Saudia Arabia / Khashoggi
- Senate Demands Answers On Khashoggi Murder After Trump Stands By Saudis by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- Trump thanks Saudis for falling oil prices, making nice amid Khashoggi fallout by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump Thanks Saudi Arabia For Low Gas Prices After Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing by Paige Lavender (Huffington Post)
- Saudi Arabia accused of torturing women’s rights activists with electric shocks, flogging by D. Parvaz (ThinkProgress)
- Khashoggi’s editor calls for Congress to probe Trump, Kushner ties to Saudis by Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill)
- Killing of Khashoggi tests U.S. defense industry as backlash builds on Capitol Hill by Beth Reinhard, Tom Hamburger, and Emma Brown (Washington Post)
- Analysis: Exaggerating economic numbers is nothing new for Trump. Doing so to give the Saudis cover is. by JM Rieger (Washington Post)
Mueller Investigation
- Mueller urges court to reject Papadopoulos’ bid to delay his prison sentence by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- Giuliani: Mueller did not ask about obstruction in questions to Trump by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)
Immigration / Border
- White House authorizes use of force for troops stationed at border: report by Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
- Stalemate on Trump’s wall amid threat of shutdown by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- White House gives Mattis expanded powers for U.S. troops on border by Idrees Ali (Reuters)
- Why Big Law Is Taking On Trump Over Immigration by Annie Correal (NY Times)
- Asylum Seekers Being Turned Away No Matter Where They Cross the Border by Katherine Hawkins (Just Security)
- ICE agents accused of stalling undocumented immigrant’s marriage paperwork before hearing by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
Judicial Independence / Chief Justice Roberts
- Trump lashes out at Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after he reminded the president that judges are supposed to be independent by Sarah Gray (Business Insider)
- Chief Justice Roberts Issues Rare Rebuke To Trump; Trump Fires Back by Brian Naylor, Nina Totenberg (NPR)
- Chief Justice Defends Judicial Independence After Trump Attacks ‘Obama Judge’ by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
- Chief Justice Roberts Issues Extraordinary Thanksgiving Rebuke of Trump’s Attacks on the Judiciary by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
Other News
- Trump Really, Really Wants to Be ‘TIME’ Person of the Year by River Donaghey (VICE)
- Trump Administration Defends Legality of VA Shadow Rulers by Isaac Arnsdorf (ProPublica)
- U.S. Judge Strikes Down Mississippi Law That Bans Abortions After 15 Weeks by Emily Sullivan (NPR)
- Trump says he may attend next WHCA dinner after news it won’t feature comedian by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- FEMA won’t enact a major housing program that would help California wildfire survivors by Danielle Mclean (ThinkProgress)
- Right-Leaning Nonprofit Paid Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Nearly $1 Million by Michael Balsamo, Chad Day (TIME)
- Federal investigators probing possible Whitaker Hatch Act violations by Tad Axelrod (The Hill)
- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s Corporate Donors Want Their Money Back by Emily Kopp (Roll Call)
- The President’s company braces for Democratic investigations by Erica Orden, Cristina Alesci, Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb (CNN)
Analysis
- House Democrats Don’t Know What to Make of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Elaine Godfrey (The Atlantic)
- The Military Has Become Trump’s Favorite Prop by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Trump Isn’t Crazy to Question Mike Pence’s Loyalty by Mckay Coppins (The Atlantic)
- ‘Playing with fire:’ Economists say the fallout of Trump’s trade war is showing up and things could get a lot worse by Gina Heeb (Business Insider)
Opinion
- Ivanka Trump ignores rules because she doesn’t treat the White House as a real job by Elizabeth Spiers (Washington. Post)
- How Long Before Trump Destroys the Rule of Law? by Harry Litman (NY Times)