March 2019

McCain

• Trump’s attacks on McCain exacerbate tensions with Senate GOP by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
• Trump Slammed After Escalating Attacks on McCain: He’s “Beefing With a Dead Man—and Losing” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Rather than attack Trump, Lindsey Graham attacks Trump critics who defend McCain by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
• Washington National Cathedral: John McCain’s Funeral Did Not Require Trump’s OK by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)

Israel /Golan Heights

• Trump: Time for US to recognise Israeli sovereignty over Golan (Al Jazeera)
• Trump to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• President Trump Backs Israeli Sovereignty Claim Over Golan Heights by Daniella Cheslow (NPR)
• Trump’s Golan Announcement Was No Impulse Tweet by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)

Border

• Trump mulls deploying emergency disaster workers to detention centers by Niv Elis (The Hill)
• The Trump Administration Is Admitting That Its Border Policies Aren’t Working by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses ‘unacceptable risk’ by Molly O’Toole (LA Times)
• Asylum-Seekers Sent Back to Tijuana Under Trump Policy Are Finally Starting to Get Their Day in Court by Fernanda Echavarri (Mother Jones)

Jared Kushner

• Charles Kushner pens op-ed in defense of son Jared by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• The Kingdom and the Kushners: Jared Went to Riyadh. So Did His Brother. by David D. Kirkpatrick (NY Times)
• Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Continue to Use Unofficial Communications for Government Business by Inae Oh, Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Kushner Used Private Email To Conduct Official Business, House Committee Says by Tim Mak (NPR)
• Cummings demands docs on Kushner’s alleged use of encrypted app for official business by Andrew Desidero, Kyle Cheney (Politico)

Other News

• Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan Investigated Over Ties To Boeing by Mark Katkov (NPR)
• Ex-White House communications director Hope Hicks to cooperate with House Judiciary probe of Trump by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Trump’s hyped free speech order will ask colleges to do what they already have to by Benjamin Wermund (Politico)
• Trump’s Acting Defense Secretary Faces Ethics Investigation Over Boeing Ties by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Blue states threaten to drop family planning program over Trump abortion ban by Rachel Roubein, Alice Miranda Ollstein (Politico)
• White House rejects Dem request for documents on Trump-Putin communications  by Morgan Chalfont (The Hill)
• Roger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment in House Judiciary document request by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Trump wants Patriots owner Robert Kraft at White House despite prostitution bust by Gabby Orr, Eliana Johnson, and Daniel Lippman (Politico)
• Trump’s Caddy Will Put You in a Chokehold If You Criticize His Boss by Rick Reilly (Politico)’
• Trump’s free speech executive order isn’t about free speech by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)

Analysis

• How Trump is on track for a 2020 landslide by Ben White, Steven Shepard (Politico)
• Why White Supremacist Attacks Are on the Rise, Even in Surprising Places by Brian Levin (TIME)
• Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who paid? by Sarah Blaskey, Nicholas Nehamas, and Caitlin Ostroff (Miami Herald)

Opinion

• By Donald Trump’s Standards, Jared and Ivanka Should Be in Jail by Bess levin (Vanity Fair)

Trump Investigations / Mueller

• Special Counsel Team Seeks Delay on Releasing Manafort Records Due to ‘Other Work’ by AP (TIME)
• Trump administration refuses to hand over documents to House oversight investigation by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump-Russia investigation to turn focus on whether president is under foreign influence by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trump’s legal jeopardy goes far beyond Mueller by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Former White House staffer Hope Hicks to cooperate with Dems’ probe into Trump by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• Trump Backs Public Release Of Mueller Report by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Trump: Mueller report illegitimate, because special counsel was not elected by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)

EPA / Climate Change

• Trump’s new EPA chief warns water is a bigger threat than climate change by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• EPA Administrator Dismisses Climate Change As ‘50 To 75 Years Out’ by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• Trump’s EPA Head Said Climate Change Is Not a Top Threat Because It’s ’50 to 75 Years Out’ by AP (TIME)
• Opinion: Donald Trump is using Stalinist tactics to discredit climate science by Michael Mann, Bob Ward (The Guardian)

McCain

• Trump Carries On Criticism Of McCain, As A Republican Calls His Words ‘Deplorable’ by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• Schwarzenegger Steps In to Defend John McCain’s Legacy by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)
• Trump blasts McCain, bemoans not getting ‘thank you’ for funeral by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump: ‘I Didn’t Get Thank You’ For Approving John McCain’s Funeral Arrangements by Rebecca Shapiro (Huffington Post)
• Republicans defend McCain amid Trump attacks by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump’s strange rant about John McCain’s funeral, decoded by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)

Other News

• Trump administration withholds report justifying ‘shock’ auto tariffs by Eliana Johnson, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• Trump rages about Electoral College reform and lowering voter age to 16 in midnight Twitter tirade by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Clyburn: Trump and his family are ‘greatest threats to democracy of my lifetime’ by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump calls George Conway a ‘husband from hell’ to top aide Kellyanne by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• When Trump Blocks You on Twitter, He’s Violating the First Amendment by Joshua Geltzer, Laurence H. Tribe (Politico)
• Eric Trump accidentally makes a case for net neutrality while complaining about tech companies by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
• Andrew Gillum has a $3.9 million plan to torpedo Donald Trump’s re-election chances in Florida by Travis Gettys (Salon)
• Trump’s border wall money may come at expense of schools for military kids by Mike Stone (Reuters)
• Busted: This letter proves Donald Trump lied about turning down George Conway for a job by Brad Reed (Salon)
• Trump retweets QAnon conspiracy theorist, via Larry the Cable Guy, to slam the TSA by Tim Elfrink (Washington Post)
• Trump wants Patriots owner Robert Kraft at White House despite prostitution bust by Gabby Orr, Eliana Johnson, Daniel Lippman (Politico)
• Trump’s top Pentagon official is now under an ethics investigation by Alex Ward (Vox)
• Trump set to sign executive order on campus free speech by Michael Stratford (Politico)
• White House hasn’t provided ‘a single piece of paper’ to Oversight, despite 12 requests by Griffin Connelly (Roll Call)
• US judge halts hundreds of drilling projects in groundbreaking climate change ruling by Cassidy Randall (Guardian)

Opinion

• Donald Trump is using Stalinist tactics to discredit climate science by Michael Mann and Bob Ward (Guardian)

Mueller Investigation

• Mueller’s office began investigating Michael Cohen as early as July 2017 by Kyle Cheney, Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Mueller suspected Cohen may have been secretly acting as foreign agent in 2017 by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• The Evidence That Could Impeach Donald Trump by Garrett M. Graff (Wired)
• Mueller investigation probed if Cohen was unregistered foreign agent, search warrants reveal by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• We’ve Reached the Biometrics Stage of the Michael Cohen Case by Aaron Mak (Slate)
• Mueller’s old boss delays departure as probe wraps up by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Mueller Asks For More Time To Hand Over Manafort Records In Cryptic Court Filing by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)

Preet Bhahara

• Fired By Trump, Preet Bharara Describes The Justice System He Served by Steve Inskeep (NPR)
• Preet Bharara Expects a ‘Lengthy, Detailed’ Mueller Report by Blake Hounshell (Politico)

FAA

• Trump just nominated a permanent FAA head — more than a year after the last one left by Mark Matousek (Business Insider)
• Trump To Nominate Former Delta Air Lines Executive To Lead FAA by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Trump taps former Delta pilot to lead FAA amid turmoil by Brianna Gurciullo (Politico)

Immigration

• U.S. Supreme Court gives Trump victory on immigration detention by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
• Supreme Court rules for Trump on detaining immigrants by Ted Hesson (Politico)

Trump Business / Finances

• Appeals court taking on whether Trump is violating the Constitution with his business dealings by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Trump received more than $2bn in loans from Deutsche Bank despite being ‘deemed untouchable’ by other institutions, report claims by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• Judges seem skeptical Trump is illegally profiting from his D.C. hotel by Ann E. Marimow and Jonathan O’Connell (Washington Post)
• New report implicates Trump in same crime that’s sending Michael Cohen to jail by Joshua Eaton (ThinkProgress)
• All of Trump’s Humiliating Financial Lies Are About to Be Exposed by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)

Other News

• Trump officials prepared to stonewall Democratic oversight demands by Anita Kumar (Politico)
• Trump calls Kellyanne Conway’s husband ‘a total loser’ by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• The Unexpected Side Effects of Trump’s Trade War by Olivia Pachal (The Atlantic)
• Trump tells fake story about US general slaughtering 49 Muslims using bullets dipped in pig’s blood, in resurfaced video by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Ocasio-Cortez accuses Trump of looking ‘other way’ on white supremacism by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
• President Trump Just Sidelined His Own Top Negotiator on North Korea by John Walcott (Time)
• White Nationalist Groups Increase Recruiting And Propaganda Across The West by Nate Hegyi (NPR)
• Coal tax cut endangers federal black lung fund by Dylan Lovan (AP)
• Trump’s ever-expanding list of grievances by Andrew Restuccia (Politico)
• U.S. judge rebuts Trump on transgender troop limits by Andrew Chung (Reuters)
• Trump’s budget slashes science. Here’s what would be lost. by Ben Guarino (Washington Post)
• White House ignores House panels’ requests for documents, Democrats say by Rachel Bade and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
•  Trump Wants to Reward Brazil’s Far-Right President With Special NATO Status by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Hotel Heiress Ivanka Trump Proposes Cutting Student Debt By Making Student Loans Harder to Get by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Trump rules out expanding Supreme Court in a dig at 2020 Dems by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)

Analysis

• Federal courts have ruled against Trump administration policies at least 63 times by Fred Barbash, Deanna Paul, Brittany Renee Mayes, and Danielle Rindler (Washington Post)

Opinion

• Why you’ll never meet a white supremacist who cares about climate change by Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)

News

• Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott (ProPublica)
• N.Y. Attorney General Calls For $5.6 Million Fine Against Trump’s ‘Self-Dealing’ Foundation by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump and His Allies Have Lost the Public Debate Over Immigration by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Dems Ask FBI to Investigate Massage Parlor Owner Who Was Selling Access to Trump by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Trump pressures GM to speed up plans to save Ohio plant by Katie Galioto (Politico)
• Trump claims media is trying to blame him for New Zealand mass shooting by Katie Galioto (Politico)
• Trump calls Biden a ‘low I.Q. individual’ by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Trump Threatens S.N.L. with Federal Investigation Over a Rerun by Laura Bradley (Vanity Fair)
• “His Condition Is Getting Worse”: Trump Spirals Online as His Presidency Reaches a Crisis Point by Eric Lutz (Vanity Fair)
• Trump acts out car crashes in the White House in criticism of self-driving vehicles by Sarah Harvard (Independent)
• Judge Orders Release of Michael Cohen FBI Search Warrant Documents by AP (TIME)
• Ph.D. student faces deportation to Liberia, where she has never lived by Camille DeChallis (Roll Call)
• Trump eyes possible actions against comedy shows that hurt his feelings by Steve Benn (MSNBC)
• The White House Still Can’t Get the President’s Tweeting Under Control by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)
• Democrats Have a Few Questions About Trump’s “Relationship” with Chinese Rubdown Mogul Cindy Yang by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Twitter Users Drag Trump After He Posts Donation Check To Homeland Security by David Moye (Huffington Post)

Analysis

• Trump ‘Wall Defense Fund’ cash goes to campaign by Jill Colvin (AP)
• Americans overwhelmingly want Congress to defy Trump and override his veto of the resolution to end his border-wall emergency declaration by Joe Perticone (Business Insider)
• The disconnect between the Trump administration and reality on climate change keeps growing by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Trump response to New Zealand massacre highlights his combative history with Muslims by Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)

Opinion

• Why won’t Donald Trump talk about white nationalism? Because he enables and supports it by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Why Trump attacked a local union leader in Ohio by Paul Waldman (Washington Post)

News

• Trump Has Touted Debunked Story About U.S. General Killing 49 Muslims To End Terrorism by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Trump to be left off 2020 ballots unless he shows his tax returns, Washington says by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Trying to Kill the Iran Deal Could End Up Saving It by Kathy Gilsinan (The Atlantic)
• White House Aide: It’s Unfair to Call New Zealand Mosque Shooting Suspect a President Trump Supporter by AP (TIME)
• Trump Pleads for Jeanine Pirro’s Return After Fox News Schedule Change by Kevin Fitzpatrick (Vanity Fair)
• Fox News Pulled Jeanine Pirro’s Show After Her Islamophobic Comments. Trump Wants It Back On. by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
• White House dismisses Trump mention in Christchurch shooter manifesto by Reuters (The Guardian)
• Trump again takes aim at John McCain over dossier, prompting rebuke from Meghan McCain by Felicia Sonmez (Washington Post)
• Trump cast himself as Boeing’s decider in chief, showing the perils of injecting politics into crash investigations by Michael laris, Josh Dawsey, Luz lazy, and Ashley Halsey III (Washington Post)
• Trump Suggests That SNL Is ‘Colluding’ with ‘of course Russia’ by Brian Krassenstein (Hill Reporter)

Opinion

• It Isn’t Complicated: Trump Encourages Violence by David Leonhardt (NY Times)
• Trump’s media attacks are an abuse of power. We’re holding him to account by Wajahat Ali The Guardian)
• A derelict commander in chief: Trump can’t keep us safe by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)

Mueller Investigation

• Mueller’s busy week offers new signs his report is coming soon by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Trump says he told House GOP to ‘play along’ on Mueller report vote by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• Trump Says He Told Republicans to “Play Along With the Game” of Releasing Mueller Report by Daniel Politi (Slate)

New Zealand Attack / White Nationalism

• After New Zealand Attack, Trump Again Downplays Threat of White Nationalism by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump again punts on white supremacy after New Zealand attacks by Stephen Collinson (CNN)
• New Zealand attack exposes how little the U.S. and its allies share intelligence on domestic terrorism threats by Shane Harris (Washington Post)
• Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is a threat — but data says otherwise by Kelly Cohen (Vox)

Other News

• Trump’s national emergency declaration opposed by majority of Americans, polls find by Emily Guskin (Independent)
• N.Y. attorney general says Trump illegally used his foundation for campaign by Igor Derysh (Salon)
• Trump says he told House GOP to ‘play along’ on Mueller report vote by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• Beyond veto: Trump seeks more workarounds to avoid Congress by Zeke Miller and Catherine Lucey (AP)
• The 25 Republicans who defied Trump on emergency declaration by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• Trump attacks John McCain over Obamacare repeal by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Trump Bashes John McCain Over Vote on Obamacare Repeal by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns by John Bowden (The Hill)

Opinion

• Trump is cornered, with violence on his mind. We must be on red alert by Robert Reich (The Guardian)

Emergency Declaration  / Veto

• Trump issues first veto of his presidency by Eliana Johnson, Katie Galioto (Politico)
• Trump just used his first-ever veto to save his national emergency by Li Zhou (Vox)
• Trump Vetoes Congressional Effort To Limit Border Wall Funding by Scott Horsley, Miles Parks (NPR)
• Trump issues veto over border emergency declaration (BBC)
• Trump issues his first presidential veto, striking down Senate resolution to terminate his national-emergency declaration for a border wall by Joe Perticone (Business Insider)

New Zealand Shooting / White Nationalism

• Trump denounces ‘horrible massacre’ in New Zealand by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump calls immigration at southwest border an ‘invasion,’ echoing New Zealand gunman’s rhetoric by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
• White House fails to recognize Muslim victims following mosque shooting by Danielle Mclean (ThinkProgress)
• White Nationalism Is an International Threat by Patrick Strickland (The New Republic)
• Trump says he does not believe white nationalism is rising after signing first veto by Chris Riotta, Joe Sommerlad (Independent)
• Donald Trump: ‘I Don’t Really’ See A Rise In White Nationalism by Andy Campbell (Huffington Post)
• Trump Uses Same Rhetoric As New Zealand Shooting Suspect After Condemning His Actions by Antonia Blumberg, Paul Blumenthal (Huffington Post)
• Opinion: Demonizing Muslims and immigrants leads to predictable results by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
• Opinion: The Roots of the Christchurch Massacre by Wajahat Ali (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Trump spent Friday morning offering sympathy to himself by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Opinion: The New Zealand Shooter Wrote That “the West” Is in a War for Survival. That’s What Trump’s Biggest Fans Believe Too. by Ben Mattis-Lilley (Slate)

Mueller Investigation

• How to Dodge a Presidential Pardon by Mary Harris (Slate)
• Mueller Might Not Be Done With Manafort Yet by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• Will we see the Mueller report? Actually, there are two — and Bill Barr can’t hide the second one by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Trump says ‘there should be no Mueller report’ by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Trump-Russia probe: Mueller reveals ‘several ongoing investigations’ in court documents by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• As End Nears To Mueller Era, D.C. Lawyers Fear Lasting Politicization Of Justice by Carrie Johnson (NPR)
• Top Mueller cooperator Rick Gates continues to cooperate with several investigations by Andrew Prokop (Vox)

North Korea

• N. Korea Considering Whether To Resume Nuclear, Missile Tests Amid Impasse With U.S. by Francesca Paris (NPR)
• North Korea just threatened to end talks with US and restart weapons testing by Alex Ward (Vox)
• North Korea may suspend talks with ‘gangster-like’ U.S., rethink nuclear test freeze by Joyce Lee and David Brunnstrom (Reuters)

Other News

• Trump Administration Cuts The Size Of Fines For Health Violations In Nursing Homes by Jordan Rau (NPR)
• Trump-connected lobby firms cash in with foreign governments by Theodoric Meyer (Politico)
• Trump applauds ‘Jexodus’ movement, calls on Jewish voters to become Republicans by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Chart of the Day: Donald Trump Has Killed the CFPB by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• The New Trump Plan to Punish the Hague With Visa Bans Is Boltonism in Action by Joshua Keating (Slate)
• Trump administration ‘empowering domestic abusers’ by targeting immigrants in courthouses by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• These Photos of Kids Protesting Climate Change All Over the World Will Give You Hope for the Future by Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Sam Van Pykeren (Mother Jones)
• Trump Encourages Violence From His Supporters. They’re Listening. by Sebastian Murdock (Huffington Post)
• Trump’s trade war cost U.S. economy $7.8 billion in 2018: study (Reuters)
• US to deny visas for ICC members investigating alleged war crimes AFP (Guardian)
• U.S. Interior official suggests Trump drilling proposal will include Atlantic: recording by Nicola Groom (Reuters)

Opinion

• Trump rages as fresh signs of his weakness emerge by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)

Mueller Investigation

• Top Mueller Prosecutor Stepping Down In Latest Clue Russia Inquiry May Be Ending by Carrie Johnson (NPR)
• Top Mueller deputy stepping down from special counsel’s office by Josh Gerstein, Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• The House just passed a resolution to make Robert Mueller’s report public by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
• House overwhelmingly approves resolution urging release of Mueller report by Andrew Desidero (Politico)
• House votes for Mueller report to be made public by Juliegrace Brufke, Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
• Judge sets Roger Stone trial for early November by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
• House Votes Almost Unanimously For Public Release Of Mueller Report by Miles Parks (NPR)
• House votes 420-0 for Mueller report to be made public by AP (The Guardian)

National Emergency

• The Senate Could Embarrass Trump Over His National Emergency by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)
• Senate poised to pass bill ending border emergency, Trump vows veto by Amanda Becker (Reuters)
• Romney will oppose Trump’s national emergency declaration on border (Reuters)
• Trump makes last-ditch effort to stop Senate rebuke of emergency declaration by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• The Pentagon Wants Congress to Vote on the Border Emergency With Blinders On by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
• Senate Votes to End Trump’s Border Emergency, Setting Up First Veto of His Presidency by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Senate Rejects Trump’s Border Emergency Declaration, Setting Up First Veto by Emily Cochrane and Glenn Thrush (NY Times)
• A Dozen Republicans Rebuke Trump Over His Emergency Declaration by Arthur Delaney, Igor Bobic (Huffington Post)
• Trump Vows Veto After Congress Blocks His Order To Build Border Wall by Susan Davis (NPR)
• Trump Couldn’t Be Bothered to Stop the Senate by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)

Other News

• Trump Has Been Bragging About His Victory on the Big Criminal Justice Reform Bill. Now He’s Kneecapping It. by Samantha Michaels (Mother Jones)
• Trump’s executive order on drone strikes sends civilian casualty data back into the shadows by Daniel R. Brunstetter (Salon)
• Trump makes last-minute Brexit intervention ‘after being lobbied by Nigel Farage’ by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump says second Brexit referendum would be ‘unfair’ and launches extraordinary attack on Theresa May by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump mocks O’Rourke’s ‘crazy’ hand movements by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• All US diplomats have left Venezuela: Mike Pompeo (Al Jazeera)
• ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s suit against Trump can proceed without delay, appeals court rules by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
• US official reveals Atlantic drilling plan while hailing Trump’s ability to distract public by Jimmy Tobias (The Guardian)
• The government’s grounding of all Boeing 737 Max jets is a reminder that the US still doesn’t have a leader for its top air safety agency by Graham Rapier (Business Insider)
• Saudi Arabia Rejects Calls For Independent Investigation Into Khashoggi Killing by Vanessa Romo (NPR)
• Donald Trump Might Be Forced To Testify In Sexual Misconduct Case by Jennifer Peltz (Huffington Post)
• Trump Just Said His Friends in the Military, Police, and a Biker Group Might Get “Tough” on Democrats by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
• Trump signals that his supporters could defend him with violence by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
• Trump Raises Specter Of Supporters Turning Violent If They Don’t Get Their Way by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)

Analysis

• Ignore the Polls. Trump Has a Shrewd Strategy to Win Back the White House in 2020 by Ian Bremmer (TIME)

Opinion

• Trump: You wouldn’t like my supporters in the military if they got angry by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)

Mueller Investigation / Manafort

• Not so fast: Mueller still investigating pivotal Russia probe issues by Nathan Layne (Reuters)
• Michael Cohen’s Lawyer Sends Letter To Congress Clarifying Pardon Talk by AP (Huffington Post)
• Paul Manafort: Ex-Trump chief gets 43 more months in jail (BBC)
• Manafort Gets More Than 7 Years in Prison by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Paul Manafort Sentenced To 3.5 More Years In Prison; New State Indictment Announced by Carrie Johnson, Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Paul Manafort Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison, Immediately Indicted on 16 More Counts in New York by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
• The Two Audiences for Paul Manafort’s Sentencing by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Mueller files report on Michael Flynn’s sentencing, declares his cooperation is virtually “complete” by Cody Fenwick (Salon)
• Opinion: The Manafort case is a reminder that we invest too little in catching white-collar criminals by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• New York state prosecutors indict Manafort on new charges just minutes after he was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison in the Mueller probe by Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)

Impeachment

• Trump responds to impeachment storm in early morning Twitter tirade about TV shows and ‘stone cold killers’ by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Trump says he appreciates Pelosi’s impeachment comments, but did ‘nothing wrong’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump’s Anti-Impeachment Strategy Isn’t the Genius Move He Thinks by Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
• Opinion: Why Impeaching Trump Is ‘Worth It’ by Philippe Reines (NY Times)

Boeing

• Report: Trump’s Shutdown Played Role in Delaying Crucial Boeing Fixes by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Boeing 737: Trump issues emergency order grounding all Max 8 and 9 planes after disasters by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Boeing’s software update to the 737 Max 8 was reportedly delayed more than a month because of the government shutdown by Graham Rapier (Business Insider)

Other News

• Trump’s Monument Review Was A Big Old Sham by Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)
• Trump accuses media of editing photos of first lady to stoke ‘Fake Melania’ conspiracy theory by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Poll: Majority still opposes Trump emergency declaration by Steven Shepard (Politico)
• Jared Kushner challenged on conflicts of interest by Trump aides, book claims by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
• New Directive Says Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Will Officially Start Next Month by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
• New Pentagon transgender rule sets limits for troops by AP (Politico)
• New Trump administration report softens language on Israeli-occupied Syrian land by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
• Trump wants to close international immigration offices. The ramifications are huge. by Rebakah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• Trump Court Pick Neomi Rao Confirmed As Kavanaugh’s Appeals Court Replacement by Jennifer Bendery (Huffington Post)
• Trump to face reporters after 5 days of silence and a run of bad news by John T.Bennett (Roll Call)
• The Trump Administration’s New Overtime Policy Leaves Millions of Workers Unprotected by Terri Gerstein (Slate)
• US Senate passes bill to halt military support to Saudi in Yemen by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)

Opinion

• • The biggest obstacle to Senate Republicans killing the disapproval of Trump’s emergency is Trump by Li Zhou (Vox)
  • What Emergency? by Gen. Michael Hayden and Matthew G. Olsen (Politico)
  • Don Trump Jr. mocks Hollywood cheating scam, invites renewed scrutiny of his own college admission by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)

Venezuela

• Venezuela give U.S. diplomats 72 hours to leave, blames Trump for blackout by Vivian Sequera, Deisy Buitrago (Reuters)
• U.S. To Pull Diplomats Out Of Embassy In Venezuela by Matthew S. Schwartz (NPR)
• U.S. withdrawing last of its embassy personnel from Venezuela by AP (Politico)

Budget

• Trump’s budget proposes hiking application fees for legal immigrants by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Trump Seeks Big Cuts to Science Funding—Again by Heidi Ledford, Sara Reardon, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Jeff Tollefson, Alexandra Witze (Scientific American)
• Trump’s proposed 2020 budget would seriously harm the LGBTQ community. Here’s how. by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
• New HUD budget proposes massive cuts to affordable housing programs by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
• Trump said he wouldn’t cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3. by Tara Golshan (Vox)
• Gun Crazy: Trump’s record-setting military budget is bloated, illegal, and doomed. by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
• Trump’s budget request slashes retirement benefits for 2 million federal workers by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
• Trump’s cuts to Medicare hospital payments trigger an outcry by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Catherine Lucey (AP)
• Trump is leaving infrastructure details to lawmakers. That has stymied them before by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)

Mueller Investigation

• The Myth of the Mueller Report by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Paul Manafort, After Receiving 47 Month Sentence, To Learn Punishment In D.C. Case by Ryan Lucas (NPR)
• Department of Justice ensures Mueller probe can have funding through the next fiscal year: report by Cody Fenwick (Salon)

Impeachment

• Ticking clock may save Trump from impeachment in Congress by Richard Cowan (Reuters)
• Nancy Pelosi Says Donald Trump Isn’t Worth Impeaching Because it Could Be Too “Divisive” by Lucy Diavolo (Teen Vogue)
• Pelosi is right: Dems can’t impeach Trump. She should explain that honestly by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• House will have to vote on impeaching Trump, regardless of Pelosi’s opposition by Lindsay McPherson (Roll Call)

Immigration / International Immigration Offices

• Democrats introduce latest version of DREAM Act, offering protection to more young immigrants by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• House Democrats introduce bill to offer 2.5 million immigrants chance at permanent status by Dara Lind (Vox)
• U.S. set to close international immigration offices by Ted Hesson (Politico)
• U.S. immigration agency to close its overseas offices by Yeganeh Torbati, Mica Rosenberg (Reuters)
• Trump Administration Seeks To Close International Immigration Offices by Vanessa Romo (NPR)

Climate Change

• Trump repeats false claim there is no climate change crisis as he brands science ‘fake’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Greenpeace hits back at Trump tweet on climate change denial (BBC)
• Trump Parrots Anti-Science Misinformation As He Readies Climate Change Panel by Hayley Miller, Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)

Other News

• Ryan warns Trump could be beat in 2020 by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
• Trump bashes airplane technology after Boeing crash: ‘I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot’ by Matthew Choi (Politico)
• Trump launches extraordinary attack on ‘too complicated’ planes: ‘I don’t want Einstein to be my pilot’ by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• Donald Trump Won A Golf Tournament He Didn’t Even Play by Amy Russo (Huffington Post)
• Report: Jared And Ivanka Think of Air Force One As Their Own Private Ride by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Speaker Pelosi Revokes Vice President Pence’s House Office Space by Susan Davis (NPR)
• New York’s Attorney General Opens Investigation Into President Trump’s Business Dealings by Michael R. Sisak (TIME)
• Dems introduce bill requiring disclosure of guest logs from White House, Trump properties by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• GOP senators introduce bill to rein in president’s emergency powers by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Trump Offers Batshit Analysis For Why 737 Max Crashed And Killed 157 People by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
• Trump’s national monument changes return to spotlight by Brady McCombs And Matthew Brown (AP)
• Trump’s Own Adviser Admits The GOP Isn’t Ready For Investigations By Dems by Chris Walker (Hill Reporter)
• Obama expanded overtime pay to 4 million workers. Now Trump is scaling that back. by Alexia Fernández Campbell (Vox)
• New York attorney general subpoenas Deutsche Bank for information related to loans to Trump, signaling new inquiry by David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell (Washington Post)