Tax Bill
- U.S. tax break could push startups to share the wealth by Heather Somerville (Reuters)
- Trump to sign tax bill Friday morning without public ceremony by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Tax Bill Is Great for Accountants — Unless They Have Holiday Plans by Tiffany Hsu and Julie Creswell (NY Times)
- Republican tax plan to dent U.S. home sales next year by Arunima Banerjee (Reuters)
- Trump signs, lauds tax overhaul, off to Florida for holidays by Laurie Kellman and Jonathan Lemire (AP)
- Trump signs tax, government spending bills into law by Susan Heavey, Lisa Lambert (Reuters)
- Donald Trump signs $1.5 trillion tax bill into law by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
- Trump signs tax bill into law by Naomi Jagoda (The Hill)
- Expanded child tax credit may not be as generous as it seems by Sarah Skidmore Sell (AP)
- The Republican Tax Bill Will Devastate Science by Ed Perlmutter (Scientific American)
Jerusalem
- UN Jerusalem vote list: The 128 countries that didn’t back US over their Israel capital decision by Jeff Farrell (Independent)
- Jerusalem: Palestinians won’t accept any US peace plan, says Mahmoud Abbas by Chris Baynes (Independent)
- Former CIA Director slams Trump’s UN Israel vote vengeance by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Opinion: After Trump’s Jerusalem gambit, the world must recognise a Palestinian state by Daniel Barenboim (The Guardian)
Russia Investigation
- Republicans Quietly Warn Trump: Don’t Fire Mueller by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- GOP lawmakers to Trump: Don’t fire Mueller by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Trump -Russia investigation: Steve Bannon asked to testify before House Intelligence Committee by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Russia probe looms over Trump’s Mar-a-Lago retreat by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- F.B.I. Director Wants to Move Forward, but the President Is Making His Job Harder by Adam Goldman and Maggie Haberman (NY Times)
Travel Ban
- Trump travel ban should not apply to people with strong U.S. ties: court (Reuters)
- Appeals Court Rules Trump’s Third Travel Ban Again Violates Federal Law by Dan Levine (Huffington Post)
- 9th Circuit rules against Trump’s third attempt at travel ban by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
News
- U.S. backs re-election of Honduran president despite dispute (Reuters)
- Poll: Most People Believe the Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Trump Are True by Nash Jenkins (TIME)
- All 6 Defendants Not Guilty In Key Felony Trial Of Trump Inauguration Protesters by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
- McConnell privately saying GOP could lose House and Senate in 2018: report by Jacquqline Thomsen (The Hill)
- Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. by Ana Swanson (NY Times)
- Trump’s ambassador to the Netherlands just got caught lying about the Dutch by Amanda Erikson (Washington Post)
- Trump advisers vent frustrations about 2018 strategy as president listens by Josh Dawsey and Robert Costa (Washington Post)
- Former US attorneys, GOP officials come to Mueller’s defense by Jill Colvin (AP)
- Republicans warn Trump of 2018 bloodbath by Alex Isenstadt (Politico)
- Trump eyes former aides as West Wing staffers depart by Andrew Restuccia and Anni Karni (Politico)
- The Trump Administration Might Be Trying to Strip the Citizenship of an American Detainee Held in Secret by Dror Ladin (ACLU.org)
- Trump ends year in character – dodging questions and singing his own praises by David Smith (Guardian)
- State Department Told Some Refugee Offices They Should Plan To Close Next Year by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
- It’s ‘very gold’: The presidential coin undergoes a Trumpian makeover b
- Trump touts UN vote on North Korea sanctions: ‘The world wants peace, not death’ by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Trump Throws Support Behind Ron DeSantis For Florida Governor by Paige Lavender (Huffington Post)
- Democrats block dozens of Trump nominees by Andrew Restuccia, Seung Min Kim (Politico)
- U.S. memo weakens guidelines for protecting immigrant children in court by Mica Rosenberg (Reuters)
- Second court rejects Trump bid to stop transgender military recruits by Staff (Reuters)
Analysis
- Trump, Putin and the New Cold War by Susan B. Glasser (Politico)
- The Trump administration’s immigration approach hits a new low by Rachel Leah (Salon)
- More than 4 in 5 enrolled in ‘Obamacare’ are in Trump states by Ricardo Alonso-Zalvidar and Kevin S. Vineys (AP)
Opinion
- The days of rightwing evangelicals swaying politics are numbered by Daniel José Camacho (Guardian)
- The cameras go off, and then comes the collapse by Dana Milbank (Washington Post)
- I’ve never loved my country more by Ruth Marcus (Washington Post)