Refugee & Muslim Ban
- US court rejects bid to immediately restore travel ban (Al Jazeera)
- U.S. appeals court denies request to restore Trump’s immigration ban (Reuters)
- Travel Ban Keeps Scientists Out of the Lab by Joe Palca (NPR)
- The Latest: At Cairo, 33 migrants board flights for the US (AP)
- Trump immigration ban in limbo after appeals court ruling by Ayesha Rascoe and Yeganeh Torbati (Reuters)
- Where Trump’s Travel Ban Stands by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
- Pence Defends Trump’s Criticism of Judge Who Blocked Travel Ban by Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
- White House predicts courts will reinstate travel ban by Eric Tucker (AP)
- Donald Trump clashes with courts over immigration ban (Al Jazeera)
- #VisitMyMosque: UK Muslims open doors to fight bigotry by Shafik Mandhai (Al Jazeera)
News
- Hundreds Protest Trump At California Congressman’s Town Hall by Katie Orr (NPR)
- President Trump Says He ‘Respects’ Vladimir Putin: ‘What Do You Think? Our Country’s So Innocent?’ by AP (TIME)
- Senate Republicans don’t sound too eager to pay for Trump’s wall by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- ‘You scare the heck out of me’: Twitter feed collects Trump voters’ regrets by Ashifa Kassam (The Guardian)
- Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner ‘stopped Donald Trump passing homophobic law’ by May Bulman (Independent)
- Trump’s F.C.C. Quickly Targets Net Neutrality Rules by Cecelia Kang (NY Times)
- Trump Cabinet pick paid by controversial Iranian exile group by Jon Gambrell (AP)
- President Trump shares false news story on his Facebook page by Alix Martichoux (SF Chronicle)
- Kuwait denies it imposed travel plan praised by Trump by Noah Browning (Reuters)
- McConnell rebukes Trump’s judge attack by Isaac Arnsdorf (Politico)
- Trump says Pence will head investigation into voting irregularities, despite lack of evidence of fraud by Ashley Parker (Washington Post)
- Trump Says Health Law Replacement May Not Be Ready Until Next Year by Mark Landler (NY Times)
- Trump clashes with courts, portending years of legal battles by Peter Baker (The NY Times)
- 9th circuit court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban by Matt Zapotosky and Robert Barnes (The Washington Post)
- Trump Wants To Blame Judges For Terror Attacks by Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
- Trump says Pence will lead voter fraud panel by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Lady Gaga sent a hidden message to Trump at her Super Bowl performance by Justin Carissimo (Independent UK)
- Albright: Bannon is pulling the strings in Trump administration by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Bernie Sanders On Donald Trump: ‘This Guy Is A Fraud’ by Ariel Edwards-Levy (Huffington Post)
- Senate Republican Leader McConnell Distances Himself From Trump Stances by Devlin Barrett (Wall Street Journal)
Analysis
- Constitutional crisis? What happens if Trump decides to ignore a judge’s ruling. by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Steve Bannon’s war with Islam: Trump may not even understand his adviser’s apocalyptic vision by Jalal Baig (Salon)
- The President has much power over immigration, but how much? by Adam Liptak (The NY Times)
- Trump Is Attacking Any Institution That Challenges Him by Jon Finer (The Atlantic)
- The March To Impeachment by Robert Kuttner (Huffington Post)
Opinion
- Against Normalization: The Lesson of the “Munich Post” by Ron Rosenbaum (LARB)
- Trump’s international role model? Rodrigo Duterte by Philip Bowring (Japan Times)
- The finger on the nuclear button (The NY Times)
- Donald Trump’s phony compassion for Christians by Tom Malinowski (The NY Times)
- Republicans Are Inventing a Delusional Storyline About the Protests Erupting Around the Country—and It Could Cost Them by Jonah Allon (Alternet)
- Our Part in the Darkness by Rabih Alameddine (The New Yorker)
Black History Month
- How black women helped shape history and today’s Democratic Party by Denise Oliver Velez (Daily Kos)
Humor
- S.N.L.: Watch Melissa McCarthy Debut an Explosively Violent Sean Spicer Impression by Joanna Robinson (Vanity Fair)