Sessions
- Sessions spoke with Russian envoy in 2016, Justice Dept says by Eric Tucker (AP)
- Democrats seek Sessions resignation after report of Russia contact by Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions under pressure to resign over secret meetings with Russian ambassador by Eric Tucker (Independent)
- Jeff Sessions: The moment Attorney General misled Congress under oath about Russia contacts by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Nancy Pelosi demands Attorney General Jeff Sessions resign after ‘lying under oath’ by Peter Walker (Independent)
- Jeff Sessions, under oath, said he didn’t communicate with Russians. A new report says he did. by German Lopez (Vox)
- Jeff Sessions ‘did not reveal Russia envoy meetings’ (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions under fire over Russia meetings (BBC)
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions Reportedly Had Contact With Russia Before the Election by Brittney McNamara (Teen Vogue)
- George W Bush’s ethics lawyer says Jeff Sessions’ denial of Russia talks ‘a good way to go to jail’ by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Attorney General accused of lying under oath said Bill Clinton should be prosecuted for allegedly doing same by Peter Walker (Independent)
- Jeff Sessions Controversy Could Impact U.S.-Russia Relations, Kremlin Says by Jim Heintz (TIME)
- Chaffetz calls on Sessions to recuse himself from Russia probe (Politico)
- 3 key Republicans just called on Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Russia probe by Jeff Stein (Vox)
- Chuck Schumer calls for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign over Russia reports by Adam Withnall (Independent)
- Sessions willing to recuse himself from Russia investigation by Mark Hensch, Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Pelosi on Sessions: ‘We are far past recusal’ by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
- Jeff Sessions’ shifting, deceptive explanations for his secret meetings with Russia by Judd Legum (ThinkProgress)
- 47 Congressional Democrats call on Attorney General to resign by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
- Jeff Sessions and the Russia connection: what happened and why does it matter? by Stephanie Kirckgaessner (The Guardian)
- Jeff Sessions Succumbs to the Trump-Russia Scandal by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
- Key G.O.P. Lawmakers Say Jeff Sessions Should Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry by Charlie Savage (New York Times)
- Opinion: Jeff Sessions Needs to Go by Richard W. Painter (New York Times)
- Opinion: By Jeff Sessions’ Standard for Lying Under Oath, Jeff Sessions Lied Under Oath by Josh Levin (Slate)
- Opinion: Jeff Sessions’ Denials Are Incomplete and Unconvincing by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- LIVE COVERAGE: Jeff Sessions under fire (The Hill)
- Opinion: Jeff Sessions Is a Disgrace to the Justice Department by Ari Berman (The Nation)
- Opinion: If Jeff Sessions Will Not Recuse or Resign, He Should Be Impeached by John Nichols (The Nation)
- Opinion: Why Jeff Sessions Must Resign as Attorney General by Bridgette Dunlap (Rolling Stone)
- Analysis: Jeff Sessions’s denials of contact with Russians are falling apart quickly by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Top Republicans call on Sessions to recuse himself from Russia investigation by Karoun Demirjian, Ed O’Keefe, and Abby Phillip (Washington Post)
- Key Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to recuse himself in Russia case by Charlie Savage (The NY Times)
- Opinion: Jeff Sessions has a big problem. And that’s just the beginning. by James Downie (The Washington Post)
- Six times Jeff Sessions talked about perjury, access, and special prosecutors — when it involved the Clintons by Matt Zapotosky and Mark Berman (The Washington Post)
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions will recuse himself from any probe related to 2016 presidential campaign by Karoun Demirjian, Ed O’Keefe, Sari Horwitz and Matt Zapotosky (Washington Post)
- Jeff Sessions Will Recuse Himself From Russia Probe by Patrick Caldwell & Pema Levy (Mother Jones)
- Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia probe (Al Jazeera)
- US Attorney General Jeff Sessions quits Russia probe (BBC)
- Read Jeff Sessions’ Comments Recusing Himself From Trump Campaign Investigations by Abigail Abrams (TIME)
- AG Jeff Sessions explains his recusal to Tucker Carlson by Carlos Garcia (The Blaze)
- Trump team issued at least 20 denials of contacts with Russia by John Kelly and Steve Reilly (USA Today)
- Analysis: While pundits swooned over Trump’s speech, reporters plugged away at the real story by Margaret Sullivan (The Washington Post)
- Analysis: The Big Question: Why Were Sessions And Other Trump Officials Talking To Russia? by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- Analysis: Jeff Sessions is in deep trouble. Bigly. by Chris Cillizza (Washington Post)
- Opinion: Jeff Sessions must now tell America the whole truth by Faiz Shakir (The Guardian)
Immigration & Travel Ban
- AP Explains: Trump’s office on immigrant crime by Sadie Gurman & Alicia A. Caldwell (AP)
- Suspend visa-free EU travel for U.S. citizens, lawmakers say (Reuters)
- How Immigrants Make Communities Safer by Chiraag Bains (VICE)
- Research indicates Trump travel ban was based on misleading data by Spencer Ackerman (The Guardian)
- A Young Immigrant Spoke Out About Her Deportation Fears. Then She Was Detained. by Christine Hauser (NY Times)
News
- Last moment actions of Obama administration officials saved the information that could stop Trump by Mark Sumber (Daily Kos)
- French presidential candidate Macron criticizes Trump’s policies (Reuters)
- White House ‘considers direct military action’ to counter North Korean nuclear threat by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Donald Trump ‘lied to journalists about softening immigration stance to manipulate coverage’ by Max Benwell (Independent)
- The Trump-Russia scandals: a quick visual guide by Alvin Chang & Javier Zarracina (Vox)
- US media turn screw on Donald Trump administration with fresh reports of Russia links by Adam Withnall (Independent)
- Donald Trump Jr. was paid $50,000 for meeting to discuss U.S.-Russia cooperation in Syria by Hunter (Daily Kos)
- Bush ethics lawyer: Trump’s Russia scandal so far is “much worse” than the early stages of Watergate by Tara Golshan (Vox)
- Rep. Schiff accuses Comey of withholding information on Russia probe by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- White House rebuffs ethics office recommendation to discipline Kellyanne Conway by Matea Gold (Independent)
- George W. Bush Warns That Putin Won’t Stop Unless Someone Stands Up To Him by Sam Levine (Huffington Post)
- Companies back transgender rights in Supreme Court fight by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- 25 senators urge Trump administration to respond to ‘alarming increase’ in hate violence by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Obama administration spread evidence on President Trump and Russia during transition: report by Taylor Link (Salon)
- ‘The Fuse Is Lit’: Dan Rather Says Trump-Russia Scandal Is About to Go off Like a Bomb by David Ferguson (AlterNet)
- Russia’s top diplomat at center of Trump controversy by Vivian Salama & Vladmir Isachenkov (AP)
- Across the Country, a Republican Push to Rein In Protesters by Mitch Smith and Michael Wines (New York Times)
- Trump’s team nixed ethics course for White House staff by Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Dawsey (Politico)
- Corporations show support for transgender boy in Supreme Court Case by Niraj Chokshi (The NY Times)
- Unions representing millions of teachers are standing up for this transgender student by Dominic Holden (Buzzfeed News)
- Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says by Michael S. Scmidt, Matthew Rosenberg, and Matt Apuzzo (NY Times)
- Trump associates links with Russia: What we know so far (The Guardian)
- US Senate calls on British spy Christopher Steele to give evidence on explosive Trump-Russia dossier by Kim Sengupta (Independent)
- Report: Pence used personal email for state business as governor and was hacked by Brooke Seipel (The Hill)
- Mike Pence used an AOL email account for official business. Sigh. by Jack Morse (Mashable)
- Pence used a private email account to conduct state business by Ken Thomas (AP)
- Mike Pence used his AOL email for Indiana state business — and it got hacked by Nick Statt (Verge)
- Ben Carson, outsider with no government experience, confirmed to lead HUD by Jose A. DelReal (Washington Post)
- Senate confirms Rick Perry as energy secretary by Darius Dixon (Politico)
- Ben Carson, Rick Perry confirmed to Cabinet posts by Jessica Lipsky (Salon)
- Melania Trump reads Dr Seuss to sick children in hospital (BBC)
- Republicans Finally Have a Plan to Replace Obamacare. But They Won’t Let Anyone See it. by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- “We cannot find the bill”: inside the frantic hunt for the GOP Obamacare replacement by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
- Texas Bill Would Allow OBs To Withhold Information From Pregnant Women by Catherine Pearson (Huffington Post)
- Canada gives $20-million to replace Trump’s contraception cuts by Geoffrey York (The Globe and Mail)
- Sessions reassures senators: No pot crackdown imminent by Burgess Everett (Politico)
Analysis
- Trump’s Appeal: Behind his unforeseen success in the 2016 election was a masterful use of group psychology principles by Stephen D. Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam (Scientific American)
- How We’re Tracking Donald Trump’s Approval Ratings by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- How Trump’s wall is affecting those at the borders by Massoud Hayoun (Al Jazeera)
- America’s ‘Complacent Class’: How Self-Segregation Is Leading To Stagnation by Heidi Glenn (NPR)
- The Biggest Winners Under President Trump Aren’t Americans by Emily Jane Fox (Vanity Fair)
- Feature: How Governments Gain and Lose Legitimacy (Zócalo Public Square)
- Keeping With Family Tradition, Jared Kushner Won’t Cut His Business Ties by Justin Elliott and Al Shaw (Mother Jones)
- How defunding Planned Parenthood could wipe out transgender healthcare by Molly Redden (The Guardian)
- The definitive guide to Trump’s Russia ties by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- 5 Trump Cabinet Members Who’ve Made False Statements to Congress by Eric Umansky & Marcelo Rochabrun (ProPublica)
Climate Change / EPA
- Tucker Carlson vs Bill Nye on Climate Change by Steve Novella (Neurologica)
- Why Democrats and Republicans are Both Right on Climate by Daniel Kammen (Scientific American)
- Trump’s green assault off to fast start by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
Opinion
- Is the White House Now Just Another Trump Inc. Subsidiary? by Suzanna Andrews (Vanity Fair)
- Donald Trump Is Making America White Again by Laila Lalami (The Nation)
- Democracy, disrupted by Thomas B. Edsall (The NY Times)
- Was Trump’s speech a turning point or a head fake? by Ed Rogers (Washington Post)
- The GOP’s protective wall around Trump is beginning to crumble by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
Resources
- Don’t Get Your Undocumented Friends in Trouble: A How-To (The Daily Demand)
- How To Spend The “Day Without A Woman” Strike If You Can’t Take The Day Off by Suzannah Weiss (Bustle)