Russia Investigation
- A Frustrated Trump Has Reportedly Mulled Firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- The Russia Investigations: Trump Reportedly Wanted To Fire Mueller; D.C. Dumbstruck by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Trump legal team seeking precedent to avoid Mueller interview: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department by Ashley Parker, Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Carol D. Leonnig
State of the Union
- Trump’s state of the union speech aims to present him as a great unifier by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump’s State of the Union: When is it, what will he say and does it reflect the true state of America? by Alexandra Wilts & Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Maxine Waters To Respond To Donald Trump’s State Of The Union Speech by Daniel Marans (Huffington Post)
- Explainer: What will be in Trump’s first State of the Union speech? by Roberta Rampton & Ayesha Rascoe (Reuters)
- Amid turmoil, Trump seeking a reset with State of the Union by Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller (AP)
- State of the Union Preview: Will Trump Stick to the Script? by Michael D. Shear and Mark Sandler (NY Times)
- State of the Union Will Be Used to Prod on Immigration, Infrastructure by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
News
- Trump letter to African leaders says he ‘deeply respects’ people of continent after ‘s***hole’ furore by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Air Force One: New fridges for Donald Trump’s presidential planes to cost $24m by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Melania Trump Blasts “Salacious” Reporting in the Wake of the Stormy Daniels Scandal by Emma Stefansky (Vanity Fair)
- Leaked Documents Reveal the Trump Administration’s Plan to Sell off Our Public Lands by Chris D’Angelo (Mother Jones)
- RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations by Alex Isenstadt (Politico)
- Millions of Americans Believe God Made Trump President by Amy Sullivan (Politico)
- ‘It’s a death sentence’: Palestinians in Jerusalem brace for Trump aid cuts by Oliver Holmes and Sufian Taha (Guardian)
- A Frustrated Trump Has Reportedly Mulled Firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- A new Colorado survey is bad news for a Trump-voting Republican Senator by Emily Stewart (Vox)
Analysis
- Fact Check: Data melt Trump’s cooling, ice claims by Seth Borenstein (AP)
- As gridlock deepens in Congress, only gloom is bipartisan by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos (The NY Times)
Opinion
- Are Corporate Tax Cuts Raising Pay? Yes, for Bosses by Editorial Board (NY Times)