Russia Investigation
- Trump’s personal banking information handed over to Robert Mueller by Stephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)
- Robert Mueller has a subpoena for records that goes directly after the Trump family by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Here’s the smoking gun: What Flynn told Kislyak comes close to treason by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Robert Mueller’s Subpoena for Donald Trump’s Bank Records Is One More Step Over the President’s Red Line by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Russia probe cost DOJ $6.7 million in months after Mueller appointment by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- Robert Mueller Just Subpoenaed Trump’s Favorite Bank. Here’s What He May Be Looking For. by Russ Choma, Andy Kroll (Mother Jones)
- Senate Investigators Confirm They Will Soon Grill Donald Trump Jr. on Russia Ties by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
- Subpoena For Deutsche Bank May Put Mueller On Collision Course With Trump by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Four months of Trump-Russia inquiry cost $3.2m – as much as a Mar-a-Lago golf trip by Stephanie Kirchgaessner (Guardian)
- Robert Mueller May Be Treading On Thin Ice by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- The new right-wing attack on the Mueller probe, explained by Zeeshan Aleem (Vox)
- Mueller appears to be looking deep into Trump’s finances by Alex Ward (Vox)
- How the Kremlin Tried to Pose as American News Sites on Twitter by Selina wang (Bloomberg)
Tax Bill
- President Trump Called the Republican Tax Plan ‘So Popular.’ Polls Show It’s Not by Ryan Teague Beckwith (TIME)
- Oil And Gas Firms Got A Last-Minute Goody In Senate Tax Bill by Arthuer Delaney (Huffington Post)
- Orrin Hatch just made the Republican agenda startlingly clear by Dylan Scott (Vox)
- Trump Crony Admits Republican Tax Plan Is an Elaborate Middle Finger to Liberals by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Republicans need Roy Moore to pass their tax bill by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- The CHIP Program is beloved. Why is it’s funding in danger? by Abby Goodnough and Robert Pear (The NY Times)
- Tax plan crowns a big winner: Trump’s industry by Patricia Cohen and Jesse Drucker (The NY Times)
- Another Victim of the Tax Bill: Housing for Artists by Kriston Capps (Citilab)
- Opinion: Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist by Robert L. Borosage
Utah Monuments
- Was It ‘Illegal’ For Trump To Shrink Utah’s Monuments? The Battle Begins by Kirk Siegler (NPR)
- Patagonia Is Suing the Trump Administration by Cam Wolf (GQ)
- Donald Trump faces lawsuit from clothing brand Patagonia over national monument rollback by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Zinke backs shrinking more national monuments and shifting management of 10 by Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post)
- Patagonia Makes Political Statement Against Recent Presidential Rulings by Avery Matera (Teen Vogue)
- Five American Indian tribes, furious over Trump shrinking Bears Ears on his trip to Utah, sue the president by Courtney Tanner (Salt Lake Tribune)
Action:
Jerusalem
- White House Delays Decision On Possible Move Of Embassy In Israel To Jerusalem by Scott Neuman (NPR)
- Trump tells Abbas he will move US embassy to Jerusalem (Al Jazeera)
- US to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in world first (BBC)
- World reacts to US Israel embassy relocation plan (Al Jazeera)
- Risking Backlash, Trump Plans To Recognize Jerusalem As Israel’s Capital by Larry Kaplow, Camila Domonoske (NPR)
- Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital by Nahal Toosi, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
- Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move US embassy – White House by Julian Borger, Peter Beaumont (The Guardian)
- U.S. to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Trump says, alarming Middle East leaders by Mark Landler and David M. Halbfinger (The NY Times)
- Why Trump’s assertion of Jerusalem as capital of Israel would be a catastrophe by Nicholas Blincoe (The Guardian)
Impeachment
- The Democrats’ Dangerous Obsession With Impeachment by Jeet Herr (New Republic)
- Dem says he will force House vote on impeachment Wednesday by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- House Democrats Are Going to Try to Impeach President Trump Again by Katie Reilly (TIME)
- Trump’s impeachment ‘closer than we think’, says veteran Republican strategist by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
Travel Ban
- Travel Ban: What is Trump’s major immigration policy, and why is it called a ‘Muslim ban’? All you need to know by Clark Mindock (Independent)
News
- Trump pushing to dismiss suit brought by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant over groping claims by Laura Nahmias (Politico)
- Desus and Mero Discuss Trump’s Fast-Food Diet by Sarah Bellman (VICE)
- Tillerson contradicts Trump on Iran nuclear deal (Al Jazeera)
- Republican Party backs embattled Senate candidate Moore: official (Reuters)
- Three Obama tweets, no Trump posts make list of 2017’s most retweeted by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Elite terrorist interrogation team withers under Trump by Ali Watkins (Politico)
- Trump too busy and important to face defamation lawsuit, president’s lawyers claim by Molly Redden (Guardian)
- A New Republican Strategy to Dramatically Expand Gun Rights by Russell Berman (Atlantic)
Analysis
- The G.O.P. Is Falling in Line With Trump’s Alternate Reality by Tina Nyugen (Vanity Fair)
- Trump Isn’t Above the Law by David Frum (The Atlantic)
- The CHIP Program Is Beloved. Why Is Its Funding in Danger? by Abby Goodnough and Robert Pear (NY Times)
- Sixteen Republican senators are on the record as saying that a president can obstruct justice by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
- Deportations Of Noncriminals Rise As ICE Casts Wider Net by Roque Planas and Elise Foley (Huffington Post)
- The key to understanding Don jr. by Katy Waldman (Slate)
- Trump’s endorsement of Roy Moore points up a GOP problem: Chaos by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin (The NY Times)