National Security – Senate Committee Hearing
- Watch Live: Senate Committee Hearing With Intelligence Chiefs by Greg Myre (NPR)
- Watch Live: National Intelligence Director Dan Coats Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee by Madeline Farber (TIME)
- US intelligence chief ‘never felt pressured’ by Trump (BBC)
- NSA chief, intelligence director won’t comment on Trump conversations (Reuters)
- U.S. lawmakers press intelligence chiefs on Russia ahead of Comey hearing by Patricia Zengerle, Dustin Volz (Reuters)
- Ex-intel chief Clapper: Watergate ‘pales’ compared to Russia probes by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Coats and Rogers refuse to say if Trump asked them to sway Russia probe by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Key moments from intel chiefs’ testimony on Trump and Russia by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- Trump’s favorite former intelligence official now says Russia scandal is worse than Watergate by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- Top U.S. Security Officials Testify Amid Furor Over Russian Meddling by Charlie Savage & Emmarie Huettman (NY Times)
- Analysis: Here’s why James Comey wouldn’t tell the world that Trump wasn’t under investigation by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Opinion: Comey’s Opening Statement Makes Interactions with Trump Sound Like The Godfather by Jack Holmes (Esquire)
- Opinion: Trump aids get tongue-tied trying to defend their boss by Dana Milbank (The Washington Post)
- Analysis: If Intel Officials Could Have Testified to Trump’s Obstruction Innocence, They Would Have by Michelle Goldberg (Slate)
- Comey’s testimony could turn congressional probes toward question of obstruction by Ed O’Keefe and Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post)
FBI Nomination: Christopher Wray
- Trump nominates lawyer Christopher Wray to lead FBI (BBC)
- Trump Tweets His Choice for FBI Director by Matt Ford (The Atlantic)
- Donald Trump announced his FBI pick on Twitter … and the White House is silent by Laura Clawson (Daily Kos)
- Trump picks former Justice Department official to replace Comey at FBI by Julia Edwards Ainsley & Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Trump Makes His Choice for FBI Director, and Knowledgeable People Aren’t Horrified by Leon Neyfakh (Slate)
- 5 things to know about Trump’s FBI pick Christopher Wray by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI represented Chris Christie during ‘Bridgegate’ by Jack Jenkins (ThinkProgress)
- Trump Picks Christopher Wray to Be F.B.I. Director by Glenn Thrush & Julie Hirschfeld Davis (NY Times)
- What to Know About President Trump’s New FBI Pick Christopher Wray by Alana Abramson (TIME)
- Dem senator: FBI director announcement clearly an attempt to ‘distract’ from hearings by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
Russia Investigation / Comey Hearing Thursday
- Poll: Americans don’t believe Trump on Russia and think he’s interfering with investigations by Laura Clawson (Daily Kos)
- Poll: Most people don’t trust Trump on Russia investigations by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- The Man Investigating Donald Trump’s Russia Connections Is Assembling a Murderer’s Row of Prosecutors by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Your guide to watching Comey’s Senate Intelligence Committee testimony by Priya Krishnakumar, Christina Bellantoni, Chris Keller (LA Times)
- Your Guide to All the Comey News Heading Into His Testimony by Mikayla Bouchard (NY Times)
- The Comey Testimony: When, Where and How to Follow by Mikayla Bouchard (NY Times)
- James Comey testimony: time, live stream and how to watch the former FBI director testify before Congress by Jeff Stein, Tara Golshan (Vox)
- Poll: 6 in 10 say Trump fired Comey to protect himself by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Why the latest Russia news paints an increasingly grim picture for Trump by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- The newest Trump-Russia investigation leaks ahead of Comey’s testimony, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- 3 senior FBI officials can vouch for Comey’s story about Trump by Murray Waas (Vox)
- Opinion: Trump’s Russia scandal just got a lot more like Watergate by Paul Waldman (Washington Post)
- Watch two Republican men shush Kamala Harris in a Senate hearing by Christina Cauterucci (Slate)
- Opinion: James Comey and our own tin-pot despot, Donald Trump by Nicholas Kristof (The NY Times)
- Comey says Trump pressured him to ‘lift the cloud’ of inquiry by Matt Apuzzo and Michael S. Schmidt (The NY Times)
- James Comey’s dramatic dramatic prepared testimony about President Trump, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Trump’s loyalty demand to Comey is part of his ongoing corrosion of Constitutional Government by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- James Comey’s opening statement on Trump, annotated by Elaine Godfrey (The Atlantic)
- Read: James Comey’s prepared testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday by Alexia Fernandez Campbell (Vox)
- Trump asked FBI to ‘let go’ Flynn investigation: Comey (Al Jazeera)
- What To Expect From James Comey’s Congressional Testimony by Clare Malone & Tony Chow (FiveThirtyEight)
- Opinion: I helped prosecute Watergate. Comey’s statement is sufficient evidence for an obstruction of justice case. by Philip Allen Lacovara (Washington Post)
- Analysis: Watergate ‘pales’ compared with Trump-Russia: former U.S. intelligence head by Colin Packam (Reuters)
Climate Change
- America Has a New Climate Commander-in-Chief by James West (New Republic)
- Hawaii Signs Legislation To Implement Goals Of Paris Climate Accord Anyway by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- Hawaii Becomes America’s First State To Join The Paris Climate Accord by Nina Golgowski (Huffington Post)
- Apple, Google, and California are rebuffing Trump and trying to stay in the Paris climate deal by Alexia Fernandez Campbell (Vox)
- The mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris: We have our own climate deal by Annie Hidalgo and William Peduto (The NY Times)
News
- Trump Deals In Saudi Arabia May Ultimately Be Less Than Advertised by Tamara Keith (NPR)
- Asked About Discrimination, Betsy DeVos Said This 14 Times by Cory Turner (NPR)
- Trump administration wants to make internet spying law permanent by Dustin Volz (Reuters)
- Jeff Sessions’ Rejection of Science Leaves Local Prosecutors in the Dark by Rebecca McCray (Slate)
- Watch Live: President Trump Discusses Infrastructure Plan in Ohio by Lisa Marie Segarra (TIME)
- Neo-Nazi website raises $150,000 to fight Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit by Matt Pearce (LA Times)
- Donald Trump is a sociopath and I fear he’s losing his mind, says former US Labor Secretary by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith (Independent)
- Trump set to allow drilling for oil off the US Atlantic coast for first time by Ian Johnson (Independent)
- Donald Trump’s company ‘charged his son Eric for using family golf course to host cancer charity events’ by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Donald Trump blocking accounts on Twitter ‘violates US Constitution’ by Andrew Griffin (Independent)
- Is Trump Violating the First Amendment by Blocking People on Twitter? by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
- Trump tweets propel Europe into new military age by Jacobo Barigazzi, Harry Cooper (Politico)
- Sean Spicer admits that Donald Trump’s tweets are “official statements” by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Air traffic privatization plan hits turbulence in Congress by Matthew Daly (AP)
- Eric Trump says Donald Trump’s haters are “not even people” by Jeremy Binckes (Salon)
- Donald Trump’s official schedule includes ‘meeting with Obamacare victims’ even though his plan will leave millions without coverage by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Ex-Labor secretary: Time to consider removing Trump from office by Anna Merod (The Hill)
- Trump promised to protect LGBTQ people. But he hasn’t even recognized Pride Month. by German Lopez (Vox)
- Breitbart News seems to be clearing house after readers and advertisers drift away by Paul Farhi (The Washington Post)
- U.S. calls Syrian airstrike lawful– but human rights groups disagree by Yasmeen Serhan (The Atlantic)
- Defiant North Korea launches multiple missiles (Al Jazeera)
- Democrats to sue Trump over conflicts of interest by Heather Caygle (Politico)
- Sessions allies say he will weather Trump’s wrath by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
Analysis
- Compared to George W. Bush and Obama, Trump doesn’t micromanage the military by W.J. Hennigan, Brian Bennett (LA Times)
- A president divorced from the executive branch he oversees by Dan Balz
- Donald Trump’s Presidency is an American crisis by Ezra Klein (Vox)
- The Potemkin policies of Donald Trump by Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)
- How Trump’s Least Enthusiastic Voters Feel About Him Now by Clare Malone (FiveThirtyEight)
- Bad News: We’re Sexist by Rebecca Onion (Slate)
Opinion
- Trump Is Sending a Murderer to Do a Diplomat’s Job by Robert Greenwalt (The Nation)
- I Wouldn’t Want to Be Left Alone with Trump Either by Eve Peyser (VICE)
- ‘It’s diabolical’: arts programs under threat as Trump aims to slash funds by Joanna Walters (Guardian)