Government Shutdown
- Trump uses arrest of immigrant suspect in Nevada murders to argue for Mexico border wall by Matt Stevens, Emily S. Rueb, Elisha Brown (Independent)
- Government shutdown ‘causing FBI to lose informants’ at centre of terrorism investigations by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- The Wheels of Justice Are Grinding to a Halt by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
- Once again, judiciary pushes back date when funds will run out, says this is final extension by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Trump says he’ll deliver State of the Union at the Capitol despite Pelosi’s request to postpone by Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
- House Democrats to offer Trump higher border security spending — but no wall by Erica Werner, John Wagner, and Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Shutdown Has Led to a “Slow Strangling” of American Science by Chris D’Angelo (Mother Jones)
- Trump Defers To Pelosi And Delays State Of The Union Address by Scott Horsley (NPR)
- Shutdown Squeezes IRS Workers Just As The Tax-Filing Season Is About To Start by Yuki Noguchi (NPR)
Other News
- Poll: Shutdown, Russia drive Trump to all-time high disapproval by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Mitch McConnell Is Spending the Shutdown Confirming More Trump Judges by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
- Under Trump, the number of uninsured Americans has gone up by 7 million by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
- The Trump Administration’s Trans Military Ban Is Based on Debunked Information by Serena Daniari (Teen Vogue)
- Trump administration quietly changes definition of “domestic violence” and “sexual assault” by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- The White House calls food stamp funds for Puerto Rico “excessive and unnecessary” by Paola Rosa-Aquino (Salon)
- Democrats investigate White House security clearances of Jared Kushner, Michael Flynn and other Trump associates by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Michael Cohen Indefinitely Postpones Testimony to Congress by Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
- Venezuela: Trump recognises opposition leader as president by Joe Parkin Daniels and Mariana Zúñiga (The Guardian)
- As Next Trump-Kim Summit Nears, Japan Worries U.S. Will Leave It in the Dark by Mark Landler (NY Times)