January 2018

State of the Union

• Neo-Nazis and white supremacists celebrate Trump’s SOTU (Al Jazeera)
• Trump: Countries against Jerusalem move are enemies (Al Jazeera)
• State of the Union: The North Korean defector at Trump’s side (BBC)
• Donald Trump Spent His First State of the Union Taking Credit for Barack Obama’s Accomplishments by Jay Willis (GQ)
• 8 Key Moments And Themes From Trump’s 1st State Of The Union Address by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
• Dreamer Responds to Trump’s 2018 State of the Union Address by Gabriela Hernandez (Teen Vogue)
• The true state of Donald Trump’s union? Unlimited corruption by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
• State of the Union response: Joe Kennedy gives Democrats a taste of what they’ve lost since Obama by Matthew Shefffield (Salon)
• How President Trump Made the DACA Debate More Divisive With One Phrase by Sarah Begley (TIME)
• Trump Is Making 2018 Much Harder for Republicans by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
• The Donald Trump seen during the State of the Union address is the leader Democrats should be afraid of by David Usborne (Independent)
• State of the Union: Donald Trump suggests UK among ‘enemies of America’ after UN Jerusalem vote by Jon Sharman (Independent)
• Poll: Trump’s first State of the Union garners lowest net positive reaction in two decades by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Why Democrats had 5 responses to Trump’s State of the Union by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
• A Visual Breakdown Of Trump’s State Of The Union Address (Co.Design)
• Full Transcript and Video: Joe Kennedy Delivers Democratic Response to the State of the Union (NY Times)
• Trump’s Dark, Bloody-Minded State of the Union by David A. Graham (Atlantic)
• Analysis: Fact-checking the 2018 State of the Union address by Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly
• Opinion: Trump’s speech wasn’t the scary part: All the Republican groveling was by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Analysis: Trump’s first State of the Union: A list of promises made — and broken by Sophia Tesfaye (Salon)
• The State of the (White Nationalist) Union by Kashana Cauley (The NY Times)
• Trump’s speech leaves two sides further apart than ever on immigration by Michael D. Shear and Peter Baker (The NY Times)

FBI Memo / Russia Investigation

• FBI Warns Of ‘Grave Concerns’ About ‘Accuracy’ Of GOP Snooping Memo by Ryan Lucas (NPR)
• FBI Issues Statement Denouncing House Republican Russia Memo That Trump Has Promised to Release by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Devin Nunes’ memo is most certainly going to be released soon by Charlie May (Salon)
• FBI, White House clash over Russia memo by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• The FBI Just Came Out Hard Against Trump Releasing the Nunes Memo by Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
• Mueller to interview former spokesman of Trump legal team: source by Mark Hosenball, Karen Freifeld (Reuters)
• FBI chief told White House not to release Nunes memo: report by Avery Anapol (The Hill)
• Trump Appears Ready to Release GOP Memo Without Seeing It by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
• F.B.I. Condemns Push to Release Secret Republican Memo By Adam Goldman Das Nicholas Fandoms (NY Times)
• With F.B.I. statement on memo, Christopher Wray could now be in the President’s crosshairs by Matt Zapotosky (The Washington Post)
• FBI condemns push to release secret Republican memo by Adam Goldman and Nicholas Fandos (The NY Times)
• Schiff accuses Nunes of altering memo before sharing it with Trump for release by Karoun Demirjian (The Washington Post)
• Mueller’s latest witness will reportedly give new details about Trump’s role in writing Don Jr.’s false Russia statement by Jen Kirby (Vox)
• Mueller zeroes in on story put together about Trump tower meeting by Joe Becker, Mark Mazzetti, Matt Apuzzo, and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)

News

• CDC Director Resigns Because Of ‘Complex’ Financial Entanglements by Joe Neel (NPR)
• CDC director who traded tobacco stock resigns by Brianna Ehley, Sarah Karlin-Smith (Politico)
• Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open (BBC)
• Trump Signs Order To Keep Prison At Guantanamo Bay Open by Scott Neuman (NPR)
• White House withdraws South Korean ambassador nomination — because he disagreed with Trump by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Donald Trump’s immigration plan would discriminate against minorities and Muslims by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• North Korea hits back at U.S., calls Trump administration ‘racist’ (Reuters)
• White House Scuttles Ambassador Pick Apparently Over View On North Korea Policy by Laurel Wamsley, Michele Kelemen (NPR)
• Trey Gowdy, Who Led House Benghazi Inquiry, Will Not Seek Re-election by Nicholas Fandoms (NY Times)
• Trump administration delays expansion of clean water rule by Michael Biesecker (AP)
• The Trump Administration Just Dealt a Major Blow to Clean Water Protections by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)
• White House to ask for 72 percent cut in renewable energy programs: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)

Analysis

• Why Don’t Republicans Fret About the Debt Anymore? by Annie Lowrey (The Atlantic)
• Renewed Scrutiny for Cotton’s Cease-And-Desist Letters to Constituents by Griffin Connolly (Roll Call)
• Trump’s optimism faces reality check in divided Congress and GOP by Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa (The Washington Post)
• More and more house Republicans are deciding they want no part of the 2018 elections by Andrew Prokop (Vox)

Opinion

• Trump’s Birth Control Problems by Gail Collins (NY Times)
• Trump Embraces the Original Sin of Guantánamo by Noa Yachat (ACLU.org)

State of the Union

• Trump To Make Bipartisan Pitch To A Divided Country In His First State Of The Union by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• GOP lawmaker: Undocumented immigrants at State of the Union should be arrested by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• Why We Hate The State Of The Union. And A Rebuttal. by Perry Bacon Jr., Julia Azari (FiveThirtyEight)
• Red faces over Trump ‘State of the Uniom’ typo on tickets (BBC)
• On Tuesday Night, Trump Will Double Down on His Broken Promises by Katrina vanden Heuvel (The Nation)
• Republicans Are Furious About Mark Pocan’s Guest to the State of the Union by John Nichols (The Nation)
• With State Of The Union Guests, Democrats Send Trump A Message by Marina Fang (Huffington Post)
• These Democrats Refuse to Sit Through Trump’s First State of the Union by Olivia Exstrum (Mother Jones)
• Trump says he’ll offer message of unity in State of the Union by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump’s State of the Union fundraising plan blurs ethical lines by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Gosar Asks Capitol Police, DOJ to Arrest ‘Illegal Aliens’ at State of the Union by Griffin Connolly (Roll Call)
• State of the Union 2018: Trump to herald ‘new American moment’ by Emily Shugerman (Independent)
• Bill Nye the ‘Science Guy’ attends SOTU as guest of science-denying Trump administration by Joe Romm (ThinkProgress)
• Trump to call for ‘new American moment’ by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Melania Trump arrives at State of the Union address separately from President, breaking tradition by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
• Trump’s State Of The Union Address, Annotated (NPR)
• Winners and losers from Trump’s State of the Union address by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
• Trump delivers State of the Union address amid protests (Al Jazeera)
• SOTU transcript: Migrants, minorities, foreign policy (Al Jazeera)
• FACT CHECK: Democratic Response To State Of The Union (NPR)
• The Transcript of Trump’s State of the Union Address by Lena Felton, Taylor Hosking (The Atlantic)
• The State of the Union Is Unrecognizable by David A. Graham (Atlantic)

Russia Investigation / Russia Influence / Mueller / Sanctions / FBI Memo

• The FBI Is Assessing a Second Dossier on Trump’s Ties to Russia: Report by Noor Al-Sibai (AlterNet)
• There’s No Way Mueller Will Indict Trump by Paul Rosenzweig (The Atlantic)
• CIA: Russia will try to influence US midterm elections (Al Jazeera)
• Putin: U.S. took ‘hostile step’ in publishing Russia list by AP (Politico)
• Ryan urges Republicans to take caution with FBI memo by Kyle Cheney, Rachael Bade (Politico)
• What To Make Of Republicans’ Decision To Release The ‘Nunes Memo’ by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• The Secret Anti-FBI ‘Nunes Memo’ Is Setting DC on Fire by Matt Taylor (VICE)
• Trump, Surprising No One, Decides Not to Punish Russia by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
• The Men Behind the Nunes Memo by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• The Nunes Conspiracy Theory by Aisha Rangappa (Slate)
• Experts question Trump decision to hold off on Russian sanctions by Warren Strobel, Pete Schroeder (Reuters)
• FBI ‘assessing second Trump-Russia dossier’ allegedly containing compromising information on US President by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
• Nunes memo: What is this ‘secret’ Republican report and what ‘incriminating’ information does it contain? by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
• Second Trump-Russia dossier being assessed by FBI by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Nick Hopkins (The Guardian)
• The Nunes Memo, Explained by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Analysis: The Trump administration’s weird explanation for withholding Russia sanctions by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• Senate Democrats Ask Why Trump Let Russian Spy Chief Into United States by Niels Lesniewski (Roll Call)
• ‘Monday Night Slaughter’: Legendary investigative journalist Carl Bernstein calls Trump-GOP attacks on the FBI and DOJ a ‘turning point’ by Bryan Logan (Business Insider)
• Ryan calls for a ‘cleanse’ of the FBI by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• The Republican Party Turns Against the FBI by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• FBI, intelligence agencies are vetting Nunes memo: report by Josh Delf (The Hill)
• The Trump Administration Let a Russian Spy Chief Visit the US— Even Though He Was Legally Barred by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)

Other News

• New Details Alleged in Scheme to Make Millions Off First Border Wall in Texas by Kiah Collier, T. Christian Miller (ProPublica)
• In 2016, Scott Pruitt Called Trump A Bully Who Would Abuse The Constitution by Chris D’Angelo (Huffington Post)
• EPA chief doesn’t recall 2016 statements slamming Trump by Michael Biesecker (AP)
• A Third of Puerto Rico is Still Without Power, But FEMA Stops Delivering Food and Water Tomorrow by AJ Vicens (Mother Jones)
• Leaked Memo Reveals Trump’s Gift to Private Prison Companies by Samantha Michaels (Mother Jones)
• FEMA to ‘officially shut off’ food and water aid to Puerto Rico by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Donald Trump’s pro golfing partner says he ‘cheats like hell’ on the course (The Guardian)
• The drug industry won Trump’s first year in the White House by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• U.S. judge in immigrants case blasts Trump’s ‘vicious’ comments by Brendan Pierson (Reuters)

Analysis

• Andrew McCabe could be a bigger headache for Trump outside the FBI than he was inside by Callum Borchers (Washington Post)
• We Measured Trump’s First Year According To His Own Goals. Here’s What We Found. by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Rachael Dottle (FiveThirtyEight)

McCabe

• FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Stepping Down Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
• FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, A Frequent Trump Foil, Is Leaving The Bureau by Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
• McCabe stepping aside as FBI deputy director by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Deputy FBI Director McCabe steps down: reports by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
• Deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe steps aside amid reports of row with Donald Trump by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Opinion: Andrew McCabe is retiring early. Here’s what we know. by Jennifer Rubin (The Washington Post)
• The Mystery of Andrew McCabe’s Exit by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)

State of the Union

• Democrats Turn To A Kennedy For Rebuttal To Trump’s State Of The Union Address by Brakkton Booker (NPR)
• Trump’s state of the union to tout ‘great success’ and make a plea to Democrats by Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)
• President Trump Is About to Give His First State of the Union Address. Here’s How to Watch by Mahita Gajanan (TIME)
• Gillibrand to bring San Juan mayor as State of the Union guest by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Trump says to address trade, immigration in State of the Union speech (Reuters)
• State of the Union 2018: White House announces guest list by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
• All the Lawmakers Who Are Skipping President Trump’s State of the Union Address by Maya Rhodan (TIME)
• Bobby Rush, Danny Davis Skipping Trump’s State of the Union Address by Griffin Connolly (Roll Call)
• Names of campaign donors to be flashed during live stream of Trump’s State of the Union speech by John Wagner (Washington Post)

Russia Investigation / Russian Interference

• Republicans Must Pick a Side in the Mueller Investigation by Alex Shephard (New Republic)
• Alleged Link Between NRA And Russia Becomes Fodder For The Left by Tim Mak (NPR)
• Trump rages at the Department of Justice for not protecting him from Russia probe: report by Matthew Sheffield (Salon)
• Deadline looms for Trump to issue further sanctions against Russia over election meddling by Alexandra Wilts (Independent)
• Russia is aiming to interfere in US midterm elections, warns CIA chief by David Smith (The Guardian)
• Trump’s Proxy War with Robert Mueller Finds a New Target by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
• Opinion: How likely is it that Trump will commit perjury? by Charlie May (Salon)
• Mark Warner: ‘We’ve Had New Information That Raises More Questions’ by Susan Glasser (Politico)
• House Intel votes to make Nunes memo public by Katie Bo Williams (The Hill)
• White House to Congress: Russia sanctions not needed now by Elana Schor (Politico)
• Intel Committee Votes To Release Secret GOP Memo, Withhold Democrats’ Rebuttal by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Trump administration holds off on new Russia sanctions, despite law by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
• Republicans Are Poised to Release the Controversial Nunes Memo by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)

5G Network

• Donald Trump’s National Security Team Considering Building New 5G Phone Network to Avoid Chinese Spies by Andrew Griffin (Independent)
• Proposal for Federal Wireless Network Shows Fear of China by Klint Finley, Lily Hay Newman (Wired)
• The Trump administration’s surprising idea to nationalize America’s 5G network, explained by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• The Trump administration explored a government-controlled 5G network for phones and internet because ‘we are losing’ to China by Antonio Villas-Boas (Business Insider)
• FCC chair opposes nationalizing 5G network by Harper Neidig (The Hill)
• Trump team idea to nationalize 5G network to counter China is rejected by David Shepardson (Reuters)

Other News

• Melania Trump’s military flights while living in New York cost more than $675,000: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• Trump’s view that ice caps ‘setting records’ baffles scientists by Alister Doyle (Reuters)
• EU says it will ‘react swiftly and appropriately’ after Donald Trump trade war threat by Jon Stone (Independent)
• Trump’s interview with Piers Morgan: Seven things we learnt about the US President by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
• Nearly 9,000 DACA Teachers Face An Uncertain Future by Claudio Sanchez (NPR)
• There Are More Than 5 Million Syrian Refugees. The Trump Administration Has Admitted 2 of Them. by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Senate defeats Trump-backed 20-week abortion ban by Jennifer Haberkorn (Politico)
• U.S. to resume refugee admissions from 11 ‘high-risk’ countries by Yeganeh Torbati (Reuters)
• Activist Entitled to ‘Freedom to Say Goodbye,’ Judge Rules by Liz Robbins (NY Times)
• FEMA To End Food And Water Aid For Puerto Rico by Adrian Florida (NPR)

Analysis

• Trump is winning by Ezra Klein (Vox)
• Scott Pruitt is slowly strangling the EPA by Umair Irfan (Vox)
• The gathering threat to abortion rights (The NY Times)
• Trump’s ‘Dreamer’ Proposal Can’t Thread Legislative Needle by Dean DeChiaro (Roll Call)

Opinion

• Why the Trump administration is trying to make Muslim immigrants seem dangerous by Faiza Patel (Washington Post)

Jay-Z

• President Trump hits back at Jay-Z over ‘superbug’ comments (BBC)
• Trump taunts Jay-Z about black unemployment by Brent D. Griffiths (Politico)
• Trump hits back after Jay-Z calls president ‘superbug’ in racism debate by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
• Trump fires back at Jay-Z: ‘Black unemployment’ is at ‘lowest rate ever recorded’ by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)

Russia Investigation / Mueller

• Republican senators urge Congress to revisit bill to protect Mueller (Reuters)
• Lindsey Graham: firing Mueller “would be the end” of the Trump presidency by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Starr: Grounds for impeachment if Trump lied about trying to fire Mueller by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Russian Bots Retweeted Trump 500,000 Times Before the Election by De Elizabeth (Teen Vogue)
• Republicans Show Little Urgency on Legislation to Protect Mueller by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandoms (NY Times)
• Analysis: The Plot Against America by Franklin For (The Atlantic)
• Analysis: Republicans Show Little Urgency on Legislation to Protect Mueller by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)

State of the Union

• Trump Aims to Focus on Economic Progress in State of the Union by Ken Thomas (TIME)
• Joe Kennedy to bring transgender soldier to Trump’s State of the Union by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)

News

• Deadline looms for Trump and Russia sanctions by Elana Schor (Politico)
• Trump supports release of FBI intelligence memo, White House aide says by Patrick Temple-West (Politico)
• Donald Trump says US could re-enter Paris climate deal by Graham Ruddick (The Guardian)
• President Trump Says He’s Not a Feminist by De Elizabeth (Teen Vogue)

Analysis

• Trump says he rejects feminism because he is ‘for everyone’ by Eugene Scott (Washington Post)
• U.S. farmers have much to lose if NAFTA deal collapses by P.J. Huffstutter and David Llunggren (Reuters)
• Why Trump Can’t Quit Steve Wynn by Elaina Plott (Atlantic)
• The Military Has Seen the Writing on the Wall’ by Uri Friedman (Atlantic)

Opinion

• Stephen Miller’s un-Jewish tradition: Hostility toward immigrants by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• The Gathering Threat to Abortion Rights by Editorial Board (NY Times)
• Trump Repeats Nixon’s Fateful Panic by Charles M. Blow (NY Times)

Analysis

• Fact Check: Data melt Trump’s cooling, ice claims by Seth Borenstein (AP)
• As gridlock deepens in Congress, only gloom is bipartisan by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos (The NY Times)

Opinion

• Are Corporate Tax Cuts Raising Pay? Yes, for Bosses by Editorial Board (NY Times)

Russia Investigation  / Mueller

• President Trump Tried to Fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June, Report Says by Tom Lobianco (TIME)
• Trump’s attempt to fire Robert Mueller, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Trump-Russia inquiry: President denies trying to fire Robert Mueller (BBC)
• Trump calls report he ordered Mueller’s firing ‘fake news’ by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Mueller’s Team Has Interviewed Facebook Staff as Part of Russia Probe by Issie Lapowsky (Wired)
• With the Mueller bombshell, the GOP’s grand conspiracy theory falls apart by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• New Report Says Dutch Have Absolute Proof Russia Was Behind 2016 Election Hacking by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• It’s Now Likely Mueller Thinks Trump Obstructed Justice by Renato Mariotti (Politico)
• Analysis: How Trump Built an Obstruction of Justice Case Against Himself by Adam Serwer (Atlantic)
• Senate Democrats seek to protect Mueller from being fired by Michael D. Shear and Eileen Sullivan (The NY Times)
• No, Trump Did Not “Deny” Reports That He Tried to Fire Mueller by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Report Claims Trump Targeted Potential Witnesses for Smear Campaign by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)

Immigration

• Trump immigration plan hits wall of opposition by Scott Wong, Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
• Trump immigration plan draws criticism from top Senate Dem by Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Alan Fram (AP)
• The New Trump Immigration Plan Is Anti-American by Joan Walsh (The Nation)
• The 4 Most Shocking Proposals in the White House Immigration Plan by Julianne Hing (The Nation)
• Schumer rejects Trump’s immigration proposal by Burgess Everett (Politico)
• Trump administration set to admit far fewer refugees than plan allows for by Alan Yuhas (Guardian)
• Opinion: Defending All Blameless Undocumented Immigrants by Conor Friedersdorf  (Atlantic)
• The White House is trying to force Democrats to choose between current immigrants and future ones by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Trump plan would sharply change legal immigration by Nicholas Richard (AP)

Davos

• Trump Davos speech: ‘America First policy is not America alone’ (BBC)
• Crowd boos after Trump attacks media at Davos by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Trump at Davos: America first amid Swiss protests (Al Jazeera)
• Trump threatens to cut Palestinian aid in Davos by James Bays (Al Jazeera)
• Donald Trump booed at Davos after attacking ‘nasty, mean, fake’ press by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
• Davos elites get a dose of the Trump First message By John F. Harris, Ryan Heath, and Florian Eder (Politico)

News

• Trump administration cancels Obama-era environmental review by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Trump’s Holocaust Remembrance Day statement condemns murder of Jews by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump doesn’t apologize for retweeting British hate group by Jeremy Binckes (Salon)
• Betsy DeVos Is Being Sued for Rolling Back Campus Protections for Sexual Assault Victims by Madison Pauly (Mother Jones)
• N.Y., Minnesota sue Trump admin to block healthcare funding cuts by Brendan Pierson (Reuters)
• Court rules that Kushner firm must disclose partners’ names by Bernard Condon (AP)
• White House plan would reduce environmental requirements for infrastructure projects by Juliet Eilperin and Michael Laris (The Washington Post)
• Judge: Kushner Company Must Reveal Identities of Real Estate Partners by Alex MacGillis (ProPublica)

Opinion

• It seems like White House officials have made a habit of controlling Trump through threats of resignation by Brendan Weiss (Business Insider)
• Why does President Trump fear the truth? (The NY Times)
• Trump’s latest interview shows he’s not really president by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• How to work for a president who loathes the civil service by Nancy McEldowney (Washington Post)
• State of the Union more likely to raise eyebrows than stocks by Sinead Carew (Reuters)

Russia Investigation / Mueller

• The Republican Plots to Get Rid of Robert Mueller Are Already Unraveling by Jay Willis (GQ)
• White House Touts ‘Unprecedented’ Cooperation Amid Mueller Interview Talks by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Trump Says He Is Willing To Talk To Mueller Under Oath by Jessica Taylor, Mara Liasson (NPR)
• Tech firms let Russia probe software widely used by U.S. government by Dustin Volz, Joel Schectman, Jack Stubbs (Reuters)
• Trump-Mueller interview: Pressure builds on US President as special counsel prepares his questions over Russia links by Kim Sengupta (Independent)
• Senate committee to release transcripts of Donald Trump Jr interview by Joanna Walters (The Guardian)
• Opinion: Seeing Through the Fog in the Mueller Russia Probe by Ryan Goodman (NY Times)
• Trump surprises his lawyers and alarms his friends by saying he will talk with Mueller by James Hohman (Washington Post)
• Robert Mueller Might Question Donald Trump. Here’s What Could Go Wrong by Tessa Berenson (TIME)
• Trump lawyer says he will decide whether Trump talks to Mueller by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
• Facebook: Russian agents created 129 U.S. election events by Dustin Volz and David Ingram (Reuters)
• Trump wanted Mueller fired, backed off by Tom Lobianco (AP)
• NYT: Trump Tried to Fire Robert Mueller Last June by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Trump reportedly tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller in June by Jen Kirby (Vox)
• Trump Intended To Fire Special Counsel Mueller In June, ‘New York Times’ Says by Philip Ewing (NPR)

Immigration / DACA / Border Wall

• The Trump Administration Is Waiving 25 Laws to Build a New Bit of ‘Wall’ by Meredith Hoffman (VICE)
• Senate Democrats Drop DACA From Budget Negotiations by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)
• The White House’s promised forthcoming immigration deal, explained by Dara Lind (Vox)
• NAACP sues Homeland Security on behalf of Haitians, cites Trump’s ‘public hostility’ by Jacqueline Charles (Miami Herald)
• Trump to support path to citizenship for 1.8 million Dreamers by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump offers amnesty to Dreamers in return for $25bn fund to build Mexico border wall by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• White House presents immigration plan with path to citizenship for 1.8 million Dreamers by Rachael Bade (Politico)
• White House unveils immigration plan laced with white nationalist policy ideas by Rebekah Entralgo (ThinkProgress)
• White House Outlines Trump’s Immigration Proposal by Susan Davis, Scott Detrow (NPR)

Middle East

• Trump casts doubt on Middle East peace talks (BBC)
• Trump threatens to cut aid to Palestinians for ‘disrespecting’ Pence by Alan Yuhas (The Guardian)
• Trump’s Bizarre Belief That Taking Jerusalem “Off the Table” Makes Peace More Likely by Joshua Keating (Slate)
• Donald Trump threatens to cut all aid to Palestinians without peace talks with Israel by Clark Mindock (Independent)

News

• Reality bites: Trump’s fear of sharks leads to surge in charity donations by Martin Belam (The Guardian)
• NAACP Sues Trump Administration Over Ending Protected Status For Haitians by James Doubek (NPR)
• Trump: ‘I would be open’ to reentering TPP under ‘substantially better’ terms by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
• World nervously watches Trump’s Davos debut by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• U.S. Justice Department watchdog has recovered key missing text messages: letter by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
• Trump administration plans to cut funding to International Space Station by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
• Trump State of the Union speech 2018: how to watch online and what to expect by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• The White House asked to borrow a van Gogh. The Guggenheim offered a gold toilet instead. by Peter Schwartzman (Washington Post)
• The Trump White House Asked the Smithsonian for Art and Got Offered a Golden Toilet Instead by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Judge seems open to emoluments suit against Trump by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• ACLU Challenges Lawmakers Who Block People on Social Media by Griffin Conolly (Roll Call)

Immigration / DACA

• The Delusions and Realities of the Immigration Debate by Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)
• Trump to Schumer: ‘If there is no wall, there is no DACA’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• Chuck Schumer Is Setting a Trap Over Trump’s Wall by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• The 700,000 people who would be hurt if Congress doesn’t act on DACA, visualized by Alvin Chang (Vox)
• Trump Lashes Out After Schumer Withdraws Offer On Border Wall by Scott Neuman (NPR)

Russia Investigation / Russian Interference

• Trump’s Overconfidence Could Be Mueller’s Secret Weapon by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
• Biden: McConnell Refused To Sign Bipartisan Statement On Russian Interference by Scott Neuman (NPR)
• Trump campaign aide indicted by Mueller signals potential co-operation with Russia probe by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Mueller asked U.S. intelligence officials about Trump: sources (Reuters)
• Pompeo interviewed in Mueller’s Russia probe, Yates cooperating: report by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
• As Mueller closes in, paranoia spreads in the White House by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Trump warned ‘no more games, no more lies’ after FBI says it wants to question president in Russia probe by Lucy Pasha Robinson (Independent)
• #Releasethememo and the conservative war on the FBI, explained by Jane Coaston (Vox)
• Republicans are desperate to protect Trump from Mueller. But will their strategy work? by Paul Waldman (The Washington Post)
• Jeff Sessions Appears to Be Meddling in the Russia and Clinton Probes He Vowed to Avoid by Pema Levy, Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• What it means that Russia may have donated to the NRA to help Trump by Gregory Koger (Vox)
• Trump ‘looking forward’ to being questioned under oath by Eric Tucker and Chad Day (AP)

News

• Trump wanted to know who his acting FBI director voted for by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Trump ‘asked acting FBI chief Andrew McCabe how he voted’ (BBC)
• Under Trump Appointee, Consumer Protection Agency Seen Helping Payday Lenders by Chris Arnold (NPR)
• How the Drudge Report ushered in the age of Trump by Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)
• Justice Department demands documents from ‘sanctuary cities’ by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
• Cuomo signs executive order protecting net neutrality in New York by Julia Manchester (The Hill)
• Five things to know about Trump’s leaked infrastructure draft by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
• Justice department threatens to subpoena records in escalating battle with ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions by Matt Zapotosky (The Washington Post)
• Democratic mayors pull out of White House visit over ‘sanctuary cities’ action by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
• Trump has found time to tweet about the ‘missing texts’ — but not the Kentucky shooting by Ricky Zipp (Vox)
• The Trump Administration Just Gutted Payday-Lending Regulations by Michelle Chen (The Nation)
• Trump Breaks His Glaring Silence on the Kentucky School Shooting by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump finally responds to Kentucky shooting – but nearly 24 hrs after Trudeau by Ricky Zipp (Vox)
• California sues Trump administration over fracking rules by Bob Egelko (SF Chronicle)
• Trump’s 24-year-old drug policy appointee to step down by month’s end by Robert O’Harrow, Jr (Washington Post)
• Opponents of Medicaid work requirement file lawsuit to try to stop Kentucky plan by Amy Goldstein (Washington Post)

Analysis

• Republicans Weigh Ways to Block Trump on Trade Actions by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
• Does a U.S. Warrant Extend to Data Held Abroad? by Jennifer Stisa Granick (ACLU)
• As U.S. Trumpets ‘America First,’ Rest of the World Is Moving On by Ana Swanson and Jim Tankersley (NY Times)
• Trump’s Solar Panel Tariff Decision Leaves Almost Everyone Unhappy by Brigham A. McCowan (Forbes)

Opinion

• Guns — When Trump Can’t Even Tweet by Gail Collins (NY Times)

Immigration / DACA / Shutdown

• Trump Says ‘Nobody Knows’ If An Immigration Deal Can Happen by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• Schumer withdraws offer on Trump’s wall by Burgess Everett, Seung Min Kim (Politico)
• Dreamers ‘furious’ Democrats gave up on shutdown by Creede Newton (Al Jazeera)
• Trump: If there’s no wall, there’s no DACA fix by Brandon Conradis (The Hill)
• Border Wall ‘Off the Table,’ Schumer Says, as Immigration Progress Unravels by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Maggie haberman (NY Times)

Russia Investigation

• Sessions Interviewed By Special Counsel Robert Mueller As Part Of Russia Inquiry by Ryan Lucas, Carrie Johnson (NPR)
• Jeff Sessions, James Comey Questioned In Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe (Huffington Post)
• U.S. attorney general questioned in special counsel Russia probe by Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters)
• James Comey: Former FBI director questioned for hours by Robert Mueller’s team over Trump-Russia links by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Robert Mueller’s team has questioned Jeff Sessions. Here’s why that matters. by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
• Trump-Russia links: Robert Mueller aims to question US President over potential obstruction of justice by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Mueller wants to question Trump on Flynn, Comey firings: report by Brandon Carter (The Hill)

Stormy Daniels

• Why Are Evangelicals Supporting a President Who Allegedly Had an Affair with a Porn Star? by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Stormygate Continues to Move Forward, Inches at a Time by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Trump’s porn-star payoff may have been illegal: Will it matter? by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)

Tariffs

• Trump slaps steep tariffs on washing machines, solar products (Reuters)
• Trump on tariffs: You will ‘have people getting jobs again’ by Timothy Cama (The Hill)
• Job creator, or job killer? Trump angers solar installers with panel tariff by Ayesha Rascoe, Nichola Groom (Reuters)
• Trump’s Solar Tariffs Are Clouding the Industry’s Future by Ana Swanson and Brad Plummer (NY Times)

News

• Christopher Wray Is Finally Fed Up With Trump’s War Against the FBI by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
• Trump denies reports FBI director threatened to resign by Cristiano Lima (Politico)
• Trump to address annual RNC meeting at his D.C. hotel by Alex Isenstadt (Politico) The growing conservative conspiracy theory about missing FBI texts, explained by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
• Senate confirms Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair by Howard Scheider (Reuters)
• Trump NLRB Appointee Finds a Way Around Conflict of Interest Rules by Ian MacDougall (ProPublica)
• Senate Confirms Jerome Powell As New Federal Reserve Chair by Richard Gonzales (NPR)
• Trump Aims To Play Salesman During Davos Economic Forum by Scott Horsley (NPR)
• Swiss marchers protest against Trump, break through Davos security cordon by Michael Shields, Fedja Grulovic (Reuters)
• Trump to nominate tax controversy lawyer Chuck Rettig as IRS commissioner by Aaron Lorenzo (Politico)
• Trump to invite France’s Macron for administration’s first official state visit by AP (The Guardian)
• States and Cities Keep the Battle for Net Neutrality Alive by David Paul Morris (Wired)
• In Looking for Loyalty, Trump Asked F.B.I. Official How He Voted by Maggie Haberman and Adam Goldman (NY Times)
• What Mike Pence Just Did in Jerusalem by Aaron David Miller (Politico)
• Trump’s voter fraud commission flagged Texans with Hispanic surnames by Charlie May (Politico)

Analysis

• When the Religious Doctor Refuses to Treat You by Olga Kazan (Atlantic)
• The Courts Take Aim at Partisan Gerrymandering by Jeffrey Toobin (NewYorker)
• In Davos, a Club Trump Has Revered and Resented Finally Opens Its Doors by Peter Baker (NY Times)

Government Shutdown

• Government shutdown stretches into workweek, sows confusion (AP)
• White House phone message blames Democrats for government shutdown by Martin Belam (The Guardian)
• Dealmaker Donald Trump hasn’t been involved in ending the shutdown by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• White House defends Trump’s role in shutdown talks by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• The government is still shut down and CHIP is still unfunded by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• Democrats want 3 answers from Republicans before ending the shutdown by Dylan Scott, Tara Golshan (Vox)
• Senate leaders reach a deal to reopen government with help from bipartisan caucus by Lisa Mascaro (LA Times)
• The immigration negotiations Congress just gave itself three weeks to do, explained by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Senate Democrats’ decision to reopen the government, explained by Dylan Scott (Vox)
• US shutdown ends as Congress passes bill (BBC)
• The Democrats Relent by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• Democrats caved on the shutdown, and they’re admitting it by Aaron Blake (The Washington Post)
• Ten things that just happened (aside from the government reopening) by Jennifer Rubin (The Washington Post)
• There’s a surprise in the government funding bill: More tax cuts by Margot Sanger-Katz and Jim Tankersley (The NY Times)
• The Government Shutdown, Explained: Why the Democrats Walked Away Empty-Handed by Jay Willis (GQ)
• The Shutdown Didn’t Change Anything, But It Did Teach Us Some Stuff by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Liberal Activists Are Furious That Democrats “Caved” on the Shutdown by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
• ‘Dreamers’ disappointed that Congress deferred DACA deal by Sharon Bernstein (Reuters)
• The Shutdown Ended Because Democrats Lost Their Spine by Philip Elliott, Nash Jenkins (TIME)
• Donald Trump Has Signed a Bill Reopening the U.S. Government After Its Brief Shutdown by AP (TIME)
• Trump signs funding bill, ending government shutdown by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)

News

• The religious activists on the rise inside Trump’s health department by Dan Diamond (Politico)
• Pence: U.S. to open embassy in Jerusalem in 2019 by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• Mike Pence: US embassy to open in Jerusalem in 2019 (Al Jazeera)
• In Trump’s First Year, Anti-Abortion Forces Make Strides by Julie Rovner (NPR)
• Trump promised to be LGBTQ-friendly. His first year in office proved it was a giant con. by German Lopez (Vox)
• Pennsylvania Congressional District map is ruled unconstitutional by Michael Wines (The NY Times)
• DACA recipients temporarily block Disneyland entrance as an act of civil disobedience by Hailey Branson-Potts and Cindy Carcamo (The LA Times)
• Trump vs. California: One year into his presidency, tensions rise by Cathleen Decker (The LA Times)
• Trump Just Announced a Plan that Could Cripple the Solar Industry by Rebecca Leber (Mother Jones)
• President Trump Slaps Tariffs on Solar Panels in Major Blow to Renewable Energy by Brian Eckhouse, Ari Natter, Christopher Martin (TIME)
• Alleged payment to porn star was illegal donation to Trump campaign, watchdog says by Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Trump brings down trade hammer before Davos by Adam Behsudi (Politico)
• Donald Trump ‘imitates Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s accent’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• FBI head threatened to resign after Sessions pressured him to fire deputy director: report by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Trump expected to invite Macron for first state visit: report by Olivia Beavers (The Hill)
• Trump waives dozens of environmental rules to speed up construction of border wall by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)