What We’re Reading This Weekend: U.S. & China Press Reset Button, Mourning Joe, Borderline Intelligence, Electric Car Dreams…And More

G20

Xinhua: U.S. Won’t Add New Tariffs On Imports from China — Adam Smith, The Street

Trump-Putin Roadshow Part Umpteen — Anita Kumar, Politico

Americans Paying For NATO’s Euro ‘Security Freeloaders’ — Peter Baker, NY Times

‘Bad As He Is, Trump Is Not The Only Problem’ — Guardian editorial board

Dem Debate Fallout

‘Morning Joe’ Scarborough Apologizes That Dems Were ‘Disaster’ — Marina Pitofsky, The Hill

Biden May Have Lost Jesse Jackson — Alexander Bolton, The Hill

Kamala Selling ‘That Little Girl Was Me’ T-Shirt For $30 — Brie Stimson, Fox

ABC’s ‘The View’ Pummels Biden For Response To Kamala — Joseph Wulfsohn, Fox

No Candidate Arguing For Fixing America With Better Schools — Conor Williams, The 74

Border

Judge Expands Areas Where Military Funds Can’t Build Wall — Matthew Choi, Politico

Texas Rep. Hurd: Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking Must Be ‘National Intelligence Priority’ — Jackson Barnet, FedScoop

Pelosi: Shouldn’t Be Crime To Enter U.S. Illegally — Susan Ferrechio, Wash Examiner

Science & Medicine

Science as Political Orthodoxy — Peter Schwartz, Real Clear Politics

Cost-Saving ‘Biosimilar’ Medicines Vs. Regulators — Henry Miller, Regulation

Politicians Can’t Decree An All-Electric Vehicle Fleet Into Reality — Kerry Jackson, Pacific Research Institute

Education

The Path To Charter Schools — Jeanne Allen, Real Clear Education

Class Struggle Before Better Education — Nick Hanauer, The Atlantic

Court Fight Looms Over Florida’s New School Vouchers Program — Ana Ceballos, News Service of Florida

Reinvigorating the Charter Movement — Nina Rees, The 74

Law Enforcement

Smollett-Like ‘Hate Crime’ Hoaxes More Common Than You Think — Jason Riley, WSJ

Fear of a Global Surveillance Sci-Fi Horror Reality — Belen Fernandez, Al Jazzeera

Criminal Justice Reform & Re-Entry Challenges — JD Supra

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