track for a 2020 landslide by Ben White, Steven Shepard (Politico)
• Why White Supremacist Attacks Are on the Rise, Even in Surprising Places by Brian Levin (TIME)
• Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who paid? by Sarah Blaskey, Nicholas Nehamas, and Caitlin Ostroff (Miami Herald)

Opinion

• By Donald Trump’s Standards, Jared and Ivanka Should Be in Jail by Bess levin (Vanity Fair)

Trump Investigations / Mueller

• Special Counsel Team Seeks Delay on Releasing Manafort Records Due to ‘Other Work’ by AP (TIME)
• Trump administration refuses to hand over documents to House oversight investigation by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump-Russia investigation to turn focus on whether president is under foreign influence by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump’s legal jeopardy goes far beyond Mueller by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Former White House staffer Hope Hicks to cooperate with Dems’ probe into Trump by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• Trump Backs Public Release Of Mueller Report by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Trump: Mueller report illegitimate, because special counsel was not elected by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)

EPA / Climate Change

• Trump’s new EPA chief warns water is a bigger threat than climate change by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• EPA Administrator Dismisses Climate Change As ‘50 To 75 Years Out’ by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• Trump’s EPA Head Said Climate Change Is Not a Top Threat Because It’s ’50 to 75 Years Out’ by AP (TIME)
• Opinion: Donald Trump is using Stalinist tactics to discredit climate science by Michael Mann, Bob Ward (The Guardian)

McCain

• Trump Carries On Criticism Of McCain, As A Republican Calls His Words ‘Deplorable’ by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• Schwarzenegger Steps In to Defend John McCain’s Legacy by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)
• Trump blasts McCain, bemoans not getting ‘thank you’ for funeral by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump: ‘I Didn’t Get Thank You’ For Approving John McCain’s Funeral Arrangements by Rebecca Shapiro (Huffington Post)
• Republicans defend McCain amid Trump attacks by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump’s strange rant about John McCain’s funeral, decoded by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)

Other News

• Trump administration withholds report justifying ‘shock’ auto tariffs by Eliana Johnson, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Trump rages about Electoral College reform and lowering voter age to 16 in midnight Twitter tirade by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Clyburn: Trump and his family are ‘greatest threats to democracy of my lifetime’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump calls George Conway a ‘husband from hell’ to top aide Kellyanne by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• When Trump Blocks You on Twitter, He’s Violating the First Amendment by Joshua Geltzer, Laurence H. Tribe (Politico)
• Eric Trump accidentally makes a case for net neutrality while complaining about tech companies by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
• Andrew Gillum has a $3.9 million plan to torpedo Donald Trump’s re-election chances in Florida by Travis Gettys (Salon)
• Trump’s border wall money may come at expense of schools for military kids by Mike Stone (Reuters)
• Busted: This letter proves Donald Trump lied about turning down George Conway for a job by Brad Reed (Salon)
• Trump retweets QAnon conspiracy theorist, via Larry the Cable Guy, to slam the TSA by Tim Elfrink (Washington Post)
• Trump wants Patriots owner Robert Kraft at White House despite prostitution bust by Gabby Orr, Eliana Johnson, Daniel Lippman (Politico)
• Trump’s top Pentagon official is now under an ethics investigation by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Trump set to sign executive order on campus free speech by Michael Stratford (Politico)
• White House hasn’t provided ‘a single piece of paper’ to Oversight, despite 12 requests by Griffin Connelly (Roll Call)
• US judge halts hundreds of drilling projects in groundbreaking climate change ruling by Cassidy Randall (Guardian)

Opinion

• Donald Trump is using Stalinist tactics to discredit climate science by Michael Mann and Bob Ward (Guardian)

Mueller Investigation

• Mueller’s office began investigating Michael Cohen as early as July 2017 by Kyle Cheney, Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Mueller suspected Cohen may have been secretly acting as foreign agent in 2017 by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• The Evidence That Could Impeach Donald Trump by Garrett M. Graff (Wired)
• Mueller investigation probed if Cohen was unregistered foreign agent, search warrants reveal by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• We’ve Reached the Biometrics Stage of the Michael Cohen Case by Aaron Mak (Slate)
• Mueller’s old boss delays departure as probe wraps up by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Mueller Asks For More Time To Hand Over Manafort Records In Cryptic Court Filing by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)

Preet Bhahara

• Fired By Trump, Preet Bharara Describes The Justice System He Served by Steve Inskeep (NPR)
• Preet Bharara Expects a ‘Lengthy, Detailed’ Mueller Report by Blake Hounshell (Politico)

FAA

• Trump just nominated a permanent FAA head — more than a year after the last one left by Mark Matousek (Business Insider)
• Trump To Nominate Former Delta Air Lines Executive To Lead FAA by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Trump taps former Delta pilot to lead FAA amid turmoil by Brianna Gurciullo (Politico)

Immigration

• U.S. Supreme Court gives Trump victory on immigration detention by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
• Supreme Court rules for Trump on detaining immigrants by Ted Hesson (Politico)

Trump Business / Finances

• Appeals court taking on whether Trump is violating the Constitution with his business dealings by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Trump received more than $2bn in loans from Deutsche Bank despite being ‘deemed untouchable’ by other institutions, report claims by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• Judges seem skeptical Trump is illegally profiting from his D.C. hotel by Ann E. Marimow and Jonathan O’Connell (Washington Post)
• New report implicates Trump in same crime that’s sending Michael Cohen to jail by Joshua Eaton (ThinkProgress)
• All of Trump’s Humiliating Financial Lies Are About to Be Exposed by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)

Other News

• Trump officials prepared to stonewall Democratic oversight demands by Anita Kumar (Politico)
• Trump calls Kellyanne Conway’s husband ‘a total loser’ by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• The Unexpected Side Effects of Trump’s Trade War by Olivia Pachal (The Atlantic)
• Trump tells fake story about US general slaughtering 49 Muslims using bullets dipped in pig’s blood, in resurfaced video by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of looking ‘other way’ on white supremacism by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
• President Trump Just Sidelined His Own Top Negotiator on North Korea by John Walcott (Time)
• White Nationalist Groups Increase Recruiting And Propaganda Across The West by Nate Hegyi (NPR)
• Coal tax cut endangers federal black lung fund by Dylan Lovan (AP)
• Trump’s ever-expanding list of grievances by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• U.S. judge rebuts Trump on transgender troop limits by Andrew Chung (Reuters)
• Trump’s budget slashes science. Here’s what would be lost. by Ben Guarino (Washington Post)
• White House ignores House panels’ requests for documents, Democrats say by Rachel Bade and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
•  Trump Wants to Reward Brazil’s Far-Right President With Special NATO Status by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Hotel Heiress Ivanka Trump Proposes Cutting Student Debt By Making Student Loans Harder to Get by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Trump rules out expanding Supreme Court in a dig at 2020 Dems by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)

Analysis

• Federal courts have ruled against Trump administration policies at least 63 times by Fred Barbash, Deanna Paul, Brittany Renee Mayes, and Danielle Rindler (Washington Post)

Opinion

• Why you’ll never meet a white supremacist who cares about climate change by Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)

News

• Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott (ProPublica)
• N.Y. Attorney General Calls For $5.6 Million Fine Against Trump’s ‘Self-Dealing’ Foundation by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump and His Allies Have Lost the Public Debate Over Immigration by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Dems Ask FBI to Investigate Massage Parlor Owner Who Was Selling Access to Trump by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Trump pressures GM to speed up plans to save Ohio plant by Katie Galioto (Politico)
• Trump claims media is trying to blame him for New Zealand mass shooting by Katie Galioto (Politico)
• Trump calls Biden a ‘low I.Q. individual’ by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Trump Threatens S.N.L. with Federal Investigation Over a Rerun by Laura Bradley (Vanity Fair)
• “His Condition Is Getting Worse”: Trump Spirals Online as His Presidency Reaches a Crisis Point by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
• Trump acts out car crashes in the White House in criticism of self-driving vehicles by Sarah Harvard (Independent)
• Judge Orders Release of Michael Cohen FBI Search Warrant Documents by AP (TIME)
• Ph.D. student faces deportation to Liberia, where she has never lived by Camille DeChallis (Roll Call)
• Trump eyes possible actions against comedy shows that hurt his feelings by Steve Benn (MSNBC)
• The White House Still Can’t Get the President’s Tweeting Under Control by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)
• Democrats Have a Few Questions About Trump’s “Relationship” with Chinese Rubdown Mogul Cindy Yang by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Twitter Users Drag Trump After He Posts Donation Check To Homeland Security by David Moye (Huffington Post)

Analysis

• Trump ‘Wall Defense Fund’ cash goes to campaign by Jill Colvin (AP)
• Americans overwhelmingly want Congress to defy Trump and override his veto of the resolution to end his border-wall emergency declaration by Joe Perticone (Business Insider)
• The disconnect between the Trump administration and reality on climate change keeps growing by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Trump response to New Zealand massacre highlights his combative history with Muslims by Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)

Opinion

• Why won’t Donald Trump talk about white nationalism? Because he enables and supports it by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Why Trump attacked a local union leader in Ohio by Paul Waldman (Washington Post)

News

• Trump Has Touted Debunked Story About U.S. General Killing 49 Muslims To End Terrorism by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump to be left off 2020 ballots unless he shows his tax returns, Washington says by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trying to Kill the Iran Deal Could End Up Saving It by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)
• White House Aide: It’s Unfair to Call New Zealand Mosque Shooting Suspect a President Trump Supporter by AP (TIME)
• Trump Pleads for Jeanine Pirro’s Return After Fox News Schedule Change by Kevin Fitzpatrick (Vanity Fair)
• Fox News Pulled Jeanine Pirro’s Show After Her Islamophobic Comments. Trump Wants It Back On. by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
• White House dismisses Trump mention in Christchurch shooter manifesto by Reuters (The Guardian)
• Trump again takes aim at John McCain over dossier, prompting rebuke from Meghan McCain by Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
• Trump cast himself as Boeing’s decider in chief, showing the perils of injecting politics into crash investigations by Michael laris, Josh Dawsey, Luz lazy, and Ashley Halsey III (Washington Post)
• Trump Suggests That SNL Is ‘Colluding’ with ‘of course Russia’ by Brian Krassenstein (Hill Reporter)

Opinion

• It Isn’t Complicated: Trump Encourages Violence by David Leonhardt (NY Times)
• Trump’s media attacks are an abuse of power. We’re holding him to account by Wajahat Ali The Guardian)
• A derelict commander in chief: Trump can’t keep us safe by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)