Government Shutdown
- Federal Employees Return To Work, But Fears Of Another Shutdown Loom by Brakkton Booker, Rebecca Ellis (NPR)
- Government Shutdown Cut Into Economic Growth, CBO Says by Jim Zarroli (NPR)
- Trump Is Already Threatening a Second Shutdown by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Shutdown cost the U.S. $3 billion that won’t be recovered, CBO says by Caitlin Emma, Jennifer Scholtes (Politico)
- Shutdown over Trump’s border wall cost the US economy $11bn: CBO (Al Jazeera)
- Trump doubts negotiators will strike budget deal he’d accept by Deb Riechmann (AP)
- Opinion: How President Trump Is Like A Terrible Poker Player by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
Mueller Investigation / Roger Stone / Manafort
- Roger Stone Accuses Feds Of Vilifying Him With ‘Gestapo Tactics’ by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
- 5 Scenarios For How Mueller’s Investigation Could End by Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (FiveThirtyEight)
- William Barr: Concerns Over Trump’s Privacy Could Shield Robert Mueller Conclusions by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
- Mueller probe ‘close to being completed’: acting U.S. attorney general (Reuters)
- Ex-Trump campaign head Manafort’s sentencing in Virginia delayed: court by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- White House doesn’t fully rule out pardon for Roger Stone by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Manafort’s Feb. 8 sentencing canceled by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- Cohen to testify to House Intel behind closed doors by Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
- U.S. attorney general pick says he has discussed Mueller probe with Pence by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
- Mueller Investigation ‘Close To Being Completed,’ Acting Attorney General Says by Philip Ewing (NPR)
Immigration / Border
- President Trump’s Numbers Game by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s illegal immigration figures do not pass muster with experts by Mihir Zaveri (Independent)
- Why Trump’s Plan to Make Asylum-Seekers Wait in Dangerous Mexican Border Cities May Be Illegal by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
Venezuela
- U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Venezuelan State Oil Monopoly by Daniella Cheslow (NPR)
- US hits ‘corrupt’ Venezuela oil firm PDVSA with sanctions (BBC)
- Trump sanctions Venezuelan oil in latest move against Maduro by Victoria Guida (Politico)
- Military Intervention in Venezuela Would Be a Catastrophe by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- Venezuela crisis: US announces billions in sanctions as White House says military options still ‘on the table’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
Other News
- Trump calls Bible literacy classes in schools ‘great’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump touts proposed Bible literacy classes in state schools by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- An Obscure White House Staffer’s Jaw-Dropping Trump Tell-All by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
- The Trump Administration Is Jeopardizing Public Health by Jacob Carter, Betsy Southerland (Scientific American)
- Pelosi re-invites Trump to deliver State of the Union by John Bresnahan (Politico)
- State of the Union address: As Pelosi invites Trump to give the speech, history proves its significance by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- U.S. announces criminal charges against Huawei, seeks to extradite its CFO by Taylor Hatmaker (TechCrunch)
- Donald Trump’s approval rating hits historic low as public blames president for government shutdown by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
- GOP chairman plans rule change to aid Trump nominees by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- Trump Eggs on Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz – Hopes He Runs for President to Help Him Win Re-Election by David Badash (New Civil Rights Movement)
- Trump Administration Begins Production Of A New Nuclear Weapon by Geoff Brumfiel (NPR)
- Trump’s State Of The Union Rescheduled For Feb. 5 After New Pelosi Invite by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- Exclusive: Trump EPA won’t limit 2 toxic chemicals in drinking water by Annie Snider (Politico)
Analysis
- How President Trump Is Like A Terrible Poker Player by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- Will the Supreme Court Use a New York City Regulation to Strike Down Gun Laws? by Amy Davidson Sorkin (New Yorker)
- The Demise of the White House Press Briefing Under Trump by Karen Yourish And Jasmine C. Lee (NY Times)
Opinion
- As Trump slides in new poll, he retreats deeper into Fox News fantasyland by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)