Immigration & Travel Ban
- Trump to leave Iraq off new travel ban order: White House source by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- FBI probes involve 300 people admitted to U.S. as refugees: congressional sources (Reuters)
- Trump administration is expected to order new, narrower travel ban today by Noah Bierman , Michael A. Memoli (LA Times)
- Trump to sign new immigration order (BBC)
- Report: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel ban by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- What we know about President Trump’s forthcoming “travel ban 2.0” by Dara Lind (Vox)
- President Trump’s New Travel Ban Halts U.S. Entry For 6 Muslim-Majority Nations by Julie Pace & Jill Colvin (TIME)
- Watch Live: Trump Administration Unveils New Travel Ban by Julia Zorthian (TIME)
- Trump signs Muslim ban 2.0 by Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani (ThinkProgress)
- What to Know About President Trump’s Revised Travel Ban by Maya Rhodan (TIME)
- US travel ban questions answered: what has changed and what’s next? by Alan Yuhas (The Guardian)
- Trump’s new travel order applies to those seeking new visas by Julie Pace & Jill Colvin (AP)
- Trump’s new Muslim ban doesn’t fix the biggest legal problem with the policy by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
- Muslim ban 2.0 introduced without allowing questions, and without Trump by Mark Sumber (Daily Kos)
- Full Text: Trump’s New Executive Order On Travel, Annotated (NPR)
- Read Donald Trump’s New Executive Order On Immigration by Paige Lavender (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump signs new travel ban – but Nigeria tells citizens not to go to US by Harriet Alexander (The Telegraph)
- Trump eases up on travel ban with new executive order by Josh Gerstein & Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- Trump issues revised travel ban by Katie Bo Williams & Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Read the Official Fact Sheet on the Revised Travel Ban by Maya Rohdan (TIME)
- Trump Signs New Order Blocking Arrivals From 6 Majority-Muslim Countries by Camila Domonoske (NPR)
- Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States (Whitehouse.gov)
- Open Letter: A Message to the President (New York Review of Books)
- The Trump Administration’s Dramatic Narrowing of Its Travel Ban by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
- Opinion: Police chiefs across the country support sanctuary cities because they keep crime down by Chuck Wexler (LA Times)
- Analysis: From #SanctuaryCampus to a National Strike by Rodrigo Saavedra (The Nation)
- The 3 strongest arguments against Trump’s revised travel ban by Philip G. Schrag (The Hill)
- How Trump’s refugee ban hurts health care in places that voted for him by Alvin Chang (Vox)
- Trump’s New Travel Ban Could Affect Doctors, Especially In The Rust Belt And Appalachia by Anna Maria Barry-Jester (FiveThirtyEight)
- America’s brutal, forgotten history of illegal deportations by Alex Wagner (The Atlantic)
- Three cabinet secretaries rolled out Trump’s new travel ban– and took zero questions by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- ACLU and attorneys general on Trump’s Muslim ban 2.0: ‘We’ll see you in court, 2.0’ by Kerry Eleveld (Daily Kos)
- Opinion: Don’t be fooled, Trump’s new Muslim ban is still illegal by Farhana Khera and Jonathan Smith (The NY Times)
- Opinion: Trump’s revised travel ban is no less misguided and self-defeating than his previous version (The LA Times)
- How’s Trump’s travel ban targets the whole world by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- Analyzing Trump’s new travel ban by Charlie Savage (The NY Times)
- Khzir Khan claims travel privileges under review by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb condemn Trump’s revised immigration ban by Nick Statt (The Verge)
- Tom Perez Joins White House Protest Against Trump’s New Travel Ban by Daniel Marans (Huffington Post)
- Kelly confirms he’s considering program to separate migrant children and parents by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- Opinion President Trump’s Muslims ban lite (The NY Times)
Trump Wiretap Claims
- Oversight chair: ‘I have not seen anything’ to back Trump’s wiretapping claim by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- Aide dodges question on source for Trump’s wiretapping claims by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Donald Trump’s wiretap claim ‘could be a matter that brings down a president’, former CIA analyst says by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Why does Trump think his phones were tapped? An investigation. by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- The former British lawmaker at the heart of the Trump wiretap allegations by Karla Adam (Washington Post)
- White House aides try to justify Trump’s explosive wiretapping claim by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump Is Said to Reject Comey Assertion That Wiretapping Claim Is False by Michael S. Schmidt (NY Times)
- As president, Trump seeks answers on his own wiretap mystery by Eric Tucker & Eileen Sullivan (AP)
Transgender Rights
- U.S. top court sidesteps ruling in major transgender rights case by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- Supreme Court won’t hear transgender bathroom case by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
- Supreme Court Won’t Decide Transgender Teen’s Challenge To Bathroom Policy by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- U.S. high court action leaves transgender students in legal limbo by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- Transgender state champion wrestler decries Trump’s ‘backwards’ trans policies by Lindsay Gibbs (ThinkProgress)
- The Supreme Court’s latest punt has big implications for transgender rights by German Lopez (Vox)
- Trans women of color are missing from the conversation about transphobia by Carimah Townes (ThinkProgress)
Russia
- In the Last Six Months, a Number of Russian Officials Have Reportedly Died Unexpectedly by Jack Moore (GQ)
- US spies have ‘considerable intelligence’ on high-level Trump-Russia talks, claims ex-NSA analyst by Chloe Farand (Independent)
- Schumer calls for DOJ watchdog to probe Trump-Russia investigation by Seung Min Kim (Politico)
- A top House Republican says he’s seen no evidence to back Trump wiretap claim by Sean Sullivan & Jaroun Demirjian (Washington Post)
- Mapping the Trump-Russia network by Jennifer N. Victor (Vox)
- Schumer asks for review of ‘political interference’ in Russia investigations by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- Sessions tells Senate Panel: ‘My answer was correct’ by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- Sessions Defends His Testimony About Russian Contacts by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
Obamacare / A.C.A.
- 4 Republican Senators Just Rebelled Against the House Plan to Repeal Obamacare by Patrick Caldwell (Mother Jones)
- Trump Offers to Let Planned Parenthood Keep Its Funding—If It Stops Performing Abortions by Hannah Levintova (Mother Jones)
- House Republicans unveil Obamacare replacement plan (BBC)
- 6 things you should know about Trumpcare by Tara Culp-Ressler (ThinkProgress)
- WH praises House ObamaCare repeal bill by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- House Republicans Release Obamacare Replacement Bill by Alan Fram & Ricardo Alonso-Zaldiva (TIME)
- Planned Parenthood Rejects White House Offer Regarding Funding and Abortion Services by Lily Herman (Teen Vogue)
- The American Health Care Act: The Republicans’ bill to replace Obamacare, explained by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
- The GOP Obamacare replacement defunds Planned Parenthood and restricts abortion coverage by Emily Crockett (Vox)
- The GOP’s Obamacare repeal plan is out– and it’s even worse than anyone expected by Michael Hiltzik (The LA Times)
News
- Republicans All Over the Country Are Pushing These Anti-Protest Bills to Silence Peaceful Dissent by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- North Korea Launches Four Missiles, Rattling Japan by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)
- Thaad: US begins deploying missile defence system in South Korea (BBC)
- US renews global terrorism warning for Americans abroad by Matthew Lee (AP)
- Trump rages over the comparison of his weak performance and the accomplishments of President Obama by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- Trump Was Reportedly Very Mad This Weekend by Brittney McNamara (Teen Vogue)
- Donald Trump hires three lobbyists as top White House staffers despite pledge to ‘drain the swamp’ by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- Leading climatologist urges mass protest against Trump administration amid global warming denial by Ian Johnston (Independent)
- Deep cuts to environmental research in Trump’s budget proposal by Chelsea Whyte (New Scientist)
- Trump Inherits a Secret Cyberwar Against North Korean Missiles by David E. Sanger & William J. Broad (NY Times)
- Senate to consider repeal of Obama-era labor rule by Kevin Freking (AP)
- Bannon, Adviser Behind Travel Ban, Is Fan of Novel About Feces-Eating, Dark-Skinned Immigrants Destroying White Society by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Trump hires Rudy Giuliani’s son for White House role by Annie Karni (Politico)
- Mulvaney: Parts of border wall could be ‘see-through’ by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- Poll: 46 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s job performance by Madeline Conway (Politico)
- Poll: Trump’s job approval splits sharply along race, gender lines by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- Donald Trump spends 31 percent of time on vacation, plays golf 8 times in 6 weeks—on taxpayer dime by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- Ben Carson refers to slaves as ‘immigrants’ in first remarks to HUD staff by Liam Stack (Politico)
- Ben Carson compares slavery to immigration to America by Jesse J. Holland (AP)
- Ben Carson, a Doctor, Explains That Slaves Were Just Immigrants Pursuing Their Dreams by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Ben Carson Just Got a Whole Lot Wrong About the Brain by Emily Dreyfuss & Anna Vlasits (Wired)
- Trump University lawsuit may not be closed after all by Steve Eder (The NY Times)
- Father of slain soldier who criticized Trump says travel rights reviewed by Gina Cherelus (Reuters)
- The White House just plagiarized an ExxonMobil press release by Ariel Bogle (Mashable)
- White House Issues Corporate Press Release on Behalf of Exxon Mobil by Josh Voorhees (Slate)
- American Muslims Are Stepping Up To Help Jewish Community Defend Sacred Places by Kim Bellware (Huffington Post)
- On ‘Day Without Women,’ Two Districts Cancel School by Matthew Naag (NY Times)
Analysis
- The Eight Power Centers Of The Trump Administration by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- Trump Has Many Jobs Unfilled; Is He ‘Deconstructing The Administrative State’? by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Breitbart was a unique driver of hyper-partisan, trumpist news that shifted the 2016 election by Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing)
- The evidence is clear: people with Medicaid are better off than those without by Julia Belluz (Vox)
- Seeded in jealousy: President Trump is comparing his rough month to Obama’s achievements by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Will ‘denounce and preserve’ beat ‘repeal and replace’? by David Frum (The Atlantic)
- The coming clean-air war between Trump and California by Robinson Meyer (The Atlantic)
Opinion
- Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality by Dennis Kucinich (The Nation)
- The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again by Joan Walsh (The Nation)
- The Case for Banning White Male Americans From America by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Donald Trump thinks he was pretty clever shifting the Russia focus to Barack Obama. He wasn’t by David Usborne (Independent)
- The “Day Without a Woman” strike is going to be mostly a day without privileged women by Maureen Shaw (Quartz)
Interviews/Art/Testimony
- Kameelah Rasheed: Who Will Survive in America? by Imani Roach (Guernica)
- Erasure: “Genesis 2, 3” by Demi Demirkol (Heavy Feather Review)
Action / Resources
- A Day Without a Woman – March 8
- What Can You Do? More Than You Think by Maya Singer (Vogue)
- Daily Engagement: Keep an Eye Out for CAIR’s “Register Me First;” Donate to the International Rescue Committee by Moze Halperin (Flavorwire)
- Why the Only Way to Fix the Muslim Ban Is Not to Have a Muslim Ban by Cody Wofsy (ACLU)
- Senators: Oppose New Muslim Ban (ACLU)
- Urgent: Support Refugees Now (International Rescue Committee)
- #RegisterMeFirst (CAIR)
- For Black And Brown People Fighting For Survival In Toxic White Spaces by Real Talk (Huffington Post)