New York Times

1. Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

   President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.

2. More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

   In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.

3. Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

   In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.

4. U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections

   Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

5. Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators

   South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.