Puzder (Labor Nominee)
- Senate GOP leaders urge WH to withdraw Puzder nomination: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Trump’s Labor nominee to withdraw: reports by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
- Report: Andrew Pudzer to Withdraw as Labor Secretary Nominee (Mother Jones)
- Exclusive: President Trump’s Pick for Labor Secretary Is Bowing Out by Charlotte Alter, Zeke J Miller (TIME)
- Donald Trump’s pick for Labour Secretary ‘to announce resignation’ by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- Trump Labor Nominee Andrew Puzder Withdraws, First Cabinet Pick To Fall by Yuki Nogucki (NPR)
- How Andy Puzder’s Nomination for Labor Secretary Was Killed by Jim Newell (Slate)
- Why the Puzder nomination fell apart by Alana Semuels (The Atlantic)
- Why Trump’s Labor Nominee Failed by Ben Casselman, Kathryn Casteel and Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
- The Resistance Prevented Puzder from Becoming Labor Secretary by John Nichols (The Nation)
Flynn, Russia, & the Trump Campaign
- Trump attacks claims of ties between his team and Russia as ‘nonsense’ by Karey Van Hall (Politico)
- Reports: U.S. Intercepted Calls Between Trump Campaign Staff And Russian Intelligence by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Dem senator: GOP wants to ‘bury’ Flynn probe by Mark Hensch (The Hill)
- Analysis – Donald Trump’s White House is on the verge of a raging fire over Russia allegations by Chris Cillizza (Washington Post)
- Donald Trump condemns ‘un-American’ leaks from US intelligence over links between his campaign and Russia by David Lawler (Telegraph)
- Russia: The problem Trump can’t escape by Angela Dewan (CNN)
- Opinion – Donald Trump is suddenly looking like a very weak autocrat by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Lawmakers call for investigation into Flynn’s contacts with Russia (LA Times)
- Opinion – Trump’s impeachment talk now has teeth by Tom Moran (NJ.com)
- Opinion – The Flynn crisis paralyzes the White House by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
- McConnell: We won’t ignore Russia’s election meddling by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Opinion – On the Road to Another Watergate? by Tim Weiner (New York Times)
- Trump Blasts Report of “Repeated” Campaign Contact with Russia by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s Campaign Reportedly Talked to Russia Throughout the Election by Laura Stampler (Teen Vogue)
- Trump hits back at US media reports on Russia contacts (BBC)
- Reports: U.S. Intercepted Calls Between Trump Campaign Staff And Russian Intelligence by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Pence publicly insisted the Trump campaign wasn’t in contact with Russia. That’s now a big problem. by Aron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- Trump’s Russia Scandal Means Sessions And His Justice Department Now Face A Choice by Jessica Schulberg, Dana Liebelson, Ryan J. Reily (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump’s Russia dealings may be worse than Watergate, says veteran anchor Dan Rather by Charlotte England (Independent)
- Schumer warns of possible cover up by Trump administration by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- Why Trump Can’t Come Clean on Russia by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- In Flynn’s Fall, Signs Of Potentially Deeper Problem In Trump’s White House by Ron Elving (NPR)
- So Why Did the Times Report in October That the FBI Hadn’t Found Any Link Between Trump and Russia? by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- The 3 Trump-Russia scandals, explained by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Trump Aides Spoke to Russian Intelligence by Michael S. Schmidt, Mark Mazzetti, and Matt Apuzzo (NY Times)
- U.S. Allies conduct intelligence operation against Trump staff and associates, intercepted communications by Kurt Eichenwald (Newsweek)
- What does it mean to have ‘repeated contacts’ with Russian intelligence? by Kathy Gilsinian (The Atlantic)
- Opinion- What did Trump know, and when did he know it? by Nicholas Kristof (The NY Times)
- Opinion- Drip, drip, drip by Charles M. Blow (The NY Times)
- White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies by James Risen and Matthew Rosenberg (NY Times)
- You Can’t See Russia From The House, But The Senate’s Ready To Look At Trump’s Ties by Laura Barron-Lopez & Jason Linkins (Huffington Post)
Trump & Netanyahu
- Trump and Netanyahu to hold first White House talks (Al Jazeera)
- Trump welcomes Israel’s Netanyahu for Middle East talks by Luke Baker (Reuters)
- Watch Live: President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu Hold Joint White House Press Conference by Zamira Rahim (TIME)
- LIVE: Watch Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s Joint Press Conference (VICE)
- Trump: Two-state solution not only way to achieve peace (Al Jazeera)
- Netanyahu US visit: Donald Trump says he is ‘open’ to one-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict by Bethan McKernan, Feliks Garcia (Independent)
- Trump, Meeting With Netanyahu, Backs Away From Palestinian State by Peter Baker, Mark Landler (NY Times)
- Trump, asked about anti-Semitism, brags about election victory by Aiden Quigley (Politico)
- Palestinians dismayed as U.S. appears to back off two-state solution by Ian Fisher (The NY Times)
- Netanyahu Came to Washington to Hear One Thing by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
News
- AP FACT CHECK: Democrats condemn Flynn after fake tweet by Stephen Ohlemacher (AP)
- Damning reports emerge of Trump campaign’s frequent talks with Russian intelligence by Julian Borger (The Guardian)
- Trump shocks Japan’s American expats into action by Jason Bartashius & Jennifer Teeter (Japan Times)
- Following Trump order, IRS shifts on health care mandate by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar & Tom Murphy (AP)
- Trump stand on settlement encourages Israel’s land grab by Munir Nuseibah (Al Jazeera)
- Anger over Andrew Puzder, Trump’s labour secretary pick by Patrick Strickland (Al Jazeera)
- Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III ensures Justice Department won’t investigate Russia connection by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- These 23 Republicans Passed on a Chance to Get Trump’s Tax Returns by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Urges NATO Allies to Increase Defense Spending by Year-End by Lolita C. Baldor (TIME)
- Trump defence chief Mattis threatens less commitment to Nato (BBC)
- U.S. troops deploy in Bulgaria as Mattis meets NATO in Brussels (Reuters)
- 11 Amazing Acts Of Love Inspired By Trump’s Islamophobia by Carol Kuruvilla (Huffington Post)
- Oklahoma House advances bill to require men’s permission for abortions by Reid Wilson (The Hill)
- Trump beats Warren, loses to unnamed Democrat in 2020 match-up: poll by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Md. lawmakers to let state attorney general sue White House by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Dem launches panel to review presidential removal procedures by Cristina Marcos (The Hill)
- We will not pay: the Americans withholding their taxes to fight Trump by Joanna Walters (The Guardian)
- Trump’s likely science adviser calls climate scientists ‘glassy-eyed cult’ by Hannah Devlin (The Guardian)
- “Borderline chaos”: Trump administration staffers are scared, are “in survival mode” by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Michael Moore tells Donald Trump: ‘Vacate you Russian traitor’ by Harriet Agerholm (Independent)
- Donald Trump accuses US intelligence agencies of illegally giving information to press by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Mexican DREAMer nabbed in immigrant crackdown by Dan Levine and Kristina Cooke (Reuters)
- DACA recipient Daniel Ramirez sues US over his arrest (Al Jazeera)
- Trump presser takes questions exclusively from conservative media by Ben Kamisar (The Hill)
- Donald Trump only takes questions from right-wing news outlets for third press conference in a row by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Trump offers national security adviser post to Vice Admiral Harward: sources (Reuters)
- Pipeline exec compares Dakota protesters to terrorists by Matthew Daly (AP)
- New York attorney general reviewing request to bring action to dissolve Trump Organization by Kira Lerner (ThinkProgress)
- The Environmental Protection Agency shall terminate on December 31, 2018. by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- Breitbart, Roger Stone declare war on Steve Bannon, Reince Priebus after ousting of Michael Flynn by Sophia Tesfaye (Salon)
- DC Restaurants Are About to Experience What a Day Without Immigrants Feels Like by Alex Swerdloff (VICE)
- Trump Adviser Stephen Miller Ran a National Islamophobic Campaign While at Duke by Osita Nwanevu
- Trump to take breather from White House, hold rally this weekend by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- ‘Morning Joe’ has blacklisted Kellyanne Conway. And that’s not all by Callum Borchers (The Washington Post)
- Anti-Muslim Hate Groups Have Tripled With the Rise of Trump by Josh Harkinson (Mother Jones)
- Hate Group Trackers Say They’re ‘Struggling’ to Keep Up with the Alt-Right by Mike Pearl (VICE)
- Senate Blocks Obama-Era Rule Tightening Checks On Mentally Ill Gun Buyers by Colin Dwyer (NPR)
- Trump calls on Venezuela to release jailed opposition leader Lopez (Reuters)
- President Trump Was Asked About Anti-Semitism. He Responded by Talking About His Win by Ryan Teague Beckwith (TIME)
- Collins to vote against Trump’s EPA pick by Timothy Cama (The Hill)
- Report: Intelligence officials withhold information from Trump by Nikita Vladimirov (The Hill)
- FBI releases documents related to Trump apartment discrimination case by Megan R. Wilson (The Hill)
- U.S. prepares for #DayWithoutImmigrants strike on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 by Xeni Jardin (BoingBoing)
Analysis
- American Institutions Are Pushing Back Against Trump by Peter Beinart (The Atlantic)
- Why Justin Trudeau Won’t Criticize Trump by Chris Berube (Slate)
- A Very Early Look At The Battle For The House In 2018 by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
- A Physicist and Possible Adviser to Trump Describes His Love of Science, and CO2 by Andrew Revkin (ProPublica)
- Maternal Health Care Is Disappearing in Rural America by Dina Fine Maron (Scientific American)
- US-Israel relations: Is Trump backing down? by Jonathan Cook (Al Jazeera)
- Donald Trump Is on the Ropes by Jeet Heer (New Republic)
- Beyond Resistance: How Democrats Can Win Back Working Families by Heather McGhee (American Prospect)
- Is Marine Le Pen really France’s Donald Trump? by Isaac Chotiner (Slate)
- Psychiatrists Debate Weighing in on Trump’s Mental Health by Catherine Caruso (Scientific American)
- What Happens Next Is Up to Republicans by David Frum (The Atlantic)
- President Trump Is Sick of This “Being President” Thing, Just Wants to Feel Loved Again by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Trump Kicks Off His 2020 Reelection Campaign on Saturday by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Today in Obamacare: Trump’s big new Obamacare regulation, explained by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
- Presidential Impeachment, Explained by Lily Herman (Teen Vogue)
- We Asked an Expert if Trump’s Russia Scandal Could Lead to Prosecution by Matt Taylor (VICE)
Opinion
- Russians in the White House? Blackmail, Disinformation, and Michael Flynn by Paul Vidich (Lit Hub)
- Don’t let Trump evade time by Peter Birkenhead (US News)
- A Dystopian Vision of the Refugee Crisis by Alexandrea Genova (TIME)
Conservative Perspectives
- Today in Conservative Media: The Hysterical Liberal Reaction to the NYT’s Trump-Russia Story by Jacob Brogan (Slate)
- What’s Wrong in Our Arms Treaty With Russia by Michaela Dodge (The Daily Signal)
- Conservatives Coalesce Around New Obamacare Replacement Plan by Melissa Quinn (The Daily Signal)