Shutdown / Border Wall / National Emergency
- Congress Expected to Swiftly Pass Border Deal to Prevent Shutdown by Emily Cochrane (NY Times)
- Trump to Declare National Emergency Over Border Wall by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump will sign spending bill and declare national emergency by Sarah Ferris, John Bresnahan (Politico)
- Trump shocks GOP with emergency declaration by Burgess Everett, Andrew Desidero, Melanie Zanona (Politico)
- Trump to sign border security bill and declare emergency over wall (BBC)
- Trump Plans to Sign the Border Deal—and Declare a National Emergency by Jim Newell (Slate)
- Trump vows emergency declaration over wall, agrees to shutdown-averting bill by Richard Cowan, Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Trump to sign border deal, declare national emergency by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- Nancy Pelosi Slams President Trump’s Plan to Declare National Emergency: There Is No Border Crisis by AP (TIME)
- White House Scrambles to find pots of money to use for wall by Lolita Baldor And Lisa Mascaro (AP)
- Analysis: Trump Will Declare a National Emergency. What Happens Next? by Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
- Opinion: A Trump-Made Emergency by the Editorial Board (NY Times)
- Trump blocks back pay for government contractors who lost wages during shutdown by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Analysis: Can Trump legally use emergency powers to build a border wall? Experts weigh in by Lorelei Laird (ABA Journal)
McCabe
- Andrew McCabe Confirms 25th Amendment Discussions to Remove Trump From Office by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Andrew McCabe says officials discussed removing Trump after Comey firing by Erin Durkin (The Guardian)
- McCabe says he opened investigations into Trump to put Russia probe ‘on solid ground’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump lashes out at McCabe over reveals about Russia probe and alleged Rosenstein wiretap by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- McCabe says he quickly opened FBI investigation of Trump for fear of being fired by Matt Zapotosky and John Wagner (Washington Post)
- CBS: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Feared Cover-Up Of Russia Probe by Philip Ewing (NPR)
William Barr
- Senate confirms William Barr as attorney general in 54-to-45 vote by Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demjirian (Washington Post)
- US Senate confirms William Barr as attorney general (Al Jazeera)
- Attorney General William Barr Swears Oath Of Office After Senate Confirmation by Philip Ewing (NPR)
Border / Asylum
- Trump administration sends back first migrant families to Mexico by Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
- U.S. sends first families to Mexico to await asylum, rights groups sue by Lizbeth Diaz, Mica Rosenberg (Reuters)
- Asylum-Seekers Just Sued the Trump Administration for Its Dangerous “Remain in Mexico” Policy by Fernanda Echavarri (Mother Jones)
- Trump Administration Is Illegally Forcing Asylum Seekers Out of the United States by Michael Tan and Julie Veroff (ACLU.org)
Other News
- Trump Judicial Nominees Are Refusing to Endorse Brown v. Board of Education by Stephanie Mencimer (Mother Jones)
- Germany Preps a Plan B for Trump’s Foreign Policy ‘Zigzag’ by Emily Schultheis, Uri Friedman (The Atlantic)
- The 2020 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Howard Schultz Is Already Helping President Trump by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
- Anger, Confusion Over Dwindling Refunds. Is Trump’s Tax Plan To Blame? by Daniella Cheslow (NPR)
- Federal Watchdog Issues Scathing Report On Ed Department’s Handling Of Student Loans by Cory Turner (NPR)
- Trump demands California return $3.5B in federal high-speed rail money by Jeremy B. White, Debra Kahn (Politico)
- Senate passes bill to make lynching a federal crime by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- Trump medical: President now officially obese, according to newly released health report by Chelsea Ritschel (Independent)
- Trump Organization Cans Two Hotel Chain Deals Citing Toxic Political Climate Created By You Know Who by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
Analysis
- Robert Mueller Might Be Wrapping Things Up. Has He Proved a Conspiracy Between Trump and Russia? by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Former Trump Officials Are Supposed to Avoid Lobbying. Except 33 Haven’t. by Derek Kravitz (ProPublica)
Opinion
- Paul Manafort’s day in court spells trouble for Trump by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)