Government Shutdown / Trump Address / Border Wall
- 7 Takeaways From President Trump’s Oval Office Address by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Trump’s Oval Office Address Was Classic Stephen Miller by McKay Coppins (The Atlantic)
- Why Federal Workers Still Have to Show Up Even If They’re Not Being Paid by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- Trump Has Lost Ground In The Shutdown Blame Game by Janie Velencia (FiveThirtyEight)
- Trump will bring top White House lawyer to Mexican border by Nancy Cook, Gabby Orr (Politico)
- The legality behind President Trump’s national security threat by Eugene Daniels (Politico)
- Trump walks out of shutdown talks with a ‘bye-bye’ (BBC)
- Schumer: President Stormed Out of Shutdown Talks in a “Temper Tantrum” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- ‘Bye-Bye’: Trump Walks Out Of White House Meeting With Democrats About Shutdown by Susan Davis, Kelsey Snell, Scott Horsley (NPR)
- Trump storms out of talks on shutdown, bemoans ‘total waste of time’ by Richard Cowan, Alexandra Alper (Reuters)
- House passes bill that would end shutdown, but Senate unlikely to take up (Reuters)
- TSA officers quit over paycheck uncertainty during Trump shutdown, creating “massive security risk” by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Shutdown’s economic damage: $1 billion a week by Victoria Guida (Politico)
- Shutdown impasse: 8 House Republicans break with Trump on shutdown strategy, back Democrats’ plan to reopen Treasury without new border wall funds by Felicia Sonmez and John Wagner
- Analysis: Fact-checking President Trump’s Oval Office address on immigration by Salvadore Rizzo (Washington Post)
- Border Protection officers sue Trump administration to get pay missed during shutdown by Deanna Paul (Washington Post)
- Coast Guard families told they can have garage sales to cope with government shutdown by Sam Lamothe (Washington Post)
- Opinion: The Guardian view on Trump and the wall: useful for him, not for the US Editorial (Guardian)
- Trump urges Senate Republicans to ‘just hang together’ on border battle by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Delayed surgeries and bologna sandwiches: US workers’ family budgets hit the wall by Steve Rubenstein (SF Chronicle)
- Government Shutdown Brings FDA Food Safety Inspections to a Halt. But Enjoy the Burrito. by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Interior Restaffs Some Wildlife Refuges During Shutdown by Nathan Rott (NPR)
Rosenstein/Barr
- Rod Rosenstein Is Leaving the Trump Administration of His Own Free Will by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- Rosenstein expected to step down after new attorney general’s confirmation by Darren Samuelsohn, Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller, to leave DOJ soon: reports (Al Jazeera)
- William Barr Helped Build America’s Surveillance State by Neema Singh Guliani and Brian Tashman (ACLU)
FEMA Funds For California
- Trump again threatens to cut off FEMA funds for California by Matthew Choi (Politico)
- Trump Orders FEMA To Cut Off Aid For California Wildfire Recovery by Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)
- California Republicans object after Trump threatens wildfire aid by Sharon Bernstein, Susan Heavey (Reuters)
- Trump threatens to cut off disaster funding for California fire victims by Sarah D. Wire and Noah Bierman (LA Times)
- Trump threat to cut off California fire relief draws bipartisan rebukes by Tal Copan (SF Chronicle)
Mueller Investigation / Mueller
- Mueller protection bill likely to get new committee vote by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- Manafort’s Own Lawyers May Have Hastened His Downfall by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
- A beefed-up White House legal team prepares aggressive defense of Trump’s executive privilege as investigations loom large by Carol D. Leonnig (Washington Post)
Other News
- Trump Demands That Reports on Waste and Fraud in Afghanistan Be “Locked Up” by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
- U.S.-China Trade Talks Wrap Up After Extending To 3rd Day by Matthew S. Schwartz (NPR)
- Trump formally nominates Wheeler to deregulate at EPA by Alex Guillén (Politico)
Analysis
- When the Pardon Furthers the Conspiracy: Limits to the Pardon Power by Sam Berger (Just Security)
- Why Trump’s Effort to Eliminate Disparate Impact Rules Is a Terrible Idea by Sarah Hinger (ACLU)
Resources
- Women’s March 2019: Everything You Need to Know by Kaylen Ralph (Teen Vogue)