News
- Attorney General Sessions’ Testimony To Senate Panel Will Be Public by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Melania Trump moves into the White House (BBC)
- Trump Reportedly Told Russia About Israeli Hack of ISIS, Republicans Don’t Care by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
- Maryland, District of Columbia sue over payments to Trump hotels by Dan Levine, Julia Harte (Reuters)
- D.C. and Maryland Sue Trump over “Unprecedented Constitutional Violations” by Emily Jane Fox (Reuters)
- Why Is ICE Closing Its Only Detention Center for Transgender Detainees? by Aviva Stahl (VICE)
- Gorsuch has unanimous first opinion for Supreme Court by Mark Sherman (AP)
- House Dem proposes article of impeachment by Cristina Marcos (The Hill)
- Trump declares he’s ‘passed more legislation’ than any other president besides FDR by Diamond Naga Siu (Politico)
- US appeals court blocks ‘travel ban’ (BBC)
- Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
- Trump loses travel ban ruling in appeals court by Adam Liptak (The NY Times)
- Praise for the chief: Trump’s Cabinet tells him it’s an ‘honor’ and ‘blessing’ to serve by John Wagner (Washington Post)
- White House stonewalls on Comey ‘tapes’ by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Friend says Trump is considering firing Mueller as special council by Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- A friend reports that Trump is considering firing Robert Mueller by Rosie Gray (The Atlantic)
- Donald Trump sued over business benefits (Al Jazeera)
- An Article of Impeachment Based on Trump’s Obstruction of Justice Is Now Circulating in the House by John Nichols (The Nation)
- The Covfefe Act Has A Silly Name — But It Addresses A Real Quandary by Laurel Wamsley (NPR)
- Trump Expected To Restrict Trade, Travel With Cuba by Geoff Bennett, Scott Horsley (NPR)
Analysis
- By Going After Russia, Are Senate Republicans Breaking with Trump? by Jack Moore (GQ)
- Donald Trump’s Fixation on Fossil Fuel by Michael T. Klare (The Nation)
- Obamacare is in real danger by Sarah Kliff (Vox)
- The Trumps are complaining about the ‘viciousness’ of politics. Irony is dead. by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
- Lawmakers across the US are finding ways to turn protesting into a crime by Ruthann Robson (Vox)
- Trump’s media allies are making the case for firing Robert Mueller by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- What we know about Trump’s ‘tapes’ tease by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- 3 Troubling Questions Jeff Sessions Will Have to Answer on Tuesday by Joan Walsh (The Nation)
Opinion
- Comey’s a Whistleblower, Not a Leaker by Eric Columbus (Politico)
- The Resistance: Impeachment Anxiety by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)