William Barr
- William Barr, Attorney General Nominee, Gets Nod From Key Senate Committee by Carrie Johnson (NPR)
- Senate panel approves William Barr, Trump’s attorney general pick (Al Jazeera)
- The Matthew Whitaker Subpoena Fight Is About to Get Real by Andy Wright (Slate)
- Who is William Barr? Everything you need to know about Trump’s pick for US attorney-general by Joe Sommerlad (Independent)
Khashoggi
- UN rapporteur: Khashoggi murder ‘perpetrated’ by Saudi officials (Al Jazeera)
- Saudi Arabia ‘curtailed’ Jamal Khashoggi murder probe: UN expert (BBC)
Mueller Investigation / Trump-Russia
- Senate Intelligence chairman: No evidence of Trump-Russia collusion by Matthew Choi (Politico)
- Mueller: Manafort downplayed Russian associate’s conduct even after plea deal by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Bezos blackmail claims add new twist to tale of Trump, Russia and the media by Ben Jacobs (Guardian)
- Poll: Almost everyone wants a public report on Mueller’s findings by Jennifer Agiesta (CNN)
Other News
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
- Trump lashes out at incoming House investigations by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump Explodes as Democrats Close In on His Business by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
- The NRA Welcomed Maria Butina—Even As She Worked to Arm Anti-American Thugs Abroad by Mark Follman, Hannah Levintova (Mother Jones)
- Former partner of Maria Butina, NRA-linked Russian agent, indicted by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Businessman Scrutinized in Inaugural Probe Helped Qataris Court Trumpworld by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Steve Bannon, Kris Kobach plot to privatize construction of Trump’s border wall by Andrea Germanos (Salon)
- Trump says at National Prayer Breakfast that one of America’s greatest accomplishments is the ‘abolition of civil rights’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Trump lauds religious adoption agencies for refusing service to same-sex couples by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- Pelosi: Americans ‘overwhelmingly’ want to see Trump’s tax returns by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Three Trump Officials Were Warned Family Separation Would Be Illegal and Scar Children by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
- Trump likely to sign executive order banning Chinese telecom equipment next week by Eric Geller (Politico)
- Justices Allow Execution of Muslim Inmate Who Sought Imam by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
- Former Fox News Correspondent To Head Counter-Propaganda Office For U.S. State Department by James Kosur (Hill Reporter)
- Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over Trump’s tax returns by Brain Faler (Politico)
- Trump’s troop deployment strung ‘lethal’ razor wire on the border. This city has had enough. by Eli Rosenberg (Washington Post)
Analysis
- Brett Kavanaugh Just Declared War on Roe v. Wade by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)