Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
- Day 2 of the Gorsuch confirmation hearings by Joan McCarter (Daily Kos)
- Gorsuch’s Nomination Is the Fruit of a Broken Confirmation Process by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
- 3 Questions for SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch by Damon Root, Jim Epstein, Joshua Swain (Reason)
- Supreme Court nominee stakes out independence from Trump by Lawrence Hurley & Andrew Chung (Reuters)
- Live Briefing: What to Watch: Day 2 of Judge Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmation Hearings by Matt Flegenheimer (NY Times)
- Live Coverage: Day two of Supreme Court nominee hearing (The Hill)
- Opinion: Gorsuch, Abortion and the Concept of Personhood by Corey Brettschneider (NY Times)
- Resource: Live blog of confirmation hearings, Day 2: Senators begin their questioning (ABA Journal)
- Warren: Delay Gorsuch vote because of Russia investigation by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
- What does Judge Gorsuch believe? by Matt Ford (The Atantic)
- 5 Insights Into Judge Neil Gorsuch After 2nd Day Of Confirmation Hearings by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- 7 takeaways from the Gorsuch confirmation hearings by Matt Flegenheimer, Adam Liptak, Carl Hulse, and Charlie Savage (The NY Times)
- Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Lost His Patience When Grilled About the Travel Ban by Christina Sterbenz (VICE)
- Neil Gorsuch Is Not Another Scalia. He’s the Next John Roberts. by Ari Berman (The Nation)
- Neil Gorsuch is denying former students’ claims that he made sexist remarks in class by Emily Crockett (Vox)
- Neil Gorsuch says he is no ‘rubber stamp’ (Al Jazeera)
- McConnell: If Gorsuch can’t be confirmed, who can? by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- What Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation would mean for the US Supreme Court by Chris Stevenson (Independent)
Healthcare / AHCA
- Trump Is Tempting Fate On Health Care by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- GOP Health Plan Has Its Own Financial Stick To Prod People To Buy Insurance by Jordan Rau & Anna Gorman (NPR)
- Trump to address Republican lawmakers in latest healthcare push (Reuters)
- AP Interview: McConnell warns Republicans on health bill by Erica Werner (AP)
- Trump warns Republicans ahead of healthcare vote by Scott Wong (The Hill)
- Joe Biden: Former Vice President returns to politics by protesting for Obamacare on US Capitol steps by Peter Walker (Independent)
- Trump to GOP critics of health care bill: ‘I’m gonna come after you’ by David Weigel, Kelsey Snell and Robert Costa (Washington Post)
- Trump Warns House Republicans: Repeal Health Law or Lose Your Seats by Thomas Kaplan and Robert Pear (NY Times)
- Trump should worry more about what happens if the GOP health bill passes by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Republicans are making the American Health Care Act even crueler to medicaid recipients by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
Immigration / Travel Ban
- U.S. Restricts Electronic Devices On Flights From 8 Muslim Countries by Greg Myre (NPR)
- U.S. Bans Laptops, Tablets, and Other Devices on Flights From 10 Middle Eastern Airports by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- Fear Of Deportation Spurs 4 Women To Drop Domestic Abuse Cases In Denver by Heidi Glenn (NPR)
- With the Travel Ban, Federal Courts Face a New Legal Issue by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
- Muslim teen refused re-entry into US despite being a citizen (The Express Tribune)
News
- Rex Tillerson to skip Nato meeting – but visit Moscow (BBC)
- President Trump’s daughter Ivanka to get White House office (BBC)
- Ivanka Trump is getting an unpaid White House job, will “voluntarily comply” with ethics laws by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Ivanka Trump’s Move To The White House Raises Questions About Ethics by Jackie Northam & Marilyn Geewax (NPR)
- A Bunch Of A-List Celebs Are Putting On A Facebook Telethon For The ACLU by Maxwell Strachan (Huffington Post)
- New York AG hires attorney to go after Trump full time by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- Trump administration erases LGBT people from survey of older adults by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- Report: Ex-Trump campaign head laundered money from Russia-linked Ukraine pol by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- The House Intelligence Committee Hearing on Russia Was Political Theater by James Carden (The Nation)
- Can Republicans Be Trusted to Oversee the FBI Investigation of Trump’s Russia Ties? by Joan Walsh (The Nation)
- Report: Trump weighing sanctions against North Korea by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- North Korea says it is ‘ready for war’ with Donald Trump’s United States by Samuel Osborne (Independent)
- Sean Spicer: It’s a ‘vast reach’ to think Donald Trump will cut back on $3m trips to Mar-a-Lago by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- North Korea has no fear of U.S. sanctions move, will pursue nuclear arms by Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters)
- Supreme Court reins in president’s appointment powers by Daniel Wiessner & Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- America’s Most Prominent Anti-Muslim Activist Is Welcome at the White House by Peter Beinart (The Atlantic)
- New Secrecy Around Dakota Access Pipeline After Alleged Vandalism by Michael McLaughlin (Huffington Post)
- In an Unprecedented No-Show, the U.S. Pulls Out of Planned Human Rights Hearing by Jamil Dakwar (ACLU.org)
Analysis
- The Trump Organization Says It’s Vetting Deals for Conflicts—But Refuses to Say How by Russ Choma & Andy Kroll (Mother Jones)
- The FBI probe into Trump and Russia is huge news. Our political system isn’t ready for it. by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- White House distances itself from Paul Manafort, who reportedly laundered money to himself from a pro-Putin party’s “black ledger” by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Donald Trump tries to lead America down a Fox News rabbit hole by Eric Boehlert (Salon)
- Here are the 13 most critical cuts Trump has proposed making to the EPA by Emma Foehringer Merchant and Lisa Merchant, Grist (Salon)
Opinion
- Trump’s Lethal Threat by Keegan O’Brien (Jacobin)
- I’ve served more than 15,000 Meals on Wheels. It’s about way more than food. by Justin Zarb (Vox)
- Donald Trump Is Not Having Fun by Katy Waldman (Slate)
- 13 Authors on the Life-Changing Impact of the NEA (Electric Literature)
Action / Resources
- Call Your Senators and Demand That They Reject Neil Gorsuch by NationAction (The Nation)