Syria / Turkey
- Trump officials rush to Turkey as Moscow advances to fill Syria void from U.S. retreat by Tuvan Gumrukcu (Reuters)
- Viewpoint: Syria could be beginning of end for Trump (BBC)
- Trump downplays Turkey’s assault in Syria, touts sanctions over fighting (Reuters)
- Turkey Warns the U.S. Not to Interfere With Syria Invasion: ‘No Power Can Stop Us’ by David Gilbert (VICE)
- “A Stab in the Back”: How Trump and Turkey Blew Up Syria’s Most Stable Region by Abigail Weinberg (Mother Jones)
- Turkey Tells Trump to Get Lost by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Trump Defends Syria Withdrawal: ‘It’s Not Our Problem’ by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- US House Republicans to introduce Turkey sanctions measure (Al Jazeera)
- House condemns Trump’s Syria withdrawal by Connor O’Brien (Politico)
- House Measure Condemns Trump’s Syria Withdrawal by AP (Huffington Post)
- Trump Is Sabotaging His Own Administration’s Efforts to Stop Turkey’s Attack on Syria by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- Trump Says Kurds Are ‘No Angels’; Fight ‘Has Nothing to Do With Us’ by Peter Baker, Annie Karni, and Lara Jakes (NY Times)
- Trump Lashes Out on Syria as Republicans Rebuke Him in House Vote by Peter Baker and Catie Edmondson (NY Times)
- The hasty U.S. pullback from Syria is a searing moment in America’s withdrawal from the Middle East by Liz Sly (Washington Post)
- Trump Pens Bizarre Letter To Turkey’s Erdogan About Syria: ‘Don’t Be A Tough Guy’ by Josephine Harvey (Huffington Post)
- Trump Warns Turkey’s Erdogan Not to “Be a Tough Guy” in Bizarre Letter by Molly Olstead (Slate)
- House rebukes Trump, approves measure opposing his Syria decision by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
- Republicans Rage At Trump’s Syria Policy With Little To Show For It by Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump Sends a Letter to Turkey by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- Inside the Derailed White House Meeting by Katie Rogers (NY Times)
- Opinion: The world is staring at Trump, mouth agape by Dana Milbank (Washington Post)
Impeachment Inquiry / Ukraine / Giuliani
- Trump impeachment: State department official says he was sidelined by ‘three amigos’ as White House obscured traditional diplomacy by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- Fourth defendant in Giuliani associate case taken into custody at New York airport by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- McConnell leans into impeachment fight by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- Giuliani asked Trump to extradite Muslim cleric wanted by Erdogan’s government, reports say by Negar Mortazavi (Independent)
- Ex-Pompeo Aide Is Latest State Department Official To Talk In Impeachment Inquiry by Brakkton Booker, Barbara Campbell (NPR)
- Another Man Arrested In Probe Of Rudy Giuliani Associates by AP (Huffington Post)
- Trump’s Impeachment Blockade Crumbles as Witnesses Agree to Talk by Michael D. Shear and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
- White House Adviser Considered EU Ambassador A National Security Risk: Report by Ja’han Jones (Huffington Post)
- Why won’t Democrats vote to authorise impeachment? (BBC)
- McConnell Prepares Senate For Trump Impeachment Trial As Inquiry Escalates by Claudia Grisales, Susan David (NPR)
- House lawyers: Trump trying to ‘obstruct his own impeachment’ by Andrew Desidero, Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Donald Trump and Bill Barr Are Setting a Religious War Trap by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
Debate
- The Polls Say There Are Two Front-Runners. On the Debate Stage, There Was Just Elizabeth Warren. by Jim Newell (Slate)
- Unimpressed With the Debate, Trump Offers a New Conspiracy for Impeachment by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Last Night’s Debate Proved Elizabeth Warren Is the New Democratic Front-Runner by Daniel Newhauser, Cameron Joseph (VICE)
- Analysis: Winners and losers from the October Democratic debate by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Analysis: Who Won The Fourth Democratic Debate? by Aaron Bycoffe, Sarah Frostenson and Julia Wolfe (FiveThirtyEight)
- Analysis: The Fourth Democratic Debate In 6 Charts by Laura Bronner and Maddie Sach (FiveThirtyEight)
Family of British Teenager
- Trump drops ‘bombshell’ in meeting with parents of UK crash teen (Al Jazeera)
- Trump ‘ambushes’ parents of British teenager by revealing woman involved in crash that killed their son is waiting in next room at White House by Chris Baynes (Independent)
- Trump calls meeting with family of dead British teenager ‘beautiful’ but sad (Reuters)
- Family of British Teen Killed in Car Crash Felt “Ambushed” by Trump’s Brokering Surprise Meeting by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Opinion: Trump’s treatment of the Dunn family was reality TV spectacle at its most heartless by Ross Barkan (The Guardian)
Tax Documents
- Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies by Heather Vogell (ProPublica)
- In New Tax Documents, Trump’s Cooking the Books on Two Manhattan Properties Looks a Lot Like Fraud by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Michael Cohen’s testimony about Trump’s shady business practices just got strong corroboration by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
Other News
- Trump says likely won’t sign China trade deal until he meets with Xi (Reuters)
- House Democrats Just Demanded These Neo-Nazi Groups Be Prosecuted as International Terrorists by Tess Owen (VICE)
- AOC, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar endorse Bernie Sanders for president by Sean Collins (Vox)
- Trump plans to scrap logging ban in US’ largest forest as experts warn of ‘irreparable harm’ by Matt Drake (Independent)
- New York can now bring charges against presidential pardon recipients by Bill Mahoney (Politico)
- Historically accurate election model shows Trump on his way to reelection by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- Trump pick for education board writes Illuminati self-help books: report by Justine Coleman (The Hill)
- Donald Trump and Bill Barr Are Setting a Religious War Trap by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)