Shooting
- Trump cites mental health in shooting, no mention of guns by Catherine Lucey (AP)
- Trump, Who Made it Easier for Mentally Ill People To Buy Guns, Blames Mental Health Issues for Florida Shooting by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Donald Trump Jr. Just Liked a Tweet Blaming the Florida Shooting on the Russia investigation by Kara Voght (Mother Jones)
- Trump finally acknowledges Florida school shooting — only to suggest victims at fault by Sophia Tesfaye (Salon)
- Trump Blames Parkland Massacre on Shooter’s “Neighbors and Classmates” by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Trump: ‘So many signs that Florida shooter was mentally disturbed’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump cancels visit to Orlando in wake of Florida school shooting by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump Refuses to Talk About Guns After Florida School Shooting. So This Student Is Doing it for Him. by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Is Looking in the Wrong Direction to Prevent Mass Shootings by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- White House refused to release photo of Trump signing bill overturning Obama gun rule: report by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- Trump budget would cut millions in school safety funds: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)
- School safety money would be slashed in Trump budget by Kimberly Hefling (Politico)
- Trump Calls For Mental Health Action After Shooting; His Budget Would Cut Programs by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
- Student who survived Florida shooting pleads with Trump and Congress: ‘Please take action’ by Kristine Phillips (The Washington Post)
- Obama ran out of words on mass shootings. Trump has struggled to find them. by Greg Jaffe and Jenna Johnson (The Washington Post)
- What Congress has accomplished since the Sandy Hook massacre (The NY Times)
- The N.R.A. Can Be Beat by Editorial Board (NY Times)
Immigration
- Trump Administration Says Bipartisan Immigration Plan Will Turn US Into a “Sanctuary Nation” by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- U.S. court says Trump travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- Senate faces showdown over immigration and ‘Dreamers’ by Susan Heavey, Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- White House threatens veto of bipartisan immigration deal by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- What to watch for in the Senate immigration votes by Jordain Carney, Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
- The Trump Administration Is Trying Everything in Its Power to Kill the Senate Immigration Deal by Jim Newell (Slate)
- The Immigration-Reform Bill That Could Actually Pass by Reihan Salam (The Atlantic)
- White House rejects bipartisan Senate immigration plan by Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
- The White House Is Asking Senators to Withdraw Their Sponsorship of Bipartisan Immigration Bill by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
- Another Appeals Court Rules Against Travel Ban 3.0 by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
- The White House says it would veto the Senate’s best hope of an immigration deal by Tara Golshan (Vox)
- Senate Rejects All of Its Immigration Bills by Jim Newell (Slate)
- Senate rejects Trump immigration plan by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- Senate rejects immigration bills, leaves Dreamers in limbo by Richard Cowan, Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
- ‘Dreamers’ in Limbo After Senate Rejects Immigration Plans by Dean DeChiaro (Roll Call)
Russia Investigation / Russia Influence
- Steve Bannon Refuses to Answer Some Questions From House Russia Probe by AP (TIME)
- Rick Gates is reportedly close to becoming Mueller’s third cooperating ex-Trump aide by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Russian Bots Are Using 2016 Tactics to Hijack the Gun Debate on Twitter by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
- Bannon limits answers to House after seeing Mueller by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
News
- Does Jared Kushner’s massive debt make him a threat to national security? by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Economists Beginning to Worry Trump Might Nuke the Economy After All by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Trump inaugural committee paid millions to event planning company run by friend of first lady: report by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
- House intel panel leaders: Bannon refuses to answer many queries (Reuters)
- Trump Administration Sued Over Ending Funding Of Teen Pregnancy Programs by Alison Kodjak (NPR)
- U.S. groups sue Trump administration over teen pregnancy grant cuts by Nate Raymond (Reuters)
- Pakistan asks Trump to help fund border fence with Afghanistan by Patrick Winter (Guardian)
- En banc 4th Circuit says Trump’s latest travel ban is ‘tainted with animus toward Islam by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)’
Analysis
- Trump’s Syria Policy: Perpetual War Without Debate by James Carden (The Nation)