Soleimani / Iran / Middle East
- Washington Post Editorial Board Explains Why It’s ‘Premature’ To Say Trump Won In Iran by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s Propaganda War on Iran Started Long Before Soleimani’s Killing by Ali Breland (Mother Jones)
- Transcript: NPR’s Full Interview With Iranian Ambassador To U.N. (NPR)
- Tensions remain high as US, Iran pull back from brink of war (Al Jazeera)
- Iran crisis: US ‘ready for serious negotiations’ with Tehran (BBC)
- Press Watch: Here’s the crucial context every article on Trump and Iran should include by Dan Froomkin (Salon)
- What young Iranians think about the latest US-Iran conflict by Jen Kirby (Vox)
- ‘High confidence’ that Ukraine plane hit by Iranian air-defense missile, U.S. official says by Isabelle Khurshudyan,
Missy Ryan, and Paul Sonne (Washington Post) - Analysis: The Trump team’s increasingly jumbled case for striking Qasem Soleimani by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Republicans come out against Iran language they previously supported by Lindsey McPherson (Roll Call)
- Trump suggests Iran downed Ukrainian airliner, potentially by accident by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Europe Is a Hard Nope on Helping Trump With Iran by David Gilbert (VICE)
- House nears vote on restraining Trump’s actions against Iran by Matthew Daly and Alan Fram (AP)
- US House to vote on limiting Trump’s actions against Iran by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
- US House to vote on limiting Trump war powers against Iran (BBC)
- Trump’s Contempt for Democracy Has Reached New Depths by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- House Passes War Powers Resolution In Effort To Restrict Trump’s Actions Against Iran by Claudia Grisales (NPR)
- House Approves Measure to Restrain Trump’s Military Action Against Iran by Matthew Daly / AP (TIME)
- US House votes to restrain Trump’s actions against Iran by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
- House Passes War Powers Resolution In Effort To Restrict Trump’s Actions Against Iran by Claudia Grisales (NPR)
Environment
- Trump Proposes Scrapping Federal Environmental Review Before Oil Extraction and Mining Projects Begin by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Trump Administration Proposes Major Changes To Bedrock Environmental Law by Jeff Brady (NPR)
- Trump administration proposal would ease environmental impact reviews for federal projects by Jacob Holzman (Roll Call)
- Trump aims to weaken prime environmental law by Zack Colman (Politico)
Impeachment
- Pelosi resists pressure to transmit impeachment articles to Senate by John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez (Washngton Post)
- Trump signals White House would try to restrict Bolton testimony by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Impeachment Standoff Could Be Coming to a Close by Alana Abramson, Philip Elliott, Molly Ball (TIME)
Secret Service / Travel Spending
- White House Says It’s Happy to Disclose Secret Service Spending on the Trump Clan—After the Election by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Mnuchin seeks delay of proposed disclosure of Secret Service spending on presidential travel until after election by Carol D. Leonnig and David A. Fahrenthold (Washington Post)
- The Administration Doesn’t Want Taxpayers to Know How Much They’ve Spent on Trump’s Travel by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
Border Wall
- Trump can raid $3.6bn of defence funds for wall, court rules (BBC)
- Appeals Court Allows Trump To Divert $3.6 Billion In Military Funds For Border Wall by Bobby Allyn (NPR)
- Trump officials to announce completion of 100 miles of border wall by Marina Pitofsky (The Hill)
Other News
- White House unveils plan to speed big projects permits by Valerie Volcovici (Reuters)
- Appeals Court Blocks Enforcement Of Trump Effort To Limit Green Card Approvals by AP (Huffington Post)
- Trump is taking credit for the decades-old decline in cancer deaths by Julia Belluz (Vox)
- American Cancer Society says Trump doesn’t get credit for drop in cancer deaths by Marty Johnson (The Hill)
- Trump eases approval process for pipelines and infrastructure projects by Justine Calma (The Verge)
- Trump headlines campaign rally amid impeachment and Iran crises by Anita Kumar (Politico)
- Judge Dismisses Trump’s Request To Drop E. Jean Carroll’s Defamation Suit by Sara Bobltz (Huffington Post)
- The Trump administration has finalized an agreement to deport Honduran asylum seekers back to Honduras by Nicole Narea (Vox)
- At Trump’s First Campaign Rally Of 2020, He Defends Killing Of Iranian Military Leader by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- Trump Claims Credit For Drop In Cancer Deaths. No Way, Says American Cancer Society. by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- DOJ inquiry tied to Clinton, touted by Trump winds down with no tangible results: report by Rebecca Klar (The Hill)
- Army general declines to reinstate Special Forces tab to officer pardoned by Trump by Dan lamothe (Washington Post)
Opinion
- America’s first mercenary president: Donald Trump is blinded by greed and self-interest by Chauncey DeVega (Salon)
- For Trump, foreign relationships aren’t about strategy. They’re about cash. by Marc Fisher (Washington Post)