Jay-Z
- President Trump hits back at Jay-Z over ‘superbug’ comments (BBC)
- Trump taunts Jay-Z about black unemployment by Brent D. Griffiths (Politico)
- Trump hits back after Jay-Z calls president ‘superbug’ in racism debate by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
- Trump fires back at Jay-Z: ‘Black unemployment’ is at ‘lowest rate ever recorded’ by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
Russia Investigation / Mueller
- Republican senators urge Congress to revisit bill to protect Mueller (Reuters)
- Lindsey Graham: firing Mueller “would be the end” of the Trump presidency by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- Starr: Grounds for impeachment if Trump lied about trying to fire Mueller by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
- Russian Bots Retweeted Trump 500,000 Times Before the Election by De Elizabeth (Teen Vogue)
- Republicans Show Little Urgency on Legislation to Protect Mueller by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandoms (NY Times)
- Analysis: The Plot Against America by Franklin For (The Atlantic)
- Analysis: Republicans Show Little Urgency on Legislation to Protect Mueller by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
State of the Union
- Trump Aims to Focus on Economic Progress in State of the Union by Ken Thomas (TIME)
- Joe Kennedy to bring transgender soldier to Trump’s State of the Union by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
News
- Deadline looms for Trump and Russia sanctions by Elana Schor (Politico)
- Trump supports release of FBI intelligence memo, White House aide says by Patrick Temple-West (Politico)
- Donald Trump says US could re-enter Paris climate deal by Graham Ruddick (The Guardian)
- President Trump Says He’s Not a Feminist by De Elizabeth (Teen Vogue)
Analysis
- Trump says he rejects feminism because he is ‘for everyone’ by Eugene Scott (Washington Post)
- U.S. farmers have much to lose if NAFTA deal collapses by P.J. Huffstutter and David Llunggren (Reuters)
- Why Trump Can’t Quit Steve Wynn by Elaina Plott (Atlantic)
- The Military Has Seen the Writing on the Wall’ by Uri Friedman (Atlantic)
Opinion
- Stephen Miller’s un-Jewish tradition: Hostility toward immigrants by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- The Gathering Threat to Abortion Rights by Editorial Board (NY Times)
- Trump Repeats Nixon’s Fateful Panic by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)