Trump rescinded seven guidelines for how colleges should apply affirmative action in college applications. These do not have the force of law but are a statement of the official views of the government.
The Washington Post published an analysis of immigration visas that allow people abroad to move permanently to the United States with the intention of obtaining citizenship: -“The number of people receiving visas to move permanently to the United States is on pace to drop 12 percent in President Trump’s first two years in office” -Visas from Muslim-Majority countires have decreased 29% -Family migration applicants are “facing arbitrary questions that are really difficult for them to answer, and then they’re getting denials for things that attorneys have never seen before,-Refugee arricals set to fall 75% from 2016 levels.
The New York Times declared: “A trade war between the world’s two largest economies officially began on Friday morning as the Trump administration followed through with its threat to impose tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese products, a significant escalation of a fight that could hurt companies and consumers in both the United States and China.”
Scott Pruitt resigned after mounting evidence of corrupt practices.
On Saturday Pompeo met with officials in North Korea to advance the negotiations that began with Trump’s summit. It did not go well. He was seeking a declared list of weapons and nuclear sites, and a timetable for denuclearization. Kim did not meet with him, and the official statement afterward accused him of “gangster-like” demands.
Family Separation
On Friday the Trump Administration asked for more time to reunite immigrant families before the judges deadline. The judge did not give an extension but “he gave the government until Saturday evening to come up with a list naming all 101 of the youngest children, along with an explanation of why it would be impossible to promptly restore them to a parent”
Russia Investigation
Trump’s lawyers are placing greater preconditions to a Mueller interview, namely: “that he has evidence that Mr. Trump committed a crime and that his testimony is essential to completing the investigation.”
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Trump’s Job Approval: 42.2%