Shutdown / Immigration
- The Shutdown Lesson People Seem To Have Trouble Learning by Nathaniel Rakich (FiveThirtyEight)
- Congress Expected To Vote On Budget To Avert Government Shutdown by Richard Cowan (Huffington Post)
- Congress expected to vote on budget to avert government shutdown by Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- The Senate’s immigration debate, starting next week, is really at least 7 different debates by Dara Lind (Vox)
- What you need to know about the Senate budget deal by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- Facing Shutdown, Congress Set to Vote on Sweeping Budget Deal by Thomas Kaplan (NY Times)
- Analysis: Trump Likely Has Authority To Extend DACA Deadline, Experts Say by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Another shutdown nears: Live updates Meg Wagner and Veronica Rocha, (CNN)
- Government shuts down as budget bill stalls in Congress by Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
- Rand Paul Puts Government On Path For Temporary Lapse In Funding At Midnight by Kelsey Snell, Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- Trump signs deal to end brief government shutdown, increase U.S. spending by David Morgan, Amanda Becker, Richard Cowan (Reuters)
Russia Investigation / Russia Influence / Nunes
- Tracking Shows Russian Meddling Efforts Evolving Ahead Of 2018 Midterms by Tim Mak (NPR)
- Now Devin Nunes Wants to Build a Literal Wall in the Intelligence Committee by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- George W. Bush: There’s clear evidence Russia ‘meddled’ in 2016 election by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Russia Infiltrated Some U.S. Voter Registration Rolls Before 2016 Election, DHS Says by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- FBI surveillance of Carter Page might have picked up Bannon by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Nunes has considered asking Chief Justice Roberts to testify in FISA warrant controversy by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
Other News
- White House Senior Staffer Resigns After Domestic Abuse Allegations by James Doubek (NPR)
- Prepare to Welcome One of the Guys Behind Bush’s Torture Memos to the Federal Bench by Kate Harloe (Mother Jones)
- Trump offshore oil drilling plan draws protest in California by Sharon Bernstein (Reuters)
- Internet firms back congressional vote to restore net neutrality rules (Reuters)
- Evangelical Trump adviser tells people to skip flu shots in favor of prayer by Jamiles Lartey (The Guardian)
- Trump sticks to script at National Prayer Breakfast by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
- Dems introduce bills to block funds for Trump’s proposed parade by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Exclusive: U.S. not planning to contribute money at Iraq reconstruction conference by Yara Bayoumy and Jonathan Landay (Reuters)
- Mattis: ‘DREAMers’ In The Military Won’t Be Deported by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- Breaking with tradition, Trump skips president’s written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings by Carol D. Leonnig, Shane Harris and Greg Jaffe
Analysis
- John Kelly’s credibility is at risk after defending aide accused of domestic violence by Philip Rucker (Washington Post)
- Top Trump Aides Are Said to Have Long Known About Abuse Accusations by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Katie Rodgers, and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
- The Trump White House Will Never Apologize for Anything by Jay Wilis (GQ)
- White Democrats Have Gotten Way More Liberal On Identity Issues by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- Well, that was a disastrous press briefing for the White House… by Chris Cilizza (CNN)
- The Dow has now lost over 40 percent of what it added during Trump’s presidency by Phillip Bump (Washington Post)
- Rob Porter’s not the only one — the Trump White House has been plagued by people not getting security clearances by Michelle Mark (Business Insider)
- Unwelcome Attention for John Kelly, the Man Enlisted to Bring Calm by Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
Opinion
- Maybe it’s not surprising the White House kept Rob Porter around by Leslie Morgan Steiner (Washington Post)
- Fraudulence of the Fiscal Hawks by Paul Krugman (NY Times)