Soleimani / Iran / Middle East
- Pompeo: US didn’t know when, where Soleimani attacks would happen (Al Jazeera)
- US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran after Iraq attack: Mnuchin (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Administration Announces More Economic Sanctions Against Iran by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Iraqi Prime Minister Asks U.S. to Prepare Plan For Troop Withdrawal by Samya Kullab, Qassim Abdul-Zahra (TIME)
- On the day U.S. forces killed Soleimani, they targeted a senior Iranian official in Yemen by John Hudson, Missy Ryan, and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post)
- Trump administration refuses to heed Iraq’s call for troop withdrawal by Karen DeYoung, Louisa Loveluck, and
Mustafa Salim (Washington Post) - Analysis: Questions pile up about Trump’s claim that Soleimani was going to ‘blow up’ a U.S. embassy by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- US rejects Iraq request to discuss troop withdrawal (Al Jazeera)
- U.S. Rejects Iraqi Demand to Withdraw Troops. Can We Do That? by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- Trump Official Spreads False Information While Defending Soleimani Assassination by Carla Herreria (Huffington Post)
- Trump Ups Iran Accusations As Questions Mount About Justification by Ben Fox / AP (Huffington Post)
- Analysis: The Real Backstory of Why Trump Ordered the Killing of Suleimani Is Becoming More Clear by John Cassidy (New Yorker)
Impeachment
- Legal Experts Destroy Giuliani’s ‘Gibberish’ Argument To Void Trump Impeachment by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
- Pelosi says she will submit Trump impeachment articles to Senate (Al Jazeera)
- House poised to move Trump impeachment charges to Senate next week by David Morgan, Richard Cowan (Reuters)
- Report: Trump Ordered Iran Strike Because of Impeachment Fears by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- House Democrats Should Be Preparing to Subpoena John Bolton by Molly Claflin (Slate)
- Pelosi To Send Articles Of Impeachment To Senate Next Week by Kelsey Snell (NPR)
- Pelosi to send impeachment articles to Senate by Heather Caygle, John Bresnahan (Politico)
Other News
- Trump slurs in rally speech after boasting about assassination of Iran commander then complaining about not winning Nobel Peace Prize by Andy Gregory (Independent)
- Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize not Abiy Ahmed (BBC)
- Bloomberg Vows to Bury Trump With His Billions — Even If He’s Not the Nominee by David Uberti (VICE)
- Texas is first state to stop accepting refugees under Trump order, AP (Guardian)
- Trump’s travel ban may hit new countries as election looms, AP (Guardian)
- Trump administration cancels charter flights to nine airports in Cuba by Nora Gámez Torres And Taylor Dolven (Miami Herald)
- A ‘confused’ Trump tried to take credit for the Ethiopian prime minister’s Nobel Peace Prize by Eliza Relman (Business Insider)
- Judge slams Trump’s attempt to toss lawsuit from rape accuser: “Not even a tweet” to back up motion by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Trump says most asylum seekers don’t show up for their court hearings. A new study shows 99% do. by Nicole Narea (Vox)
- Trump’s climate change reading material is beyond parody by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- We Found Major Trump Tax Inconsistencies. New York’s Mayor Wants a Criminal Investigation. by Heather Vogell (ProPublica)
- White House weighing proposal to tighten eligibility for disability benefits by J. Edward Moreno (The Hill)
- Trump’s travel ban may hit new countries as election looms by AP (The Guardian)
- Former White House Officials Call For Return Of Regular Press Briefings by Lydia O’Connor (Huffington Post)
- We Found Major Trump Tax Inconsistencies. New York’s Mayor Wants a Criminal Investigation. by Heather Vogel (ProPublica)
Opinion
- In Ohio, Trump Lists the Sacrifices He Makes for the Nation by Amy Davidson Sorkin (New Yorker)