Government Shutdown / Federal Workers
- Democrats Plan Vote To Reopen Government On Jan. 3, When They Take Over House by Susan Davis, Arnie Seipel (NPR)
- House Dems plan to bring up five-week funding bill to end shutdown by Juliegrace Brufke (The Hill)
- House Dems’ plan to end shutdown is likely DOA by Sarah Ferris, Heather Caygle, Burgess Everett, John Bresnahan (Politico)
- Trump returns to border wall fight: ‘Democrats, come back from vacation now’ by Eli Okun (Politico)
- TSA Workers Vent Anger At Shutdown As They Work Without Pay Over Holidays by Nick Robins-Early (Huffington Post)
- House Democrats give Trump his first test of 2019 and it begins with legislation that would end the government shutdown by Zeke Miller and Lisa Mascaro, AP (Business Insider)
- Democrats maneuver to end shutdown, without Trump wall money by David Morgan (Reuters)
- ‘It’s a free-for-all’: shutdown brings turmoil to beloved US national parks by AP (The Guardian)
- As Government Shutdown Drags On, So Do Economic Worries by Laurel Wamsley (NPR)
- Federal employee union sues Trump administration over government shutdown by Caitlin Emma (Politico)
- House Democrats ready strategy to reopen government, deny Trump wall money by Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim (Washington Post)
- Trump claims there’s a 10-foot wall around the Obamas’ D.C. home. He is wrong. by Michael Brice-Saddler (Washington Post)
Border Wall / Kelly
- Trump hits back at Kelly over border wall: It was ‘never abandoned’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump Insists Wall Was Never ‘Abandoned’ Despite John Kelly Claim by Kevin Fitzpatrick (Vanity Fair)
Other News
- Affordable Care Act Can Stay In Effect While Under Appeal, Judge Says by Emma Bowman (NPR)
- ‘We Can Win’: Elizabeth Warren Outlines 2020 Presidential Bid by Jessica Taylor, Asma Khalid (NPR)
- Elizabeth Warren Is the First Democrat to Announce a 2020 Bid by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Russia Arrests U.S. Citizen on Spying Charges by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Trump to appear on Fox News for New Year’s Eve special by Joe Concha (The Hill)
- Jim Mattis Implores Defense Department To Defend The Constitution In Farewell Memo by Jenna Amatulli (Huffington Post)
- Staffers at detention facility caught on video abusing migrant children by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Departure of Trump’s GOP critics in Senate leaves a void by Kevin Frekking (AP)
- Kim ready to meet Trump ‘anytime’, but warns of ‘new path’ by Hyonhee Shin, Soyoung Kim (Reuters)
- Trump Guilt Trips America In Self-Pitying ‘Happy New Year’ Video by David Moye (Huffington Post)
Analysis
- 10 New Factors That Will Shape the 2020 Democratic Primary by Edward-Isaac Dovere (The Atlantic)
- The Day Trump Never Stopped Tweeting by Derek Robinson (Politico)
Opinion
- In 2019, Let’s Reject The ‘Fear’ Narrative That Trump Has Forced Us To Accept by Chris Walker (Hill Reporter)
- Worst of Donald Trump in 2018: In a year of new lows, these were the lowest by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- Trump’s wall is a monument to vanity and bigotry by Michael Gerson (Washington Post)