Government Shutdown / Federal Workers
- Trump orders federal pay freeze for 2019 by Amanda Sakuma (Vox)
- Trump unmoved on border wall demand as shutdown enters ninth day by Tom McCarthy, Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
2018
- Here Are All the Ways Trump Tried to Shut Down Science This Year by Marissa Endicott (Mother Jones)
- The Year In Washington Scandals: The ‘Swamp’ Remained Murky In 2018 by Peter Overby (NPR)
- 2018 Was A Bad Year For The NRA, And The Worst Could Be Yet To Come by Nick Wing (Huffington Post)
- 6 Times Trump ‘Hit A New Low’ In 2018 by Carla Herreria (Huffington Post)
Trump Golf Club
- FBI Collected Fake Green Cards Allegedly Supplied By Trump Golf Club Managers: Report by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- FBI examining whether undocumented immigrants worked at Trump’s golf club, lawyer says by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux (Independent)
- Fake green cards, Social Security numbers allegedly given to workers at Trump golf resort by Stephanie Griffith (ThinkProgress)
John Kelly
- John Kelly blames child-separation policy on Jeff Sessions in exit interview by Nicole Karlis (Salon)
- John Kelly’s exit interview lifts the curtain on the chaos within the Trump White House by Amanda Sakuma (Vox)
- John Kelly Doesn’t Want to Talk About All the Things He Helped Trump Do by Ari Berman (Mother Jones)
Other News
- Putin tells Trump that Moscow is open for dialogue by Vladimir Soldatkin (Reuters)
- Top US General Calls Trump Immoral and Dishonest by Ari Berman (Mother Jones)
- Saudis using child soldiers in Yemen: Our tax dollars help pay for them by Jake Johnson (Salon)
- Retired four-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal criticizes President Trump’s behavior: ‘I don’t think he tells the truth’ by Jessica Tyler (Business Insider)
- Women’s March in California Canceled Over Fear it Would Be “Overwhelmingly White” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- A Former General’s New Broadside Against President Trump by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
Analysis
- A Holiday Mystery: Why Did John Roberts Intervene in the Mueller Probe? by Nelson W. Cunningham (Politico)
Opinion
- I filed one of the 83 dismissed misconduct complaints against Brett Kavanaugh. Here’s why. by Larry Behrendt (Washington Post)
- In Trump’s America, it’s important to remember: this isn’t normal by