Government Shutdown / Border Wall
- Trump holds firm on border wall, offers steel option as compromise by Jeff Mason, Ginger Gibson (Reuters)
- ‘We have to build the wall’: Trump digs in heels on US shutdown (Al Jazeera)
- Former Park Service Chief Says Keeping National Parks Open During the Shutdown Is a Tragic Mistake by Jonathan B Jarvis (Mother Jones)
- Trump again surfaces ‘national emergency’ as a way to pay for border wall by Marianne Levine, Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Donald Trump Says He Can ‘Relate’ To Federal Workers Who Can’t Pay Bills During Shutdown by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Report: Trump Weighs Nuclear Option on Wall Funding by Kevin Fitzpatrick (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Says He “May Declare a National Emergency” in “Next Few Days” Over Wall by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Looks Like Trump Lied When He Said Former Presidents Supported Wall by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Trump: ‘I can relate’ to federal workers going without pay during shutdown by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump predicts he’ll get $5.6B for border wall — even if it takes a national emergency by John T Bennett (Roll Call)
- Trump: ‘May declare a national emergency’ to build wall by Eli Watkins (CNN)
- Trump’s idea to declare national emergency raises legality questions by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump threatens national emergency in ‘next few days’ over wall and shutdown by David Taylor and Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
- Park Service takes ‘extraordinary step’ of dipping into entrance fees to bolster operations at popular sites by Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)
- Trump Repeats Calls For A Border Wall As Shutdown Negotiations Continue by Shannon Van Sant (NPR)
- Trump Is Making an Ass of Himself Over the Shutdown by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)
Syria
- Trump, Bolton Say U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Is Conditional On Defeat Of ISIS by Francesca Paris (NPR)
- Syrian Troop Withdrawal Halted Forever by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Even Fox News Has Had Enough of Trump’s Anti-Immigrant BS by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Bolton outlines conditions for U.S. pullout from Syria by AP (Politico)
- Trump’s Syria withdrawal now comes with conditions, Bolton says by Amanda Sakuma (Vox)
Other News
- Pentagon chief of staff Kevin Sweeney resigns (BBC)
- Pentagon Chief of Staff Becomes Third Top DoD Official to Resign in Less Than a Month by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Congressional Rule Change Allows Head Scarves, Religious Headwear on House Floor by Tara Law (TIME)
- US and China to resume trade talks with both eager for compromise by Lily Kuo (The Guardian)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Donald Trump Is Most Definitely a Racist by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)
- A New York Times Columnist Makes the Case for Removing Donald Trump From Office by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)