Government Shutdown / Border Wall
- A Waiting Game For Immigrants And Border Agents On Both Sides Of The Wall by John Burnett (NPR)
- Trump backs off national emergency with no end to shutdown in sight by Andrew Restuccia, Rachael Bade (Politico)
- TSA cancels training for hundreds of workers as shutdown drags on by Jennifer Scholtes (Politico)
- Republicans Have No Idea What the Shutdown Means for Americans Who Are Not Rich by Jay Willis (GQ)
- The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition by Greg Grandin (The Nation)
- Trump promotes Pat Buchanan column that makes white nationalist case for his border wall by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- TSA reports security officers calling in sick at twice normal rate by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)
- Compelled to work without pay, federal employees sue Trump, accusing him of violating 13th Amendment by Meagan Flynn (Washington Post)
- Unpaid TSA Screeners Just Might Be What Breaks the Government Shutdown by Henry Grabar (Slate)
FBI Investigation / Trump-Russia
- The Dueling Narratives on Trump and Russia by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
- Donald Trump Says He “Never Worked for Russia” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump, Following Explosive News Reports, Denies He Worked For Russia by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Trump and Putin’s Cone of Seclusion by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- The FBI debated whether President Donald Trump was “acting at the behest of” of Russia: transcripts by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
Attorney General / Barr
- William Barr Supported Pardons In An Earlier D.C. ‘Witch Hunt’: Iran-Contra by Carrie Johnson (NPR)
- Barr Vows To Let Mueller Finish His Russia Work — And Promises ‘Transparency’ by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Barr pledges to allow Mueller to complete investigation by Marianne Levine, Darren Sameulsohn (Politico)
- Five Dealbreakers for Confirming Trump’s Next Attorney General by Matt Ford (The New Republic)
- Attorney general nominee William Barr pledges to allow Robert Mueller to complete his investigation by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- Kavanaugh hangs over Barr confirmation fight by Burgess Everett and Marianne Levine (Politico)
- Analysis: Trump Says He Alone Can Do It. His Attorney General Nominee Usually Agrees. by Charlie Savage (NY Times)
Other News
- Report: Americans Are Now More Likely To Die Of An Opioid Overdose Than On The Road by Ian Stewart (NPR)
- Judge Blocks Trump Birth Control Policy In 13 States And D.C. by Matthew S. Schwartz (NPR)
- Federal judge blocks Trump’s rollback of contraception mandate by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- Trump’s Nominee to Replace Kavanaugh Questioned Date Rape, Discrimination, and Climate Change by Stephanie Mencimer (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s Wilderness Deal Will Decimate the “Most Important Wildlife Refuge in All of Alaska” by Jane Kay (Mother Jones)
- Trump, Erdogan discussed ‘ongoing cooperation’ in Syria: White House (Reuters)
- Trump Interrupts Twitter Meltdown to Announce Baffling New Syria Policy by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- Theater project lets women who accused Trump tell their stories by Lucia Graves (The Guardian)
- Trump vows to ‘devastate’ Turkish economy if U.S.-backed Kurds are attacked by John Hudson and Kareem Faheem (Washington Post)
Analysis
- What Israeli Airstrikes Say About Trump’s Middle East Policy by Elizabeth Tsurkov (The New Republic)
- The House Democrats’ Colossal Election Reform Bill Could Save American Democracy by Richard L. Hasen (Slate)
- All of Congress’s ideas for bringing down prescription drug prices, explained by Dylan Scott (Vox)
Opinion
- Standing Rock inspired Ocasio-Cortez to run. That’s the power of protest by Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)
- Unthinkable: 50 Moments That Define an Improbable Presidency by Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)