Impeachment Inquiry / Hearings
- 7 Moments That Stood Out From The 1st Day Of The Trump Impeachment Hearings by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Trump impeachment inquiry moves ahead after start of televised hearings by Patricia Zengerle, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
- The Seven Ways Wednesday’s Hearing Clarified Trump’s Real Motives by William Saletan (Slate)
- Trump’s Ambassadors Are Uniquely Unqualified. The Ukraine Scandal Proves It. by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
- How Trump is using Facebook to amplify his fight against impeachment by Emily Stewart,. Rani Molla (Vox)
- Trump’s Choice: National Security or Political Obsession by David E. Sanger (NY Times)
- Pelosi says testimony of diplomats ‘corroborated evidence of bribery’ by Trump by John Wagner and Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
- Analysis: What you learned about the impeachment hearing depended on what channel you watched by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Rudy Giuliani says Trump will stay loyal to him but jokes that he has ‘insurance’ by Stephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)
- Analysis: Trump’s defender v his nemesis: the battle at the heart of impeachment hearings by Andrew Gumbel (The Guardian)
- Next Up In Impeachment Hearings: A Parade Of Key Witnesses by Mary Clare Jalonick / AP (Huffington Post)
- Pelosi: Impeachment Testimony Was Evidence of Trump’s “Bribery” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Pelosi: Impeachment Inquiry Has Yielded Evidence That Trump Engaged In ‘Bribery’ by Tim Mak (NPR)
- Second U.S. embassy official reportedly heard Trump call with Sondland by AP (Politico)
- 2nd U.S. Official Heard Trump Call With Sondland by Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker, Matthew Lee / AP (Huffington Post)
- Trump has a Mike Pence insurance policy: The sanctimonious veep is implicated too by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Opinion: Impeachment, Day One: Republicans weaponize nihilism, defend Trump, destroy reality by Andrew O’Hehir (Salon)
- Was impeachment hearing “dull”? Cynical media takes get vigorous pushback by Dan Froomkin, Press Watch (Salon)
- Who is Marie Yovanovitch? What to expect from the next impeachment hearings by Clark Mindock (Independent)
- 5 Things To Know Before Marie Yovanovitch’s Testimony In Impeachment Hearing by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)
Tax Returns
- Federal Appeals Court Lets Stand Ruling That Congress Can Subpoena Trump Tax Returns by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
- Trump lawyers poised to take tax returns fight to Supreme Court by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Trump asks Supreme Court to protect his tax returns – setting up constitutional showdown by Andrew Buncome (Independent)
- Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to prevent release of his tax returns by Lawrence Hurley, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
Other News
- Erdoğan Stopped His Oval Office Meeting to Show Trump an Anti-Kurd Propaganda Video by Tim Marcin (VICE)
- Chad Wolf Becomes Acting Head Of Homeland Security, Names Ken Cuccinelli His Deputy by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- Sessions vows to ‘work for’ Trump endorsement by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- Trump hotel sales brochure touts ‘tremendous upside potential’ of government-related business: report by Rachel Frazin (The Hill)
- Erdogan Hands ‘Tough Guy’ Letter Back to Trump by Megan Specia (NY Times)
- Before Joining White House, Stephen Miller Pushed White Nationalist Theories by Katie Rogers (NY Times)
- A Trump Tax Break To Help The Poor Went To a Rich GOP Donor’s Superyacht Marina by Justin Elliott, Jeff Ernsthausen, and Kyle Edwards (ProPublica)
- Democratic leaders call on Stephen Miller to resign amid claims he pushed white nationalist beliefs by Abbey Marshall (Politico)
- Trump’s tax break for the poor went to rich developers building near Mar-a-lago, report says by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- Trump’s Energy nominee bats away questions about Perry and Ukraine; Brouillette also tells confirmation hearing about mining potential of the Arctic by Benjamin J. Hulac (Roll Call)
- Senate Confirms Controversial Judicial Nominee, Flipping Court That Will Decide Trump Subpoena Cases by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
- Senate Confirms Wildly Problematic Trump Court Pick Steven Menashi by Jennifer Bendery (Huffington Post)
Analysis
- New Evidence Shows That 2020 Census Citizenship Question Was a Sham All Along by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)