North Korea
- Activity at North Korea nuclear site resumes: monitor (Al Jazeera)
- Failed North Korean ballistic missile ‘was heading for Russia before it was detonated’ by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- China tells US and North Korea to ‘stop irritating each other’ by Ben Blanchard (Independent)
James Comey
- Senators to hear from Comey amid FBI’s Russia investigation (AP)
- Donald Trump attacks FBI director James Comey before he testifies on Russia investigation by Lizzie Dearden (Independent)
- James Comey Facing Tough Questioning at Senate Hearing by Adam Goldman (NY Times)
- FBI Director Comey Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Trump Claims Comey Was the “Best Thing” to Happen to Clinton by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- LIVE: Watch James Comey Testify Before the Senate Judiciary Committee (VICE)
- James Comey ‘mildly nausous’ over idea he swayed the election by Adam Goldman (The NY Times)
- Key moments from Jim Comey’s Senate testimony by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- Opinion: James Comey is ‘mildly nauseous’ about the election. It’s not enough by Andrew Rosenthal (The NY Times)
News
- Trump and Abbas to discuss peace efforts at first talks (BBC)
- Yates to say she expressed alarm to White House on Flynn by Eric Tucker (AP)
- Trump transition staffers head to K Street despite lobbying ban by Theodoric Meyer & Michael Stafford (Politico)
- Trump Drops “Human Rights” From Top White House Job by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- Trump courts moderates, scrambles to head off healthcare defeat by David Morgan & Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- $8 Billion deal gives crucial momentum to G.O.P. health bill by Thomas Kaplan, Jennifer Steinhauer, and Robert Pear (The NY Times)
- Trump gets a win he wasn’t counting on: He saved the filibuster by Carl Hulse (The NY Times)
- Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest healthcare proposal by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
- House Republicans are charging ahead with a dishonest, reckless health care plan by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Trump Set To Relax Rules On Political Activity By Religious Groups by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- Trump Says He Wants To Help Mediate Israeli-Palestinian Peace Deal by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- Woman Convicted After Laughing During Jeff Sessions’ Confirmation Hearing by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
Analysis
- The GOP Health Care Bill May Have Found A Better Way To Fail by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
- Trump’s Ignorance Is Radicalizing U.S. Historians by Graham Vyse (New Republic)
Opinion
- We’re finally having the healthcare debate we need by Jennifer Rubin (The Washington Post)
- The new study that shows Trumpcare’s damage by David Leonhardt (The Atlantic)