Government Shutdown
- Donald Trump insists shutdown will not end unless Congress funds border wall by Victoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
- Trump says U.S. government shutdown to last until agreement on border wall (Reuters)
- Trump in Christmas remarks says shutdown won’t end until he gets money for wall by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Trump Says Government Won’t Reopen Until Border Wall Is Funded by Daniel Politi (Slate)
Immigration / Migrant Children
- The Trump Administration Is Closing the Door on Migrant Children by Nicholas Wu (The Atlantic)
- Migrant caravan: Boy dies after being held at Mexico-US border (BBC)
- On Christmas Eve, ICE Leaves Hundreds Of Migrants at a Bus Station Without Warning Local Shelters by Robin Carnavale (Hill Reporter)
- An 8-Year-Old Guatemalan Migrant Died in U.S. Custody on Christmas Day by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- ICE Continues To Release Asylum-Seekers At Public Park In El Paso, Texas by Vaneesa Romo, Monica Ortiz Uribe (NPR)
- Guatemalan boy becomes second child to die in U.S. custody in December by Yeganeh Torbati (Reuters)
News
- Trump Questions 7-Year-Old’s Belief In Santa, Calling It ‘Marginal’ by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
- Here Are the People Trump Said the Death Penalty Should Be Used Against This Year by Jacob Rosenberg (Mother Jones
- Trump Is Reportedly Considering Firing Mnuchin Over Stock Market Woes by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Trump praises Treasury Secretary Mnuchin but hits Fed again on rate rises by Makini Brice (Reuters)
- Trump’s message on Christmas Day: ‘It’s a disgrace’ by Kevin Liptak (CNN)
- Trump’s acting secretary of defense will step into role with no foreign policy, military experience by Veronica Stracqualursi (CNN)
Analysis
- FACT CHECK: Trump confuses with claims of new border wall by Nomaan Marchant (AP)
- Arms Sales to Saudis Leave American Fingerprints on Yemen’s Carnage by Declan Walsh and Eric Schmidt (NY Times)