Acting AG Whitaker
- Watch Live: Acting Attorney General Whitaker Faces House Judiciary Committee by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Acting Attorney General ‘has not spoken to Trump about Russia probe’ (BBC)
- Matthew Whitaker Hearing Goes Off The Rails After He Chastises Chairman by Sara Bobltz (Huffington Post)
- Matthew Whitaker Refuses To Talk About Conversations With Trump On Mueller Probe by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s acting attorney general locks horns with top Democrat in contentious hearing by Joshua Eaton (ThinkProgress)
- Matthew Whitaker just testified under oath that he’s taken no action to interfere with Mueller’s investigation by Jen Kirby (Vox)
- Matthew Whitaker Hearing Updates: He Declines to Defend the Russia Inquiry by Katie Benner, Nicholas Fandos and Charlie Savage (NY Times)
- Matthew Whitaker Turned His House Judiciary Committee Hearing Into a Joke and Democrats Let Him by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
- Grilled on Family Separations, Whitaker Responds, “I Appreciate Your Passion” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- The most powerful moment of the Whitaker hearing had nothing to do with Mueller by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- 6 takeaways from acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s hearing by Jen Kirby (Vox)
Mueller Investigation
- Ivanka Trump Says She Has ‘Zero Concern’ About the Mueller Investigation by Mahita Gajanan (TIME)
- Mueller’s team discusses pardons and the Trump administration in a new Manafort transcript by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Here’s why a new Mueller transcript is so damning for Trump by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
Trump Inauguration
- New Evidence Emerges of Possible Wrongdoing by Trump Inaugural Committee by Justin Elliott, Ilya Marritz (ProPublica)
- Here’s How Trump Blew $100 Million on His Inauguration by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
Khashoggi
- Khashoggi murder: Pressure mounts on Saudi government and Trump four months after killing by Borzou Daragahi (Independent)
- White House refuses to meet Senate deadline on Khashoggi killing by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Trump may skip deadline for report on Saudi journalist’s murder by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
Other News
- Kellyanne Conway: White House advisor ‘assaulted in restaurant’ (BBC)
- Takano opens probe into Mar-a-Lago influence at VA by Arthur Allen (Politico)
- Trump extends order on asylum seekers at southwest border by Camila DeChalus (Roll Call)
- ‘My whole town practically lived there’: From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal workers for Trump goes back years by Joshua Partlow, Nick Miroff, and David A. Farenhold (Washington Post)
- Trump campaign spent nearly $100K of donor money on law firm representing Kushner by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- Average tax refund down 8.4 percent in first filing week by Aaron Lorenzo (Politico)
- Trump’s physician says POTUS is ‘in very good health’ after annual medical exam by Brent D. Griffiths (Politico)
- Ivanka Says She Knew “Almost Nothing” About Trump Tower Moscow by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
- Terrified Aides Say Amy Klobuchar Is Just Like Trump by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
- Trump announces Kim Jong Un summit to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam by Christian Vasquez (Politico)
Analysis
- Under Trump, EPA inspections fall to a 10-year low by Julie Eilperin and Brady Dennis (Washington Post)
Opinion
- Trump’s latest cabinet pick: another profit-over-humanity Republican by Ross Barkin (The Guardian)