Impeachment Inquiry

• OMB Staffer Could Shed Light On Impeachment Inquiry Enigmas by David Welna (NPR)
• What We Learned From The 1st Week Of Impeachment Hearings by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
• Aide Confirms Trump Asked About Ukraine Investigation, Delivering Blow to GOP Defense by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump personally kept pressure on Ukraine, says impeachment inquiry witness by Julian Borger (The Guardian)
• White House budget official to testify in impeachment probe on Saturday by Jan Wolfe, Nandita Bose (Reuters)
• White House official arrives to testify in impeachment probe by Mike Lillis (The Hill)
• White House budget official says decision to delay aid to Ukraine was highly irregular by Karoun Demirjian, Rachael Bade, Colby Itkowitz, and Erica Werner (Washington Post)
• Senior national security official ties key official more closely to Trump on Ukraine in impeachment inquiry by Colby Itkowitz, Karoun Demirjian, Michael Kranish and Shane Harris (Washington Post)
• Pence aide said Trump’s Ukraine phone call was ‘unusual and inappropriate’ by Jan Wolfe and Nandita Bose (Reuters)

Other News

• Donald Trump Has Had a Lot of Terrible Lawyers. Rudy Giuliani Might Be the Worst. by Pema Levy (Mother Jones)
• The Nightmare Scenario: Trump Loses in 2020 and Refuses to Concede by Cameron Joseph (VICE)
• Trump just issued multiple war crime pardons. Experts think it’s a bad idea. by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
• Trump’s Pardons of Servicemen Raise Fears That Laws of War Won’t Apply by Dave Philipps (NY Times)
• Donald Trump Thinks Homelessness Is a Scourge. His Administration Just Ousted the Official in Charge of Addressing It. by Jonathan L. Fischer (Slate)

Opinion

• Stephen Miller is no outlier. White supremacy rules the Republican party by Cas Mudde (The Guardian)

Impeachment Inquiry / Hearings

• Former US Ambassador Yovanovitch testifies in impeachment inquiry by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• White House releases memo of April call with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy (Al Jazeera)
• Watch the Second Public Impeachment Hearing Live (Slate)
• READ: President Trump’s April 21 Call With Ukraine’s Zelenskiy (NPR)
• READ: Former Ambassador To Ukraine Yovanovitch’s Opening Statement To Congress (NPR)
• New Trump-Ukraine Call Transcript Raises More Questions by Matt Cohen (Mother Jones)
• ‘Very intimidating’ – Trump launches Twitter attack on witness during impeachment testimony by Susan Cornwell, Richard Cowan, Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
• Trump Just Released a Rough Transcript of His First Ukraine Call Where He Talked About Beauty Pageants by Greg Walters (VICE)
• Trump Tried to Intimidate Marie Yovanovitch as She Testified About His Intimidation by David Uberti (VICE)
• As Former Ambassador Testifies to Feeling Threatened by Trump, He Smears Her in Real Time by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump attacked Marie Yovanovitch on Twitter during her testimony. She responded in real time. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony Showcases Donald Trump’s Obsession With Revenge by David Corn (Mother Jones)
• The White House Releases a Trump-Zelensky Call Transcript That Shows the White House Hasn’t Been Honest About the Call by Aaron Mak (Slate)
• How Republicans Tried to Manufacture Outrage During Friday’s Impeachment Hearing by Jim Newell (Slate)
• Marie Yovanovitch ‘Devastated’ by Trump’s Attack, Updates by Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
• State Dept. official confirms Trump-Sondland conversation on Ukraine probes: report by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• Trump Denigrates Ex-Envoy Yovanovitch on Twitter During Impeachment Testimony by Michael D. Shear, Peter Baker and Charlie Savage (NY Times)
• Trump attacks ambassador even as she describes feeling threatened by him by Rosalind S. Helderman and Rachael Bade (Washington Post)
• Trump’s release of his April call with Ukraine’s president is a distraction by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Right-wing media latch on to GOP hearing stunt to accuse Democrats of misogyny by Eric Kleefeld (Media Matters)
• Democrats Say Trump’s Ukraine Conspiracy Theories Parallel Putin’s by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Republicans Couldn’t Lay a Glove on Marie Yovanovitch, so They Didn’t Even Try by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
• 5 Important Takeaways From Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony by Carla Herreria (Huffington Post)
• Diplomat: Sondland told Trump Ukraine would investigate Bidens by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
• Opinion: Did President Trump Just Earn Himself Another Article of Impeachment? by The Editorial Board (NY Times)

Stephen Miller

• Over 75 Members Of Congress To Stephen Miller: Resign From White House Now by Christopher Mathias (Huffington Post)
• Opinion: Stephen Miller’s Sinister Syllabus by Jamelle Bouie (NY Times)
• Stephen Miller’s White Nationalism Is the Guiding Strategy of the Modern Republican Party by Aaron Ross Coleman (GQ)

Roger Stone

• Trump ally Roger Stone guilty of lying to Congress (Al Jazeera)
• Roger Stone: Trump ally convicted of lying to Congress (BBC)
• Roger Stone Found Guilty on All Counts by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Roger Stone Found Guilty of Lying Under Oath to Protect Trump by Greg Walters (VICE)

Other News

• California and nearly two dozen other states sue Trump administration for the right to require more fuel-efficient cars by Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)
• Trump appeals to Supreme Court again, this time to block House committee’s subpoena seeking his financial records by Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow (Washington Post)
• There’s New Proof That Trump Officials Lied Under Oath About the Census Citizenship Question by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• Trump Asks Supreme Court To Block House Subpoena For His Tax Records by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
• Trump Pardons 2 Service Members Accused Of War Crimes And Restores Another’s Rank by Richard Gonzales (NPR)

Impeachment Inquiry / Hearings

• 7 Moments That Stood Out From The 1st Day Of The Trump Impeachment Hearings by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
• Trump impeachment inquiry moves ahead after start of televised hearings by Patricia Zengerle, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
• The Seven Ways Wednesday’s Hearing Clarified Trump’s Real Motives by William Saletan (Slate)
• Trump’s Ambassadors Are Uniquely Unqualified. The Ukraine Scandal Proves It. by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
• How Trump is using Facebook to amplify his fight against impeachment by Emily Stewart,. Rani Molla (Vox)
• Trump’s Choice: National Security or Political Obsession by David E. Sanger (NY Times)
• Pelosi says testimony of diplomats ‘corroborated evidence of bribery’ by Trump by John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
• Analysis: What you learned about the impeachment hearing depended on what channel you watched by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Rudy Giuliani says Trump will stay loyal to him but jokes that he has ‘insurance’ by Stephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)
• Analysis: Trump’s defender v his nemesis: the battle at the heart of impeachment hearings by Andrew Gumbel (The Guardian)
• Next Up In Impeachment Hearings: A Parade Of Key Witnesses by Mary Clare Jalonick / AP (Huffington Post)
• Pelosi: Impeachment Testimony Was Evidence of Trump’s “Bribery” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Pelosi: Impeachment Inquiry Has Yielded Evidence That Trump Engaged In ‘Bribery’ by Tim Mak (NPR)
• Second U.S. embassy official reportedly heard Trump call with Sondland by AP (Politico)
• 2nd U.S. Official Heard Trump Call With Sondland by Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker, Matthew Lee / AP (Huffington Post)
• Trump has a Mike Pence insurance policy: The sanctimonious veep is implicated too by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
• Opinion: Impeachment, Day One: Republicans weaponize nihilism, defend Trump, destroy reality by Andrew O’Hehir (Salon)
• Was impeachment hearing “dull”? Cynical media takes get vigorous pushback by Dan Froomkin, Press Watch (Salon)
• Who is Marie Yovanovitch? What to expect from the next impeachment hearings by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• 5 Things To Know Before Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony In Impeachment Hearing by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)

Tax Returns

• Federal Appeals Court Lets Stand Ruling That Congress Can Subpoena Trump Tax Returns by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
• Trump lawyers poised to take tax returns fight to Supreme Court by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Trump asks Supreme Court to protect his tax returns – setting up constitutional showdown by Andrew Buncome (Independent)
• Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to prevent release of his tax returns by Lawrence Hurley, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)

Other News

• Erdoğan Stopped His Oval Office Meeting to Show Trump an Anti-Kurd Propaganda Video by Tim Marcin (VICE)
• Chad Wolf Becomes Acting Head Of Homeland Security, Names Ken Cuccinelli His Deputy by Bill Chappell (NPR)
• Sessions vows to ‘work for’ Trump endorsement by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• Trump hotel sales brochure touts ‘tremendous upside potential’ of government-related business: report by Rachel Frazin (The Hill)
• Erdogan Hands ‘Tough Guy’ Letter Back to Trump by Megan Specia (NY Times)
• Before Joining White House, Stephen Miller Pushed White Nationalist Theories by Katie Rogers (NY Times)
• A Trump Tax Break To Help The Poor Went To a Rich GOP Donor’s Superyacht Marina by Justin Elliott, Jeff Ernsthausen, and Kyle Edwards (ProPublica)
• Democratic leaders call on Stephen Miller to resign amid claims he pushed white nationalist beliefs by Abbey Marshall (Politico)
• Trump’s tax break for the poor went to rich developers building near Mar-a-lago, report says by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump’s Energy nominee bats away questions about Perry and Ukraine; Brouillette also tells confirmation hearing about mining potential of the Arctic by Benjamin J. Hulac (Roll Call)
• Senate Confirms Controversial Judicial Nominee, Flipping Court That Will Decide Trump Subpoena Cases by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• Senate Confirms Wildly Problematic Trump Court Pick Steven Menashi by Jennifer Bendery (Huffington Post)

Analysis

• New Evidence Shows That 2020 Census Citizenship Question Was a Sham All Along by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)

Impeachment Inquiry / Hearings

• Factbox: What Wednesday’s impeachment witnesses have told House inquiry so far (Reuters)
• Witnesses arrive as Trump impeachment probe goes public in political drama by Patricia Zengerle, Matt Spetalnic (Reuters)
• Rudy Giuliani’s Op-Ed Defense Of Donald Trump Backfires Spectacularly by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• Trump impeachment: How Ukraine story unfolded (BBC)
• Trump impeachment inquiry enters new phase with public hearings by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• The Impeachment Hearing Is About to Start. Trump Is Already Short-Circuiting. by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump impeachment: Russia says claims against US president ‘far-fetched’ as public hearings begin by Phil Thomas (Independent)
• What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP by John F. Harris (Politico)
• Poll: Most voters remain unmovable in impeachment views by Steven Shepard (Politico)
• House launches historic Trump impeachment hearings by Andrew Desidero, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Watch Live: House Holds 1st Open Hearing In Trump Impeachment Inquiry by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Watch the First Public Impeachment Hearings Live (Slate)
• Watch: the first House public impeachment inquiry hearing starts Wednesday by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
• Trump lashes out online ahead of impeachment hearings by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• Trump impeachment hearings: White House releases ‘swamp’ video defending president as public inquiry begins by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Read: Chairman Adam Schiff’s opening statement at today’s impeachment hearings (Politico)
• William Taylor’s Big Impeachment Reveal by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• Bill Taylor Just Unleashed a Bombshell: Trump Asked About ‘the Investigations’ Into the Bidens After Ukraine Call by Cameron Joseph, Greg Walters (VICE)
• READ: Taylor Reveals New Trump Phone Call On ‘Investigations’ In Opening Statement (NPR)
• READ: Opening Statement Of Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State George Kent (NPR)
• Bombshell Testimony: Trump Asked Sondland About Ukrainian “Investigations” by Matt Cohen (Mother Jones)
• Bill Taylor dropped a bombshell in his impeachment hearing opening statement by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• In Opening Statement, George Kent Says Giuliani Sabotaged US-Ukraine Policy by Abigail Weinberg (Mother Jones)
• Trump impeachment hearings focus on Ukraine pressure campaign in first day by Patricia Zengerle, Matt Spetalnick, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
• What George Kent’s bow tie says about his impeachment testimony by Terry Nguyen (Vox)
• ‘Trump cares about Biden more than anything else’: President overheard asking about ‘investigations’ in Ukraine, impeachment hearing told by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Trump not watching impeachment hearing, says White House by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Bill Taylor Says Aide Was Told Trump Cared More About Biden Probe Than Ukraine by Hayley Miller, Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
• Trump Impeachment Hearings Kick Off With Testimony On Giuliani ‘Infecting’ Foreign Policy by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
• Follow the Money in the Ukraine Scandal by Kate Zavadski (ProPublica)
• Analysis: 5 takeaways from Bill Taylor’s and George Kent’s impeachment testimony by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• New testimony ties Trump more directly to Ukraine pressure campaign by Elise Viebeck (Washington Post)
• Key Moments From the First Public Impeachment Hearing by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
• Full Video and Analysis of Day 1 of Impeachment Hearing Testimony (NY Times)
• Analysis: The many, many conflicting and shifting defenses of Trump’s Ukraine scandal from right-wing media by Parker Malloy (Media Matters)
• Key Trump Impeachment Defense Is Blowing Up In Republicans’ Faces by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
• Republicans Spent the First Day of Impeachment Hearings in an Alternate Reality by David Corn (Mother Jones)
• 7 Key Takeaways From The First Public Impeachment Hearing by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)
• The GOP Impeachment Defense Depends on Ignoring the Evidence Trump Released Himself by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Bill Taylor, George Kent, and the Power of Expertise by Lili Loofbourow (Slate)
• Pro-Trump Twitter Spammers Spent the Impeachment Hearing Naming the Alleged Whistleblower by Aaron Mac (Slate)

Erdogan / Turkey

• Congress and White House at odds as Erdogan and Trump set to meet by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
• Trump To Welcome Turkey’s Erdogan To White House Amid Stressed Relations by Deb Riechmann / AP (Huffington Post)
• Strained US-Turkey ties as Trump and Erdogan hold meeting by Deb Riechmann (AP)

Other News

• Hillary Clinton says ‘never say never’ to running against Trump in 2020 election by Felicia Sonmez, Robert Costa (Independent)
• The White House Wants a Webcam to Livestream Border Wall Construction by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Trump administration proposes denying work permits to asylum-seekers who illegally cross border by Marty Johnson (The Hill)
• Bolton suggested Trump’s personal and financial interests guide his foreign policy decisions: report by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Trump says U.S. left troops in Syria ‘only for the oil,’ appearing to contradict Pentagon by David Brown (Politico)
• Trump lawyer demands notice if Democrats seek president’s New York tax returns by Brian Faler (Politico)
• Trump claims Ivanka created 14m jobs. The entire economy only added 6m by Luke O’Neil (The Guardian)
• Barr says watchdog report on Russia probe’s origins is ‘imminent’ by Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney, Abbey Marshall (Politico)
• Trump’s interim homeland security pick clears Senate hurdle by Ted Hesson (Reuters)
• AOC and Ilhan Omar call for Stephen Miller’s resignation over his promotion of white supremacist articles by Sean Collins (Vox)
• Trump Administration Proposes Tougher Rules on Work Permits for Asylum-Seekers by AP (TIME)
• Another inflated résumé in the Trump administration — with a fake Time magazine cover by Igor Derysh (Salon)
• White House uses “anti-Semitism” defense after Miller is busted for promoting white nationalism by Igor Derysh (Salon)
• Roger Stone’s defense: MAGA, God and Donald Trump by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)

Analysis

• The five ways Republicans will crack down on voting rights in 2020 by Carol Anderson (The Guardian)

Impeachment Inquiry

• Can Public Impeachment Hearings Drag Down Trump’s Approval Ratings? by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
• The Democrats’ Impeachment Strategy Is Simple—and Risky by David Corn (Mother Jones)
• Impeachment Hearing FAQ: Who Will Testify And How The Questioning Will Work by Deirdre Walsh (NPR)
• In reversal, Mulvaney says he won’t sue over impeachment probe subpoena by Jan Wolfe (Reuters)
• The two quid pro quos at the heart of the impeachment inquiry by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• There’s a Surprisingly Plausible Path to Removing Trump From Office by Juleanna Glover (Politico)
• READ: Republicans’ strategy to defend Trump on impeachment (The Hill)
• Live updates: Republicans prepare to defend Trump in open hearings; Mulvaney no longer seeking judge’s ruling on testifying by John Wagner and Colby Itkowitz (Washington Post)
• Republicans, Planning Impeachment Defense, Argue Trump Did Nothing Wrong by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
• Mulvaney won’t sue over impeachment, declines to cooperate by Eric Tucker (AP)
• Giuliani Was Close to a Podcast Deal With the News Outlet That Spread His Ukraine Conspiracies by Mike Spies, Jake Pearson, and J. David McSwane (ProPublica)
• This Lawsuit Against Trump Could Have Big Implications for the Impeachment Inquiry by Greg Walters (VICE)
• The inside story of the phone call that could see Trump impeached by Sharon LaFraniere, Andrew E. Kramer, Danny Hakim (New York Times)
• Impeachment hearings schedule and day’s events (Politico)
• Trump last line of impeachment defense: Repeating big lies about Joe Biden by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
• Who’s holding the impeachment hearings? Meet the House Intelligence Committee by Bridget Bowman (Roll Call)
• Trump Has Considered Firing Intelligence Community Inspector General by Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt (NY Times)
• Opinion: What Trump Is Hiding From the Impeachment Hearings by Neal K. Katyal (NY Times)
• Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump’s Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include Bribery by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• As Trump Attacks, Death Threats Against the Whistleblower and His Lawyers Increase by David Corn (Mother Jones)
• Risks for all sides as Trump impeachment hearings swing open by Lisa Mascaro (AP)
• House Intel panel announces additional witnesses for public impeachment hearings by Andrew Desidero, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• The Impeachment Of Donald Trump Is Starting. Here’s What To Know. by Nick Robins-Early (Huffington Post)
• A Guide to All the People in This Week’s Impeachment Hearings by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)

Stone Trial

• Stone previewed WikiLeaks bounty to Trump campaign in April 2016 by Darren Samuelsohn, Matthew Choi (Politico)
• Stone Trial Reveals Trump Likely Lied to Mueller by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Donald Trump Apparently Thought Roger Stone Had Inside Information On WikiLeaks by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
• Trump campaign wanted updates on 2016 WikiLeaks releases on Clinton: ex-aide testifies by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
• Roger Stone wanted to ‘debrief’ Kushner on hacked emails, Trump campaign aide says by AP (The Guardian)
• Roger Stone trial testimony casts doubt on Trump’s answers to Mueller by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• What Roger Stone’s trial revealed about Donald Trump and WikiLeaks by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)

DACA

• Trump claims he’ll strike deal for Dreamers with Dems if SCOTUS overturns DACA by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• What today’s DACA case means to undocumented students, educators by Bianca Quilantan (Politico)
• DACA finally lands in Supreme Court after Trump’s yearslong battle by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Trump falsely claims DACA recipients are ‘hardened criminals’ just as Supreme Court begins hearings by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump knocks DACA recipients, Obama as Supreme Court prepares for arguments by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
• Trump’s attempt to smear DACA recipients as “hardened criminals” is untethered from reality by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• Trump administration tells Supreme Court it owns termination of DACA program by Robert Barnes (Washington Post)
• Supreme Court Appears Ready to Let Trump End DACA Program by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
• Supreme Court sharply divided over Trump’s DACA repeal by John Kruzel (The Hill)
• Supreme Court’s Conservatives Seem To Back Trump On Ending DACA by Mark Sharman / AP (Huffington Post)

Border / Migrant Children

• U.S. Held Nearly 70,000 Migrant Children In Government Custody In 2019 by Christopher Sherman, Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke / AP (Huffington Post)
• The U.S. Detained a Record 69,550 Migrant Children This Year by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• A Trump administration strategy led to the child migrant backup crisis at the border by Neena Satija, Karoun Demirjian, Abigail Hauslohner, and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)

Stephen Moore

• Leaked Emails Show Stephen Miller’s Unfiltered Anti-Immigrant Views by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Report: Stephen Miller Inundated Breitbart Writer’s Inbox With White Nationalist Talking Points by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
• Ocasio-Cortez Calls On Stephen Miller To Resign Amid White Nationalist Email Leak by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Leaked Emails Show Stephen Miller Is Exactly Who You Think He Is by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
• Transcript: Stephen Moore on US economy, racism and Donald Trump (Al Jazeera)

Other News

• • The Trump Administration Is Giving Family Planning Funds to a Network of Anti-Abortion Clinics by Stephanie Mencimer (Mother Jones)
  • Trump allies received hundreds of thousands of dollars under federal health contract by Dan Diamond, Adam Cancryn (Politico)
  • Donald Trump plans to make foreign aid conditional on religious freedom by Peter Beaumont (The Guardian)
  • Emails Connect Trump Officials And GOP Redistricting Expert On Citizenship Question by Hansi Lo Wang (NPR)
  • Mark Sanford Ends His Primary Challenge Against President Trump by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
  • Trump Makes No Promises On China Trade Deal by Scott Horsley (NPR)
  • Trump says he’ll meet with dictators if it helps the US by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
  • Trump Has a Terrifying New Plan to Poison the Air, Water, Humans by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
  • Trump Boldly and Insanely Claims Ivanka Created 14 Million Jobs by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
  • Pact reached to avert government shutdown through Dec. 20 by Andrew Taylor (AP)
  • Clinton says she is being urged by ‘many, many, many people’ to run in 2020 by Abby Marshall (Politico)
  • Trump threatening to fire Mulvaney: report by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
  • Stephen Miller emails reveal white nationalist origin of Fox News talking points by John Whitehouse & Eric Kleefeld (Media Matters)

Analysis

• Behind Trump’s Dealings With Turkey: Sons-in-Law Married to Power by David D. Kirkpatrick and Eric Lipton (NY Times)
• How the Roberts Court Abandoned Bipartisan Consensus by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)

Opinion

• Some of Trump’s Most Devious Lies Are About Health Care by Nicholas Bagley (NY Times)

Impeachment Inquiry

• The Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Begins A New Phase This Week: What You Need To Know by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Trump fumes over impeachment probe with public hearings days away by James Oliphant (Reuters)
• Trump’s bluster crashes into a barrage of impeachment facts by Nancy Cook (Politico)
• Opinion: The Disorienting Defenses of Donald Trump by The Editorial Board (NY Times)
• 13 Republicans and Trump appointees who have indicated his Ukraine call was hardly ‘perfect’ By Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• ‘A circus and a hoax’: how rightwing media are covering impeachment by Victoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
• Giuliani associate flips on Trump, says he threatened Ukraine to investigate Biden or lose aid by Igor Derysh (Salon)
• Trump Says Whistleblower Should Be Investigated. Here’s Why That’s Terrifying. by Jeremy Schulman (Mother Jones)
• READ: Defense Department Official’s Impeachment Inquiry Testimony (NPR)
• Trump’s lie about impeachment transcripts is one of his laziest yet by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
• READ: Top Pentagon official’s testimony during impeachment inquiry (The Hill)
• Democrats release new batch of testimony from Trump impeachment inquiry by Patricia Zengerle, Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
• US national security officials objected to stopping Ukraine aid (Al Jazeera)
• READ: Foreign Service Officer Christopher Anderson’s Impeachment Inquiry Testimony (NPR)
• READ: Ukraine Specialist Catherine Croft’s Impeachment Inquiry Testimony (NPR)
• The insider’s guide to the impeachment hearings by Andrew Desidero, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Opinion: To Exonerate Trump, Republicans Embrace Russian Disinformation by Michelle Goldberg (NY Times)

Supreme Court / DACA

• 3 ways the Supreme Court could decide DACA’s fate by Ian Millhiser (Vox)
• Analysis: How the Trump Administration Eroded Its Own Legal Case on DACA by By Michael D. Shear, Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Adam Liptak (NY Times)
• Supreme Court again confronts Trump’s authority, this time over DACA recipients by Robert Barnes (Washington Post)
• Microsoft takes its fight for ‘dreamers’ in its ranks to the Supreme Court by Cat Zakrzewski(Washington Post)
• Dreamers prepare for fight as Daca decision heads to supreme court by Amanda Holpuch (The Guardian)
• The DACA Case Is a Test of the Administration’s Basic Competence by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
• Deported Before DACA by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)

Tax Returns

• U.S. judge dismisses NY attorney general as defendant in Trump tax returns case  by Jonathan Stempel and Jan Wolfe (Reuters)
• US judge sides with New York AG in Trump tax return lawsuit (Al Jazeera)
• Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against NY Over Tax Returns by AP (Huffington Post)
• Judge throws out Trump’s attempt to stop release of tax returns by Clark Mindock (Independent)

Veteran’s Day

• Trump met with ‘lock him up’ chants during Veterans Day Parade by Vittoria Elliot (Independent)
• Trump NYC Veterans Day speech met with protests by Brett Samuels, Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
• Trump Met With ‘Lock Him Up’ Chants, ‘Impeach’ Signs At NYC Veterans Day Parade by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)

Other News

• Former U.N. Ambassador Haley: Trump Actions ‘Not A Good Practice’ But Not Impeachable by Brian Naylor, Mary Louise Kelly (NPR)
• Nikki Haley: Top aides ‘told ex-UN envoy to undermine Trump’ (BBC)
• Republicans used to ignore Trump’s resorts. Now they’re spending millions. by Anita Kumar (Politico)
• Donald Trump Jr. Just Got Booed Off the Stage — by His Own Supporters by Tim Marcin (VICE)
• Trump Jr. Gets Booed Out of His Own Book Event as White Nationalists Eat Their Own by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Peter King is the 20th House Republican to announce their retirement by Sean Collins (Vox)
• Trump Is MAGA-fying the National Medal of Arts by Peter Nicholas (Slate)
• Political Group Spending at Trump Hotels Rocketed Up to $19 Million by Luke Darby (GQ)
• White House press secretary says Trump will decide when she holds first press briefing by John Bowden (The Hill)
• House Lawmakers Urge Trump To Cancel Turkish President’s White House Visit by Antonia Blumberg (Huffington Post)
• Trump weighs conditioning foreign aid on religious freedom by Nahal Toosi, Gabby Orr (Politico)

Impeachment Inquiry

• In Seeking to Join Suit Over Subpoena Power, Mulvaney Goes Up Against the President by Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
• Lawmakers spar over impeachment witnesses as probe enters public phase by Felicia Sonmez, Joel Achenbach, and
  Paige Winfield Cunningham (Washington Post)
• House Intelligence Committee Has Evidence Of Trump ‘Extortion Scheme,’ Democrat Says by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
• Trump’s Frantic Fight for Immunity by Amy Davidson Sorkin (The New Yorker)
• Schiff Makes Clear Whistleblower Won’t Be Testifying: “Redundant and Unnecessary” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Giuliani Associate Claims He Pressured Ukrainian Government to Investigate Bidens by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Whistleblower Offer To Field Written Questions Stands, But GOP Seeks Public Testimony by Bobby Allyn (NPR)

Other News

• The Trump Administration Wants To Charge Migrants For Seeking Asylum by Sara Boboltz (Huffington Post
• Former Trump Adviser John Bolton Lands Book Deal, Sources Say by Hillel Italie / AP (Huffington Post)
• John Bolton, key figure in Trump impeachment inquiry, signs book deal (The Guardian)
• Man who slashed ‘Baby Trump’ balloon during Alabama-LSU game says he’d ‘do it again’ by Derek Hawkins and
  Cindy Boren (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump Makes an Awkward Pitch to Black Voters in Atlanta by Charles Bethea (The New Yorker)
• Who is Rudy Giuliani’s friend “Charles”? An accidental text may have outed his identity by Roger Sollenberger (Salon)
• Trump’s Plot to Kill DACA Arrives in the Supreme Court, and the Protesters Are Here, Too by Fernanda Echavarri (Mother Jones)
• Nikki Haley claims John Kelly and Rex Tillerson asked her to defy Trump in order to ‘save the country’ from the inside by Bethany Biron (Business Insider)
• Nikki Haley Says Tillerson, Kelly Urged Her to Undermine Trump to “Save the Country” by Daniel Politi (Slate)

Impeachment Inquiry / Ukraine / Whistleblower

• Poll: 65% of Republicans say Trump’s Ukraine scheme was normal presidential behavior by Ezra Klein (Vox)
• What We Learned From Reading Thousands Of Pages Of Impeachment Inquiry Transcripts by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
• The Whistleblower Complaint Has Largely Been Corroborated. Here’s How. by Tamara Keith (NPR)
• WSJ: Giuliani Associates Told Former Ukraine Leader Biden Probe Would Equal White House Visit by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• The whistleblower’s lawyer says attacking him is illegal as Trump’s attacks continue by Riley Beggin (Vox)
• Mulvaney tests House subpoena power as Republicans push for Hunter Biden by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
• House Republicans add Hunter Biden, whistleblower to impeachment hearing witness wishlist by Jessica Campisi (The Hill)
• Republicans Ask For Whistleblower, Hunter Biden To Testify In Impeachment Inquiry by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
• John Bolton Makes Clear He Has a Lot of Relevant Information for Impeachment Inquiry by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Ukraine Affair Thrusts White House Lawyer Into Center of Crisis by Julian E. Barnes, Katie Benner, Michael S. Schmidt and Charlie Savage (NY Times)
• How the State Dept.’s Dissenters Incited a Revolt, Then a Rallying Cry by Michael Crowley, Lara Jakes and David E. Sanger (NY Times)
• Republicans attempt to move impeachment inquiry away from Trump by Rachael Bade, Karoun Demirjian, and Colby Itkowitz (Washington Post)
• Opinion: Despite Trump’s taunting and harassment, whistleblowers remain undaunted by Joe Davidson (Washington Post)
• John Bolton says he has new intel on Ukraine, but won’t testify without a court ruling by Riley Beggin (Vox)
• House Republicans release their impeachment inquiry witness wish list by Riley Beggin (Vox)
• Ukraine Aid Was Released After Federal Lawyers Said Trump Freeze Was Illegal: Report by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump says he’ll release transcript of a second call with Ukrainian president Tuesday by Christian Vasquez (Politico)

Other News

• Donald Trump ‘Would Love To’ Take Up Putin’s Invite To Russian Military Parade by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• William Barr Emerges As The Attorney General Trump Wanted. Democrats, Not So Much by Ryan Lucas (NPR)
• President Trump Says He Is Weighing Putin’s Invitation to Russia Victory Day Parade by AP (TIME)
• Trump Denies Discussions to Relaunch Apprentice After Presidency by Daniel Politi (Slate)

Analysis

• For 30-somethings, stakes are high over future of DACA by Astrid Galvan (AP)

Impeachment Inquiry / Ukraine / Whistleblower

• House Democrats Subpoena Mick Mulvaney In Impeachment Probe by Mary Clare Jalonick / AP (Huffington Post)
• Trump says unconcerned by ‘hoax’ impeachment bid as hearings come into public view by Alexander Alpher, Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
• Trump placing whistleblower in ‘physical danger’, lawyer says (BBC)
• Trump’s acting chief of staff won’t appear for impeachment inquiry deposition: congressional aide (Reuters)
• 3 days, 5 transcripts: What we’ve learned from recently released impeachment depositions by Lauren Katz (Vox)
• Trump’s attacks on whistleblower could do lasting damage to system, experts say by Victoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
• Mulvaney defies House subpoena, cites immunity ‘one minute’ before deposition by Olivia Beavers, Mike Lillis (The Hill)
• Trump says he will release transcript from different Ukraine call ‘no one knows about’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump says he’s open to releasing memo of another Ukraine call by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump rails against impeachment: ‘They shouldn’t be having public hearings’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Skips House Democrats’ Impeachment Inquiry by Mary Clare Jalonick / AP (TIME)
• READ: Testimony Of Fiona Hill, Ex-White House Russia Policy Official (NPR)
• Bolton Knows About ‘Many Relevant Meetings’ on Ukraine, Lawyer Says by Pater Baker (NY Times)
• Ukraine expert who listened to Trump’s call says ‘there was no doubt’ the president was seeking investigations of political rivals by John Wagner and Colby Itkowitz (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Rand Paul’s claim that Trump has a constitutional right to confront whistleblowers by Salvadore Rizzo (Washington Post)
• Analysis: 4 big takeaways from Fiona Hill’s and Alexander Vindman’s transcripts by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• White House official says he heard U.S. envoy push for investigation of Bidens by Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay (Reuters)
• White House Broke From ‘Normal Process’ Handling Trump-Ukraine Call, Witness Said by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• READ: Testimony Of Alexander Vindman, The White House’s Ukraine Specialist (NPR)
• Read Fiona Hill’s Testimony to House Impeachment Investigators by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Top NSC Official Says Mick Mulvaney Was Key Player in Trump-Ukraine Quid Pro Quo by Matt Cohen (Mother Jones)
• Trump impeachment Inquiry: Vindman, Hill testimonies released (Al Jazeera)
• Hey Look, Mick Mulvaney’s Now Caught in Trump’s Ukraine Shitstorm by Greg Walters, Cameron Joseph (VICE)
• White House official says Trump made a quid pro quo “demand” of Ukraine’s president by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Ex-Trump Russia expert told lawmakers she’s gotten death threats by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• New transcripts tie Mulvaney to quid pro quo effort by Morgan Chalfant, Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
• Trump ‘asked former Ukraine president to announce Biden investigation in exchange for state visit’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• The Ukraine Depositions Have Destroyed Trump’s “Corruption” Defense by William Saletan (Slate)

Other News

• Trump Administration Prosecutes Single Mothers Arrested In Mississippi ICE Raid by Roque Planas (Huffington Post)
• Trump says has not agreed to roll back tariffs on Chinese goods by Alexander Alper, Andrea Shalal (Reuters)
• Donald Trump Jr. Likens Sacrifices Of Fallen Troops To Those Made By His Family by Lee Moran (Huffington Post
• Federal Judge Rebukes Trump In Speech: ‘This Is Not Normal’ by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• Trump officials considered mass resignation in ‘midnight self-massacre’, explosive new book claims by Jon Sharman (Independent)
• Trump ‘regularly stumbles, slurs and gets confused’, White House official says by Peter Stubley (Independent)
• Top officials at Trump’s EPA are impeding investigation into chief of staff, says watchdog by Emily Holden (The Guardian)
• Trump to host Bulgarian prime minister at the White House by Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
• Trump Rules Out Complete Rollback of China Tariffs as Talks Continue by Alan Rappeport (NY Times)
• Trump plan to save Syria’s oil is shaping up to be a public relations dumpster fire by Christopher Woody and David Choi (Business Insider)
• Jeff Sessions Is Back to Take Trump’s Abuse and Cement His Rancid Legacy by Jack Holmes (Esquire)
• Trump Floats Raising Vaping Age To 21 by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• Parents Of Teen Motorcyclist Killed By Envoy’s Wife Say Trump Offered Them A Check by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• The Homophobic Activist Who Won an Audience with Two Supreme Court Justices by Masha Gessen (Atlantic)

Analysis

• Is Another Government Shutdown On the Way? by Jay Willis (GQ)
• The World’s Worst Game of Risk Is Playing Out in Syria by Kathy Gilsinan (Atlantic)

Opinion

• Review: The Anonymous White House Book-Writer Can Anonymously Bite Me by Charles P.Pierce (Esquire)
• The Role of the Artist in the Age of Trump by Lin-Manuel Miranda (The Atlantic)

Impeachment Inquiry / Ukraine

• Giuliani Hires His Own Team Of Lawyers As Investigations Into Ukraine Ramp Up by Karen Freifeld, Jan Wolfe / Reuters (Huffington Post)
• Trump denies asking attorney general to clear him on Ukraine (BBC)
• Outing the Whistleblower Could Be Illegal. Expect Them to Get Away with It. by Pema Levy (Mother Jones)
• Bolton Just Ghosted on His Impeachment Hearing by Cameron Joseph (VICE)
• Trump impeachment: President fumes at report attorney general refused to endorse his Ukraine call by Jane Dalton (Independent)
• 1st Pence Aide Arrives To Testify In Impeachment Probe by Franco Ordoñez, Mara Liasson (NPR)
• Report: Trump Wanted Barr to Bail Him Out of Ukraine Mess by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
• President Trump Denies He Asked Attorney General Barr to Hold a Press Conference Clearing Him by AP (TIME)
• Trump says the Bidens should testify by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Impeachment investigators pressing forward without John Bolton by Andrew Desiero (Politico)
• The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest Updates by Staff (NY Times)
• Bolton willing to defy White House and testify if court clears the way, according to people familiar with his views by Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger (Washington Post)
• Opinion: Four big facts that blow up the GOP’s latest defense of Trump by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• READ: Testimony Of Deputy Assistant Secretary Of State George Kent (NPR)
• Read the Transcript of George Kent’s Testimony to the House Impeachment Probe (Mother Jones)
• Trump impeachment: State department official accuses Giuliani of ‘lies and deceit’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Whistleblower lawyer sends cease-and-desist to White House over Trump’s attacks by Marty Johnson (The Hill)

Trump Foundation

• Judge orders Trump to pay $2M for charity foundation misuse by AP (Washington Post)
• Judge orders Trump to pay $2m for misusing Trump Foundation funds (BBC)
• Donald Trump Ordered to Pay $2 Million for Charity Fraud by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)

Sessions

• Jeff Sessions to Announce Run for His Old Senate Seat. But Can He Beat Trump? by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Jeff Sessions to announce run for Senate, and Trump intends to campaign against him: reports by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Shelby Says Sessions Could Win Alabama Senate Race Despite Rift With Trump by Claudia Grisales (NPR)

Other News

• Trump Administration Sues Drug Company Over HIV Prevention Drug Truvada by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• CNN Fact-Checker Couldn’t Keep Up With Donald Trump’s Rally Lies by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
• Trump ‘very keen’ on doing ‘The Apprentice: White House’ — and keeps pitching it to NBC creator Mark Burnett: report by Tom Boggioni (Raw Story)
• Trump Allegedly Chatting with Mark Burnett About a The Apprentice: White House by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Trump Chicago hotel profits plummet by 89%, despite infusion of campaign money by Igor Derysh (Salon)
• Harry Dunn parents say they rejected Trump offer of cheque by Haroon Siidique (The Guardian)
• Pence denies he entertained 25th Amendment to remove Trump by Trent Spiner (Politico)
• Exclusive: Trump administration rule changes to ease gun exports progress by Mike Stone, David Sherpardson (Reuters)
• Federal judge rules Trump administration must provide mental health services to migrant families separated at border by Jessica Campisi (The Hill)
• A Trump Judicial Nominee Helped Betsy DeVos Break the Law to Screw Student Borrowers by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Trump Is Expected To Sign Bill Making Animal Cruelty A Federal Crime by Bill Chappell (NPR)
• Roger Stone’s Trial Is Going Very Badly for Roger Stone by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Samuel Alito Urged to Recuse Themselves from LGBT Cases by Aila Slisco (Newsweek)

Analysis

• The 7 Ways Impeachment Could Shape The 2020 Election by Clare Malone (FiveThirtyEight)
• Which US states make it hardest to vote? by Ankita Rao, Erum Salam, and Juweek Adolphe (Guardian)