Government Shutdown
- House Republicans to head home despite likely shutdown by John Bresnahan (Politico)
- Senate in disarray with shutdown hours away by Burgess Everett, Seung Min Kim (Politico)
- Clock running out to avert U.S. government shutdown as Trump blames Democrats by Richard Cowan, Amanda Becker (Reuters)
- Donald Trump suggests government shutdown may be inevitable because Democrats ‘want illegal immigration and weak borders’ by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- Trump Postpones Weekend Mar-a-Lago Trip Amid Possible Government Shutdown by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
- The strategic case for — and against — Democrats shutting down the government over DACA by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Immigration agents keep working during a shutdown. Most EPA researchers don’t. by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Government shutdown 2018: All 18 previous government shutdowns, explained by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- Live coverage: Federal government on brink of shutdown (The Hill)
- Dreamers to Congress: Voting to Avert a Shutdown Is Voting to Deport Us by Noah Nanard (Mother Jones)
- Blame game in full force ahead of near-certain shutdown by Seung Min Kim, Heather Caygle (Politico)
- What Is a Government Shutdown? Here’s What Happens If Congress Can’t Make a Deal by Tessa Berenson (TIME)
- Schumer, Trump meeting at White House as shutdown nears by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- Trump and Schumer End Private Talks With ‘Progress,’ but No Deal: Updates (NY Times)
- Government shutdown looms as senior Republican signals vote within hours by Mike DeBonis, Ed O’Keefe, Erica Werner and Elise Viebeck (Washington Post)
- This would be the first real government shutdown under one-party government, ever by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- The Senators whose votes will determine whether the government shuts down by Amber Philips (The Washington Post)
- Senate Democrats block bill to keep government open past midnight: shutdown looms (The NY Times)
- More Americans blame Republicans than Democrats for potential government shutdown post-ABC poll finds by Scott Clement (The Washington Post)
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In spending fight, Republicans embrace Trump’s hard-line stand on immigration by Sean Sullivan and Ed O’Keefe (Washington Post)
- U.S. government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate by Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell, Amanda Becker (Reuters)
- The government has officially shut down by Tara Golshan (Vox)
- US shutdown begins as Senate fails to pass new budget (BBC)
- US government shuts down over immigration impasse (Al Jazeera)
- How Every Senator Voted on the Government Shutdown by Jasmine C. Lee and Sarah Simon (NY Times)
Russia Investigation
- Republicans Take Aim at Russia Probe with “Dangerous” Memo on F.B.I. Conduct by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- #ReleaseTheMemo is the next phase in the anti-Mueller campaign by Matt Gertz (Salon)
- Can Steve Bannon get away with not answering congressional questioning about Russia? by Matthew Sheffield (Salon)
- Analysis: Did the Kremlin funnel money to the NRA to help Trump? It’s bizarre, but conceivable by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
Stormy Daniels
- Trump’s Lawyer Created an Entire Shell Company to Pay Off a Porn Star by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- 8 wild details from the Stormy Daniels Trump interview by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Stormy Daniels on Trump: pajamas, unprotected sex and … scary sharks (The Guardian)
Women’s March
- Women’s March 2018: Where, when and why by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- A Year After the Women’s March, “We Haven’t Stopped” by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
Anti-Abortion Event
- Trump to address U.S. anti-abortion march, cementing U-turn on issue by Jonathan Allen (Reuters)
- Trump, Unlikely Champion Of Anti-Abortion Rights Movement, To Address March For Life by Sarah McCammon (NPR)
- Trump becomes first sitting president to directly address anti-abortion rally by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
- Trump decries ‘permissive’ U.S. abortion laws at rally by Ian Simpson (Reuters)
- Trump just said he’s against birth in the 9th month of pregnancy by Rachel Kraus (Mashable)
- President Trump Speaks at Anti-Abortion Event March for Life by AP (TIME)
Travel Ban
- Supreme Court to decide if Trump’s so-called Muslim ban is legal by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- The Supreme Court Will Rule on President Trump’s Latest Travel Ban by AP (TIME)
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump travel ban by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- Homeland security may have violated court order during travel ban – report by Oliver Laughland (The Guardian)
- Supreme Court to consider challenge to Trump’s latest travel ban by Adam Liptak (The NY Times)
Other News
- New poll shows Trump with historically low approval rating by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- China looks to call bluff on Trump trade action by Michael Martina, Kevin Yao (Reuters)
- Turnover In Trump’s White House Is ‘Record-Setting,’ And It Isn’t Even Close by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Trump official resigns after ‘Muslim s***hole’ rant exposed by Harriet Agerholm (Independent)
- Trump Appointee Carl Higbie Resigns Following Offensive Comments by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- Omarosa may have secretly taped White House conversations: report by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
- Trump to tout U.S. economy, urge fair trade at elite Davos forum by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Everything We Know About Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Anniversary Party by Kenzie Bryant (Vanity Fair)
- Judicial Watch: Trump’s recent flights cost taxpayers $3.2M by John Bowden (The Hill)
- President Trump Revokes Obama-Era Planned Parenthood Protections by Yasmeen Abutaleb, Caroline Humer (TIME)
- Trump’s USDA Wants to Make Pork Faster—And More Dangerous by Tom Philpott (Mother Jones)
- Trump to Puerto Rico: You don’t need our help by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
Analysis / First Year
- It’s Time We Talk About the “Trump Effect” On Kids by Asma Uddin (Teen Vogue)
- Trump’s Middle East Policy: The Good(ish), the Bad, and the Ugly by Daniel Benaim, Brian Katulis (New Republic)
- One year of Trump: The effect on the Middle East by Shafik Mandhai (Al Jazeera)
- Donald Trump Is Ending His First Year as the Most Unpopular President in Modern History by Mahita Gajanan (TIME)
- Inside the oval office immigration meeting that left a Senator stunned by Carl Hulse (The Washington Post)
- How the women’s march made itself indispensable by Anna North (Vox)
Opinion
- What’s so extremely, uniquely wrong about Trump’s presidency by Ruth Marcus (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Pick to Oversee Civil Rights in Schools Has a History of Attacking Civil Rights by Brian Hauss (ACLU.org)