Government Shutdown / Border Wall / House Control
- US shutdown: Pelosi says Trump can’t persuade Democrats on wall (Al Jazeera)
- Trump: Shutdown is Democrats’ attempt to take the presidency by Matthew Choi (Politico)
- Unprecedented: Shutdown bleeds into new Congress by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- Trump Says He’d “Look Foolish” if He Agreed to Reopen the Government Without Wall Funding. Is He Right? by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Federal workers illegally forced to work without pay during shutdown, per lawsuit by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
- Trump blames shutdown on 2020 election despite claiming he would take responsibility – live by Erin Durkin (The Guardian)
- An Awkward Beginning to Democratic Control of the House by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- GOP senator calls on Congress to end shutdown without border deal by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- Day 13: Dems pass funding plan without wall, Trump digs in by Matthew Daly, Catherine Lucey, and Jill Colvin (AP)
- House defies Trump veto threat, passes funding plan without wall (Al Jazeera)
- President Trump Just Used a White House Press Briefing to Double Down on Funding for the Wall by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
- Troops To Be Deployed To Border To Build And Upgrade 160 Miles Of Fencing by Tom Bowman, RIchard Gonzales (NPR)
- How The Federal Shutdown Is Affecting Health Programs by Shefali Luthra (NPR)
- Trump Says Country Wants Border Wall, But That’s Not What Polls Say by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
Trump Investigations / Nancy Pelosi / Democrats in House
- Pelosi Says It May Be Possible to Indict a Sitting President by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- House Democrats Start Investigating Trump This Morning by Paul Blumenthal (Huffington Post)
- Trump Awakens to a Dangerous New Reality in Washington by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- Nancy Pelosi Says It Could Be Possible to Indict President Trump by Mahita Gajanan (TIME)
- Nancy Pelosi will not rule out impeachment or indictment for Trump by Chris Stevenson (Independent)
- Pelosi elected speaker, will lead Dems confronting Trump by Lisa Mascaro (AP)
- Nancy Pelosi Is Voted Speaker of the House, Which Means Democrats Are Officially in Control by Tonya Riley (Mother Jones)
- Democrats Just Took Back Control of the House. Bask in These Joyous Photos From the Historic Day. by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Democrats reclaim power as Nancy Pelosi elected House speaker by Lauren Gambino and Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
- Nancy Pelosi elected as Speaker of diverse US House of Representatives (BBC)
- Democratic congressman to issue articles of impeachment against Trump on first day of new Congress by John Haltiwanger (Business Insider)
- New US Congress makes history with record number of women (Al Jazeera)
- Coming to Terms with the Impeachment Process: The Case for Starting a Formal Inquiry by Bob Bauer (Just Security)
Khashoggi
- Saudi Arabia puts Jamal Khashoggi murder suspects on trial (Al Jazeera)
- Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalties in Khashoggi case by Asma Alsharif (Reuters)
- Trial Begins For 11 Suspects In Killing Of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi by Daniella Cheslow (NPR)
Other News
- 7 of the most bizarre moments from Trump’s unhinged hour-long Cabinet meeting by Martin Cizmar (Salon)
- Senate Sets Mid-January Confirmation Hearings For Attorney General Nominee by Daniella Cheslow (NPR)
- Donald Trump mocks India PM Narendra Modi over Afghanistan library (BBC)
- The Real Story Behind the EPA’s Efforts to Hire a Hyper-Aggressive Political Operation by Rebecca Leber, Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s EPA stops punishing big polluters for breaking federal law by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Donald Trump Finally Has a White House Science Adviser by Lauren Morello (Scientific American)
- U.S. warns Iran on space launches, Tehran rejects concerns by Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- US intensifies bombing in Syria after Trump announced withdrawal by Ali Younes & Trevor Aaronson (Al Jazeera)
- Nikki Haley praises Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro after he targets LGBT on 1st day in office by Matthew Rosza (Salon)
- ‘We gave more than enough sacrifices’: Afghans blast Trump’s praise of the Soviet invasion by Alex Horton and
Sayed Salahuddin (Washington Post) - Justice Dept. investigating whether Zinke lied to inspector general by Matt Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey, Juliet Eilperin, and Lisa Rein (Washington Post)
- Historic Day: Two American Indian Women Become Members of Congress by Levi Rickert (Native News)
- Trump’s Trade War Taxes Will Cost Middle-Class Families $200-300 This Year by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Mueller target’s bid to pick judge for suit is rejected by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
Analysis
- Why Trump’s Generals Have Abandoned Ship by James Stavridis (TIME)
- The 10 new Democratic House committee chairs who are about to make Trump’s life hell by Andrew Projop, Ella Nilsen, Emily Stewart, Umair Irfan, Tara Golshan, Dylan Scott, Alex Ward, and Dara Lind (Vox)
- What will the conservative high court mean for 2019? by Erwin Chemerinsky (ABA Journal)
- Makeup of Cabinet is creating more hurdles for Trump by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
Opinion
- Trump’s reign of corruption will now face real opposition. Here are three things to watch. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)