Impeachment

• Looming Impeachment Trial Adds Urgency To Senators’ Campaign Push by Scott Detrow (NPR)
• READ: Trump Legal Filing Accuses Democrats Of ‘Dangerous Perversion’ Of Constitution by Tamara Keith (NPR)
• Trump impeachment: President rages about ‘fairness’ as lawyers demand swift acquittal in Senate trial by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Trump lawyers argue impeachment case is ‘flimsy’ as trial looms by Miranda Bryant (The Guardian)
• Trump urges Senate to reject impeachment as affront to U.S. Constitution by Steve Holland (Reuters)
• Trump impeachment: Schumer ready to ‘force votes for witnesses’ by Joanna Walters and Tom McCarthy (Guardian)
• White House urges quick Senate acquittal of Trump in ‘rigged’ impeachment by Seung Min Kim and Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Crimes required? Trump’s impeachment defense could set new standard by Todd Ruger (Roll Call)

Other News

• How Trump fused his business empire to the presidency by Anita Kumar (Politico)

Analysis

• President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly (Washington Post)

Opinion

• “It’s Like A Foreign Language”: Donald Trump’s Encounter With The Constitution Did Not Go Well by Phillip Rucker and Carol  Leonnig  (Vanity Fair)
• Trump’s greatest ally in the coming election? Facebook by John Harris (Guardian)

News

• Trump Considering Changing Law That Makes Foreign Bribes Illegal by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• $11 Billion And Counting: Trump’s Border Wall Would Be The World’s Most Costly by John Burnett (NPR)
• Trump tells Americans threatened by rising oceans to use ‘mops and buckets’ instead of building barriers by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
• Schiff says intelligence community is withholding Ukraine documents from Congress by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• Trump’s strong-arm foreign policy tactics create tensions with U.S. friends and foes by Anne Gearan and John Hudson  (Washington Post)
• Dershowitz distances himself from White House response to Democrats’ impeachment charges by Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
• Impeachment: Trump wants Senate trial over before State of the Union address by Tom McCarthy and Martin Pengelly (Guardian)
• ‘We Made a Mistake.’ National Archives Issues Apology for Altering 2017 Women’s March Photo by Jasmine Aguilera (Time)
• Twitter Mocks Donald Trump’s Dismissal of New York Sea Wall: ‘Make the Merfolk Pay for It’ by Khaleda Rahman (Newsweek)
• Schiff Slams “Absurdist Position” That Abuse of Power Is Not Impeachable by Daniel Politi (Slate)

Analysis

• Is the president’s abuse of power an impeachable offense? by Catherine Kim (Vox)

Opinion

• Davos 2020 should be all about climate crisis but Trump won’t admit it by Larry Elliott (Guardian)
• Senators Know They Don’t Know the Whole Story by Kim Wehle (Atlantic)

Impeachment

• House Dems to outline case for removing Trump from office by Eric Tucker and Zeke Miller (AP)
• A Few Things to Know About Trump’s New Impeachment Lawyers by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
• House Democrats Present Their Argument for Removing President Trump by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
• Democrats, Trump offer duelling arguments on impeachment (Al Jazeera)
• Read The Impeachment Managers’ Response To The Senate Impeachment Trial Summons (NPR)
• White House Responds To Senate Impeachment Trial Summons by Krishnadev Kalamur (NPR)
• ‘Once this is over, we’ll be kings’: How Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump’s world — and now is rattling it by Rosalind S. Helderman and Paul Sonne (Washington Post)

Soleimani

• Trump privately detailed the Soleimani airstrike to donors at Mar-a-Lago fundraiser by Colby Itkowitz and David A. Farenthold (Washington Post)
• Trump Shares New Details of Soleimani’s Killing With GOP Donors at Mar-a-Lago Fundraiser by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
• Trump Tells Donors Soleimani Was Killed After “Saying Bad Things About Our Country” by Daniel Politi (Slate)

Other News

• Trump Is Obsessed With People Calling Him ‘Sir’ by Oliver Noble (VICE)
• Pelosi offers message to Trump on Bill Maher show: ‘You are impeached forever’ by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• Ron Reagan Goes Scorched Earth On ‘Traitor’ Trump: My Dad Wouldn’t Have Voted For Him by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump considering changing law that bans US companies from bribing foreign officials for business by Kate Ng (Independent)
• Trump administration mocked for launching woodland camouflage Space Force uniform by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
• Supreme Court to Hear Case Which Could Make It Easier to Use State Money for Religious Schools by Mark Sherman, AP (Time)
• Trump Targets Michelle Obama’s Signature School Nutrition Guidelines on Her Birthday by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump administration installs plaque marking finish of 100 miles of border wall by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• The National Archives edited a Women’s March picture to be less critical of Trump by Catherine Kim (Vox)
• Trump marks U.S.-Japan security pact with call for stronger, deeper alliance (Reuters)
• Trump’s newest Russia adviser, Andrew Peek, leaves post: report by Marty Johnson (The Hill)
• Trump times scare-mongering tweet for maximum impact as white supremacists prep for Richmond rally by Jordan Hoffman (Vanity Fair)

Impeachment

• Impeachment trial schedule: Upcoming proceedings by Evan Semones (Politico)
• Trump repeatedly denies knowing key impeachment figure despite being photographed with him by Andy Gregory (Independent)
• Trump to add Dershowitz, Ken Starr to impeachment defense team by Morgan Chalfant, Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump’s impeachment defense team to include Kenneth Starr, Alan Dershowitz by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Meet Trump’s Deplorable Impeachment Defense Team by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
• Trump’s new impeachment defense team has been on Fox News over 350 times in the past year by Bobby Lewis (Media Matters)
• House Democrats release second batch of Parnas materials by Jesse Byrnes (The Hill)
• Here’s How Trump’s Impeachment Differs From A Criminal Trial by Eric Tucker / AP (Huffington Post)
• Nunes aide communicated with Parnas about Ukraine campaign, messages show by Paul Sonne, Rosalind S. Helderman, and Greg Miller (Washington Post)

Iran / Middle East

• Top Iran leader: Trump is a ‘clown’ who will betray Iranians by AP (Politico)
• 11 U.S. troops evacuated from Iraq base after Trump claimed none ‘were harmed’ by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• 11 US troops were injured in Iran’s attack. It shows how close we came to war. by Alex Ward (Vox)

School Lunches

• More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules by Laura Reiley (Washington Post)
• Trump to roll back Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules on vegetables, fruits by Alicia Cohn (The Hill)
• Trump administration announces reversal of Michelle Obama’s healthy school food reforms — on her birthday by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Trump administration to roll back school lunch rules and allow more pizza (The Guardian)

Other News

• Trump gets huge boost from anti-abortion group by Gabby Orr (Politico)
• Trump’s Golf Trips To Mar-a-Lago Cost County $13.8 Million For Local Security by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Bloomberg Intends to Release His Tax Returns, Upping the Pressure on Trump by Russ Choma (Mother Jones
• More than 8 in 10 black Americans describe Trump as racist: poll by Marty Johnson (The Hill))
• Trump Judges Are Playing Keep-Away With His Tax Returns and Other Financial Records by Ashwin Phatak (Slate)
• Supreme Court will hear cases on electoral college, birth control mandate by Robert Barnes (Washington Post)
• US states sue Trump administration over drastic cuts to food stamp program by Kenya Evelyn (The Guardian)
• Trump’s prayer event began with an inaccurate 2016 election map and ended with a rage-tweet by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Trump judge lashes out at a transgender litigant in a surprisingly cruel opinion by Ian Millhiser (Vox)
• Chris Collins, First U.S. Lawmaker To Endorse Trump, Gets 26-Month Prison Sentence by Paul Blumenthal (Huffington Post)
• Trump administration abruptly moves hundreds of immigrant hearings out of San Francisco by Darwin BondGraham (The Guardian)
• DOJ releases new tranche of Mueller witness documents by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump by Joe Heim (Washington Post)
• Feds plan to forgo full environmental study on plutonium pits by Scott Wyland (Taos News)

Analysis

• Trump Says U.S. Is Ready for War. Not All His Troops Are So Sure. by T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, and Robert Faturechi (ProPublica)

Opinion

• Trump has savaged the environment. The planet cannot afford a second term by Ross Barkan (The Guardian)
• Not a Joke: Trump Is Looking into Making Bribery Legal by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)

Impeachment

• Trump impeachment: Chief Justice Roberts to preside over trial by Rosiland Jordan (Al Jazeera)
• Trump impeachment articles delivered to Senate for trial (Al Jazeera)
• Senators To Be Sworn In For Trump Impeachment Trial by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• What to expect on Day One of Trump’s impeachment trial by Melanie Zanona (Politico)
• Impeachment trial live updates: Historic impeachment trial of Trump begins in the Senate by John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
• Trump’s Senate impeachment trial formally begins by Eliza Relman (Business Insider)
• Kamala Harris calls for temporary halt to advancement of judicial nominees by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
• Opinion: The Guardian view on the Trump trial: a defining moment for the rule of law by the Editorial Board (The Guardian)
• Senate Opens to Hear Articles of Impeachment Against Trump by Lisa Mascaro (TIME)
• Paul predicts no Republicans will vote to convict Trump by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)

Ukraine

• Trump ‘knew exactly what was going on’, Giuliani aide claims (BBC)
• Trump ‘knew exactly what was going on’ in Ukraine: Giuliani aide (Al Jazeera)
• Lev Parnas Just Became a Problem for Trump (and Pence and Giuliani and Barr and Nunes) by Greg Walters (VICE)
• Ukraine opens probe of possible surveillance of ambassador by AP (Politico)
• Ukraine Opens Investigation Into Claims U.S. Ambassador Yovanovitch Was Monitored by Bill Chappell (NPR)
• White House violated the law by freezing Ukraine aid, GAO says by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
• Trump administration broke the law by withholding millions in security assistance to Ukraine, government watchdog says by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Ukraine launches criminal investigation into alleged threats against former US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch by Justine Coleman (The Hill)
• Giuliani associate Parnas threatens to release photo every time Trump denies knowing him by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• Latest Ukraine Docs Show How Trump World Launders Useful Lies Through Conservative Media by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Trump’s White House Broke the Law Withholding Ukraine Aid, the GAO Finds by Alex Lubben, Greg Walters (VICE)
• GAO finds Trump administration broke law by withholding aid from Ukraine by Olivia Beavers, Rebecca Klar (The Hill)
• Trump Broke The Law In Freezing Ukraine Funds, Watchdog Report Concludes by Ayesha Rascoe (NPR)
• Analysis: 4 takeaways from the Lev Parnas interview and revelations by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Analysis: The GOP said Trump committed no crime. The GAO now rules he broke the law. by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Opinion: We Can’t Afford to Ignore Lev Parnas’s Explosive Claims by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Lev Parnas’s dramatic new claims about Trump and Ukraine, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• By Withholding Funds to Ukraine, Trump Broke the Law by Peter Suderman (Reason)
• New Documents Casually Destroy the Already-Bad Republican Case That Trump’s Ukraine Scheme Was Aboveboard by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Senate impeachment trial begins with rancor over witnesses and new evidence about Trump’s Ukraine dealings by Seung Min Kim, Rachael Bade, Mike DeBonis, and Toluse Olorunnipa (Washington Post)
• Lev Parnas: Trump tried to fire Yovanovitch multiple times by Matthew Choi, Daniel Lioppman (Politico)

Other News

• Trump’s Stealth Plan to Preserve White Electoral Power by Ari Berman (Mother Jones)
• Trump To Reinforce Protections For Prayer In Schools by Franco Ordoñez (NPR)
• Inside Jared Kushner’s Unusual White House Role by Brian Bennett (TIME)
• Trump struggled to read US constitution, expose says: ‘It’s like a foreign language’ by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump threatened UK with 25% car tariffs unless it agreed to accuse Iran of breaking nuclear deal by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump administration moves to protect prayer in public schools and federal funds for religious organizations by Moriah Balingit (Washington Post)
• Senate approves revamped North American trade deal by Dominic Rushe, AP (The Guardian)
• Inside Trump’s tent immigration courts that turn away thousands of asylum seekers by Oliver Laughland  (The Guardian)
• Trump snubbed by ‘teacher of the year’ who knelt in front of him during anthem at college football game by Alex Woodward (Independent)
• 14 states sue Trump administration over food stamp rule by Catherine Boudreau (Politico)
• The Trump Administration Is Getting Sued Over Its New Food Stamps Rule by Nathalie Baptiste (Mother Jones)
• Puerto Rico Relief: Trump Declares Major Disaster After Series Of Earthquakes by Vanessa Romo, Brakkton Booker (NPR)
• Trump Signs Puerto Rico Emergency Declaration Following Earthquake by Reuters (Huffington Post)
• This Trump Supreme Court Short-Lister Says God Can Instruct Juries on Guilt and Innocence by Andrew Cohen (Slate)

Opinion

• Bill Barr Doesn’t Get to Decide What’s in the Constitution by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
• These candidates were accused of sexual misconduct. They’re running again in 2020. by Anna North (Vox)

Impeachment / Ukraine

• New Evidence Shows Trump Team Offered Ukraine More Than One Quid Pro Quo for Biden Dirt by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• After delay, House to send Trump impeachment articles to Senate by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• Nancy Pelosi Names Trump Impeachment Managers For Senate Trial by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
• Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers For Trump’s Senate Trial by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Pelosi appoints impeachment managers for Trump’s Senate trial by Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris (Politico)
• Trump nemesis Schiff to lead Democratic team at impeachment trial by Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
• Trump impeachment trial: Who are the House managers? by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• Who Are The Impeachment Managers? Pelosi Unveils Diverse Team For Trump Trial by Deidre Walsh (NPR)
• Nancy Pelosi Just Named 7 Impeachment Managers in Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial. Here’s Who They Are by Madeleine Carlisle, Alana Abramson (TIME)
• Trump impeachment: One of president’s key targets to lead trial against him by Alex Woodward (Independent)
• Trump accuses Democrats of a ‘con job’ as impeachment managers are announced by Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
• A New Figure in the Ukraine Scandal Worked for a Mysterious Chinese Trump Donor by David Corn (Mother Jones)
• Trump’s Impeachment Is Finally Heading to the Senate by Greg Walters (VICE)
• Republicans Divided On Witness Testimony Ahead Of Senate Impeachment Trial by Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)
• House Votes To Send Articles Of Impeachment To Senate by Sara Boboltz (Huffington Post)
• Trump impeachment: House takes final step and delivers articles to Senate by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Lev Parnas Hits the Airwaves on the Eve of Trump’s Impeachment Trial by Vzera Bergengruen (TIME)
• “He Is On Fox News. He Is in California. He Is Everywhere but Doing His Job”: As The Ukraine Plot Thickens, Mike Pompeo Is Missing in Action by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)

Iran

• NPR Poll: More Americans Disapprove Of Trump’s Handling Of Iran Than Approve by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
• State Department abruptly cancels briefings on Iran, embassy security by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
• ‘Today, the American Soldier is in Danger, Tomorrow the European Soldier Could Be,’ Warns Iran’s President Rouhani by Nasser Karmi, Jon Gambrell, Emily Schmall (TIME)

China

• Trump To Sign ‘Phase 1’ China Trade Deal, But Most Tariffs Remain In Place by Scott Horsley (NPR)
• US and China sign ‘phase one’ deal (BBC)
• Trump: U.S. will lift tariffs on China after Phase 2 deal finished (Reuters)
• Trump signs ‘landmark’ first phase of China trade deal amid tariffs war by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Here’s what’s in the U.S.-China trade deal by Doug Palmer (Politico)

Puerto Rico

• Trump administration ending delay on over $8B in Puerto Rico disaster aid by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• Months After Blowing Deadline, Trump Administration Lifts Hold On Puerto Rico Aid by Brakkton Booker (NPR)
• Trump to lift hold on $8.2B in Puerto Rico disaster aid by Katy O’Donnell (Politico)

Other News

• Trump launches fresh attack on Apple over privacy (BBC)
• Trump renews attack on lightbulbs and goes after dishwashers, fridges, toilets and showers by Andy Gregory (Independent)
• States Must Accept Refugees, Judge Rules, Blocking Trump’s Order by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order Allowing Local Officials To Reject Refugees by Bobbt Allyn (NPR)
• Virginia Declares State of Emergency After Armed Militias Threaten to Storm the Capitol by Tess Owen (VICE)
• Trump wanted to repeal an anti-corruption law so US businesses could bribe foreigners by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Donald Trump Is Promising ‘Big Action’ on School Prayer to Rally Evangelical Voters by Katie Reilly (TIME)

Impeachment

• How Trump’s Senate impeachment trial will work by Kyle Cheney, Andrew Desidero (Politico)
• Trump tries scripting a made-for-TV drama out of his impeachment trial by Nancy Cook, Meridith Mcgraw (Politico)
• Republicans brush off Trump’s call for impeachment dismissal by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• The biggest unresolved questions in the Senate impeachment trial by Melanie Zanona (Politico)
• House set to vote Wednesday to send impeachment articles to Senate by Heather Caygle (Politico)
• House to vote on Wednesday on sending Trump impeachment charges by David Morgan, Richard Cowan (Reuters)
• Top GOP Senator Says There Aren’t Enough Votes To Dismiss Impeachment Charges by Dominique Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
• Trump impeachment: Pelosi to hold vote on sending articles to Senate for final showdown by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Analysis: How GOP senators are already pre-spinning their coverup for Trump by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Laurence Tribe: Mitch McConnell has no right to “dismiss” articles of impeachment by Matthew Rosza (Salon)
• House Dems release new impeachment evidence related to indicted Giuliani associate by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
• House Democrats Just Dropped a Boatload of Impeachment Documents That Look Really Bad for Trump by Greg Walters (VICE)
• The stunning new texts, documents, and impeachment evidence released by the House, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Intel Committee Releases Handwritten Note On Trump’s Ukraine Plans by Carla Herreria (Huffington Post)
• Democrats release new documents on eve of Trump impeachment trial (Al Jazeera)
• New Documents Appear to Link Ukrainian Oligarch With Trump’s Push for Biden Probe by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)

Russian Hacking

• Russians Reportedly Hacked Ukrainian Firm At Center Of Trump Impeachment Scandal by AP (Huffington Post)
• Russia Believed to Have Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Heart of Trump Impeachment by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Russia Hacked Ukrainian Company Linked To Trump Impeachment, Security Firm Says by Bill Chappell (NPR)

Other News

• New York Times Editorial Board Debunks Donald Trump’s ‘Transparent President’ Boast by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• Border Wall Threatens National Wildlife Refuge That’s Been 40 Years In The Making by John Burnett, Marisa Peñaloza (NPR)
• Women’s March 2020: What’s Next for the Movement? by Lauren Young (Teen Vogue)
• Trump condemned for retweeting fake Islamophobic image featuring Pelosi by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
• Trump is diverting another $7.2 billion in military funds to build his border wall by Katelyn Burns (Vox)
• Trump Bench: Amy Coney Barrett by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• Trump criticizes Apple’s encryption stance on Pensacola phones (Reuters)
• Trump: Saudi Arabia paid the US $1 billion for more troops. Pentagon: Eh, not quite. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Trump set to gut water protections by Annie Snider (Politico)

Analysis

• If you want a preview of what four more years of Trump could bring, visit Hungary by Thom Hartmann (Salon)

Opinion

• Trump Likes Farmers Better Than Some Other Welfare Recipients by Jamelle Bouie (NY Times)

Impeachment

• Pelosi set to turn over Trump impeachment reins to McConnell by Ginger Gibson (Reuters)
• 9 questions about Trump’s impeachment trial you were too embarrassed to ask by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Text messages and images that could expose Trump’s Ukraine dealings handed over to inquiry by Andrew Feinberg (Independent)
• Impeachment live updates: Preparations accelerate this week for historic Senate trial of Trump by John Wagner and
  Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Trump’s new argument that impeachment “should not even be allowed to proceed,” briefly explained by Sean Collins (Vox)
• White House reportedly expects several GOP senators to break ranks and call for witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial by Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)
• Rudy Giuliani Desperately Wants To Join Trump’s Impeachment Defense Team by S.V. Date (Huffington Post)
• GOP leadership: There aren’t 51 votes to dismiss Trump articles of impeachment by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Russian hackers targeted Burisma amid impeachment inquiry, cyber firm says by Michael B. Farrell (Politico)

Iran / Soleimani / Middle East

• Trump approved Soleimani assassination 7 months ago, report says by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
• Trump approved Soleimani’s killing last June: report by Rebecca Klar (The Hill)
• Trump speaks with Germany’s Merkel over latest tensions in Middle East by Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
• Opinion: New details about Soleimani killing further undercut Trump’s lies by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• Trump amplifies incendiary tweets about Nancy Pelosi after her comments on Iran protests by Brittany Shammas (Washington Post)
• Trump’s ‘four embassies’ claim utterly falls apart by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Trump approved Soleimani killing with conditions in June: report (Al Jazeera)
• Trump: ‘Doesn’t really matter’ if Soleimani posed imminent threat (Al Jazeera)
• Senate vote to limit Trump’s military actions against Iran in limbo by Marianne Levine (Politico)

Other News

• U.S. coal-fired power plants closing fast despite Trump’s pledge of support for industry by Scott DiSavino (Reuters)
• Trump appears to tweet image of dead body by Jon Sharman (Independent)
• Trump retweets image showing Nancy Pelosi in Muslim dress in front of Iranian flag by Alex Woodward (Independent)
• Appeals court directs all California cities to follow ‘sanctuary state’ law by Amanda Robert (ABA Journal)
• An Even More Deranged Monday Morning of Tweeting for President Trump by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump Serves Up Another Happy Meal For The Fast-Food Industry by Dave Jamieson (Huffington Post)
• Six Children Died in Border Patrol Care. Democrats in Congress Want to Know Why. by Robert Moore (ProPublica)
• Space Force Bible Blessing At National Cathedral Sparks Outrage by David Welna (NPR)
• U.S. drops negative designation of China days before deal signing by Megan Cassella, Ben White (Politico)
• Trump Planning To Take $7.2 Billion More From Pentagon For Border Wall: Report by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• North Korea ‘remains open to talks’ with US: South Korea’s Moon (Al Jazeera)
• Trump restrictions on fetal tissue research unsettle key studies and scientists by Amy Goldstein (Washington Post)
• President Trump falsely claims that he “saved” Obamacare’s pre-existing condition protections by Igor Derysh (Salon)

Opinion

• As we enter the fourth year of the Trump era, let’s remember: this is still not normal by Michael H Fuchs (The Guardian)
• Profile: William Barr, Trump’s Sword and Shield by David Rohde (The New Yorker)
• The government is again asking Apple to unlock iPhones. Here’s why you should care. by Sara Morrison (Vox)
• A modest proposal to save American democracy by Ian Millhiser (Vox)

News

• ‘I’m spending all my money to get rid of Trump’: Michael Bloomberg by Jason Lange (Reuters)
• Impeachment: Trump fumes as Pelosi prepares to send articles to the Senate by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
• Trump Expected to Be Praised for Soleimani Killing, but Majority Say it Made U.S. Less Safe by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump says US ‘stands with brave, long-suffering Iranians’ days after threatening to bomb their cultural sites by Andy Gregory (Independent)
• Why Trump’s plan to bar Bolton from testifying won’t work: “There are limits to executive privilege” by Matthew Chapman (Salon)
• Pentagon chief says he ‘didn’t see’ intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack four US embassies by Rebecca Klar (The Hill)
• U.S. and China Agree to Resume Economic and Trade Talks: Report by AP (TIME)
• Defense Secretary Esper said he ‘didn’t see’ evidence of an Iranian plot to attack four embassies by Joseph Marks, Juliet Eilperin, and Drew Harwell (Washington Post)
• As remote work rises at U.S. companies, Trump is calling federal employees back to the office by Lisa Rein (Washington Post)
• Over half of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the situation with Iran as tensions near a breaking point by Jeremy Berke (Business Insider)
• The UK is abandoning its alliance with Trump as the United States ‘withdraws from its leadership around the world’ by Adam Bienkov (Business Insider)
• Nancy Pelosi explains what Democrats gained by holding onto the articles of impeachment by Katelyn Burns (Vox)

Opinion

• Trump’s congenital dishonesty trips him up again by Max Boot (Washington Post)

Iran / Soleimani / Middle East

• The administration’s deceptions about the Soleimani strike are a big deal by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• President Trump Accuses Iran of Targeting Attacks on 4 U.S. Embassies by Ben Fox / AP (TIME)
• Donald Trump’s Iran claims on Fox News met with skepticism and complaint by Martin Pengally (The Guardian)
• Trump Tweets Support for Iranian Protesters as Anger Grows Over Downed Ukrainian Jet by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Iraq PM tells Kurdish leaders he does not seek hostility with US (Al Jazeera)
• Trump encourages new anti-government protests in Iran by Katelyn Burns (Vox)
• The Trump administration is still struggling to get its story straight on why it killed Soleimani by Katelyn Burns (Vox)
• Pentagon Chief: I “Didn’t See” Intelligence Showing Iran Planned to Attack 4 U.S. Embassies by Daniel Politi (Slate)

Impeachment

• Trump indicates he’d block Bolton’s testimony ‘for the sake of the office’ by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• Trump assails ‘impeachment hoax’ in Saturday morning tweets by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• John Bolton impeachment testimony will be blocked, Donald Trump says by John Luscombe (The Guardian)
• ‘Fail Not:’ What to watch ahead of Trump’s Senate trial by Laurie Kellman (AP)
• Trump Suggests He’d Block Bolton Testimony “For the Sake of the Office” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• As trial nears, Trump keeps discredited Ukraine theory alive by Amanda Ceitz, Eric Tucker, and Richard Lardner (AP)
• Nancy Pelosi explains what Democrats gained by holding onto the articles of impeachment by Katelyn Burns (Vox)
• Trump Moans About ‘Stigma’ Of Impeachment; Pelosi Taunts He’s Already ‘Impeached For Life’ by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump calls for ‘outright dismissal’ of impeachment case without trial as Democrats prepare to hand case to Senate by Andrew Feinberg (Independent)

Other News

• Kim-Trump personal relations ‘not enough to resume’ US-North Korea talks (BBC)
• Texas governor to reject new refugees under Trump order (BBC)
• Donald Trump Is About To Put His Stamp On The U.S. Postal Service by Dave Jamieson (Huffington Post)
• White House Considering Dramatic Expansion of Travel Ban by Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin / AP (TIME)
• The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to not rule on Obamacare until after the 2020 election by Katelyn Burns (Vox)
• Trump Trying To Reopen Talks With North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: Report by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)

Analysis

• The Supreme Court can review an unfair impeachment trial by James Robenaut (Washington Post)
• FACT CHECK: Trump’s distortions are across the board by Calvin Woodward and Hope Yen (AP)