Soleimani / Iran / Middle East
- Senate Dems could fall short in restraining Trump on Iran by Marianne Levine, Connor O’brien (Politico)
- Trump Should Know About Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. He Did Business With People Linked to It. by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- Iran’s Foreign Minister: U.S. Strike On Soleimani An Act Of Terrorism And War by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Stampede Kills Dozens at Funeral Procession for Iranian General Killed in U.S. Drone Strike by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Soleimani was not in Baghdad on a diplomatic mission: Pompeo (Reuters)
- Saudi minister met Trump, delivered message from crown prince: tweet (Reuters)
- Iran’s parliament designates all US forces as ‘terrorists’ (Al Jazeera)
- Soleimani killing: Iran’s Zarif vows response to US ‘act of war’ (Al Jazeera)
- Soleimani attack: What does international law say? (BBC)
- Pentagon won’t target Iranian cultural sites, contradicting President Trump’s repeated threats by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- The only remaining check on Trump is the 2020 election by Ian Millhiser (Vox)
- Stampede kills dozens, postpones burial for slain Iranian commander, dates by Erin Cunningham (Washington Post)
- Opinion: McConnell’s coverup for Trump cannot make this one thing disappear by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- House to debate Iran war powers as impeachment articles hold continues by Lindsey McPherson (Roll Call)
- Donald Trump Jr posts crusader symbol image amid Middle East turmoil by Edward Helmore (The Guardian)
- Iran threatens to hit US bases with medium- and long-range missiles by Patrick Wintour and Julian Borger (The Guardian)
- What War Powers Does President Trump Have? by Isaac Chotiner (The New Yorker)
- Transcript: NPR’s Full Interview With Iran’s Foreign Minister (NPR)
- Mike Pompeo On Drone Strike That Killed Iran’s Top Military Leader: ‘We Got It Right’ by Brakkton Booker (NPR)
- Pentagon: Letter Removing Troops From Iraq Was a “Mistake.” Iraq: No Takebacks. by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- Trump Is Congratulating Himself in Facebook Ads for Killing Soleimani by David Uberti (VICE)
- Pompeo’s shifting reasons for killing Soleimani puts the strike on shaky legal ground by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- Mike Pompeo Is Lying About Iran by William Satelan (Slate)
- Trump, Merkel discuss Iran, Iraq and Libya by phone (Reuters)
- U.S. military won’t leave Iraq anytime soon, Trump says amid tensions by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Trump retreats from threat to attack Iranian cultural sites (Al Jazeera)
- Qasem Soleimani: Trump says US killed ‘a monster’ (BBC)
- Iran fires missiles at Iraqi bases in retaliation for U.S. strike on commander by Ahmed Aboulenein and Phil Stewart (Reuters)
- After days of dire threats, Trump’s tone shifts in the wake of Iran’s retaliation by Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
- Iran Launches Missile Attacks On Military Bases Housing U.S. Troops In Iraq by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
- Iran launches missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq (Al Jazeera)
- Iran retaliates with missile attacks on U.S. troop locations in Iraq by Nahal Toosi, Andrew Desidero, Nancy Cook (Politico)
Impeachment
- McConnell prepares to move forward on impeachment trial rules without Democrats by Burgess Everett, Marianne Levine (Politico)
- Mitch McConnell Unites Republicans On Impeachment Trial Rules by Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)
- The Senate Republicans Who Could Still Turn Against Trump by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- Here’s Why John Bolton Probably Won’t Testify in Trump’s Impeachment Trial After All by Cameron Joseph (VICE)
- Senate Republicans close ranks on rules for Trump impeachment trial by Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell, and David Morgan (Reuters)
- Democrats Are Mobilizing Their Plan to Lose the Impeachment Trial by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
Other News
- Trump Is The Most Unpopular President Since Ford To Run For Reelection by Nathaniel Rakich (FiveThirtyEight)
- US immigration: Mexican asylum seekers could be deported to Guatemala (BBC)
- Americans Still Paying 100% of Trump’s Tariffs by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Ex-Trump Aide Michael Flynn Deserves Prison Time: Justice Department by Eric Tucker / AP (Huffington Post)
- Trump to drop $10 million on Super Bowl ad by Alex Isenstadt (Politico)
- ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s lawsuit against Trump goes to top New York court by Jonathan Stempel (Reuters)
- ‘Extreme privilege’: Ivanka Trump faces backlash over keynote speech at CES by Kari Paul (The Guardian)
- Trump Signs Emergency Declaration For Puerto Rico After Earthquakes by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (Huffington Post)
- Trump and Bloomberg to air duelling Super Bowl ads (BBC)