Government Shutdown / Border Wall / State of the Union
- 9 key questions about the longest government shutdown in history, answered by Tara Golshan, Li Zhou, Dylan Scott, Ella Nilsen (Vox)
- Pelosi asks Trump to postpone State of the Union over shutdown by Mike Lillis (The Hill)
- Shutdown forces federal workers to consider career changes just to make ends meet by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
- The shutdown just cost Trump his State of the Union address by Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)
- Pelosi Calls on Trump to Postpone State of the Union Address Till After Shutdown by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Pelosi Calls For Postponement Of State Of The Union Address Due To Shutdown by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Shutdown Will Be Worse For Economy Than First Thought, White House Says by Emily Sullivan (NPR)
- USDA reopens many field offices for 3 days to help farmers amid shutdown by Liz Crampton (Politico)
- Bipartisan group of senators will urge Trump to reopen government for 3 weeks by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
William Barr / AG / Mueller
- NAACP president: William Barr ‘literally wrote a book on the case for more incarceration’ by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- Feinstein grappling with vote on AG nominee Barr by Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
- How Much Do You Trust Bill Barr? by Matt Ford (The New Republic)
- Why Would Bill Barr Even Want to Be Attorney General? by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Decoding What Barr Really Said About Letting the Public See the Mueller Report by Joshua Gzeltzer (Just Security)
- Opinion: The many red flags raised by William Barr’s hearing by E.J. Dione, Jr. (Washington Post)
EPA / Andrew Wheeler
- The Next Likely EPA Chief Has Almost Completed His Former Coal Client’s Wish List by Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)
- EPA Nominee Andrew Wheeler Wasn’t Ready for the Senate’s Questions on Climate Change by Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s EPA nominee says he hasn’t had time to be fully briefed on major climate report by Mark Hand (ThinkProgress)
- Trump EPA nominee grilled by Sanders, Democrats on climate change by Anthony Adragna (Politico)
- EPA Nominee Andrew Wheeler Downplays Climate Threat At Testy Confirmation Hearing by Alexander C. Kaufman (Huffington Post)
- How Trump’s EPA is letting environmental criminals off the hook, in one chart by Umair Irfgan (Vox)
- Andrew Wheeler: Trump’s EPA pick says climate change ‘not the greatest crisis‘ by Emily Holden (Guardian)
Other News
- T-Mobile executives stayed at Trump’s hotel while merger that needed administration’s approval was pending by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
- School where Karen Pence will teach prohibits LGBT students, faculty by Emily Birnbaum (The HIll)
- Senate rejects effort to block Trump on Russia sanctions by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- James Mattis left Pentagon over Trump’s relationship with Putin, former Defense official claims by Travis Gettys (Salon)
- What the Deaths of Four U.S. Troops in Syria Could Mean for Trump’s Withdrawal Plans by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- Fake editions of Washington Post falsely claim Trump steps down by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Mueller’s heavily redacted new filing about Paul Manafort, decoded by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Federal agency ‘improperly’ ignored constitutional concerns before allowing Trump to keep lease to his hotel, internal watchdog says by Jonathan O’Connell and David A. Fahrenthold (Washington Post)
- Killing of 4 Americans in Syria throws spotlight on Trump’s policy by Karen DeYoung (Washington Post)
- Senate Republicans Vote Down Effort to Maintain Sanctions on Russian Oligarch’s Companies by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- For 7th Consecutive Year, Visa Overstays Exceeded Illegal Border Crossings by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
Opinion
- Trump’s economy is great for billionaires, not for working people by Bernie Sanders (The Guardian)
- White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It’s not by Robin diAngelo (The Guardian)