Border
- US-Mexico border: Pentagon to deploy an extra 2,000 troops (BBC)
- Pentagon Deploying 3,750 Troops To Southern Border by Matthew S. Schwartz (NPR)
State of the Union
- Third Democrat says he will skip Trump’s State of the Union by Cristina Marcos (The Hill)
- Trump will face several of the trans service members he’s tried to ban at the State of the Union by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- Democrats protest Trump’s transgender troop ban by bringing trans people who served by German Lopez (Vox)
- Team Trump Selling Ad Space For State of the Union Speech by Brandon Gage (Hill Reporter)
- Analysis: What Trump said about foreign policy in last year’s State of the Union (and what actually happened) by Adam Taylor (Washington Post)
- White House announces Trump guests for State of the Union by Justin Wise (The Hill)
Inaugural Committee
- Prosecutors subpoena Trump inaugural committee for documents by Nathan Layne (Reuters)
- Federal Prosecutors Reportedly Subpoena Trump Inaugural Committee by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)
- Trump inaugural committee hit with federal subpoena by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
Other News
- Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base (BBC)
- Leaked Documents Confirm the Worst-Kept Secret of Trump’s Presidency by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
- Someone in the White House leaked Trump’s private schedule. There’s a lot of executive time on it. by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- Trump Embarks On State-By-State Effort To Challenge GOP Opponents by Zeke Miller, Steve Peoples (Huffington Post)
- Trump: talk of impeachment is sign Democrats can’t win in 2020 by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
- Prosecutors to Subpoena Trump’s UK Golf Courses by Todd Neikirk (Hill Reporter)
- Trump was asked to defend his Syria policy. His answer is incoherent nonsense. by Zak Beauchamp (Vox)
- US prosecutors subpoena Trump golf courses in Scotland, which some Democrats worry might have been funded by Russian money by Alexandra Ma (Business Insider)
- Two years in, Trump’s appeals court confirmations at a historic high point by Anne E. Marrimow (Washington Post)
- ‘It’s way too many’: As vacancies pile up in Trump administration, senators grow concerned by Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey, and Seung Min Kim (Washington Post)
- Senate breaks from Trump with Syria troop vote by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- After Trump’s Election, There Was a Big Spike in Long-Term Birth Control Use by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump Just Announced His Pick to Replace Ryan Zinke at the Interior Department by Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)
- Trump picks World Bank critic Malpass to lead institution by Victoria Guida, Ben White (Politico)
- Lobbyist received half a million in Russia-linked deposits around 2016 Trump Tower meeting: report by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
Opinion
- State of disunion: Democrats must not give in to Trump’s hateful speech by Robert Reich (The Guardian)
- The NFL’s Truce With Trump Wasn’t Worth It by Jemele Hill (Atlantic)
- “We have very fast airplanes”: Trump’s foreign policy pronouncements go beyond self-parody by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- If Trump declares a national emergency, Pelosi can jam Republicans. Here’s how. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Trump doesn’t get it: America pays the cost for betraying allies by Max Boot (Washington Post)
- Texas Republicans Are Lying About Voter Fraud to Justify a Massive, Racist Voter Purge by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
- Trump’s fixation on immigrants does real damage. North Carolina is proof. by the Editorial Board (Washington Post)