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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
California's Rep. Brad Sherman to introduce impeachment measure … Rep. Brad Sherman plans to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump on Thursday, the first day of Democratic control of the House. — Sherman (D-Northridge) is reintroducing a measure that he first rolled out in 2017.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
House Democrats plan to hold hearings on Medicare for All — The new Democratic majority in the House will hold the first hearings on Medicare-for-All legislation, a longtime goal of the party's left, after Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi lent her support for the process.
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POLITICUSUSA and Mother Jones
Rachael Bade / Politico:
The survivor: Nancy Pelosi makes history — again — The past seven speakers of the House have lost their majority, been forced out by their own colleagues, or stepped down amid personal scandal. One of them — Nancy Pelosi — now has a second chance to rewrite her legacy.
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ABC News, New York Times, Associated Press, Daily Kos, Breitbart and Washington Post
Michael Burke / The Hill:
Graham: Trump giving up on border wall fight would be the ‘end of his presidency’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday cautioned President Trump against giving in on his demand for funding for his proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall, claiming that doing so would likely be “the end of his presidency.”
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Nancy Pelosi says she won't rule out indictment, impeachment for Trump — As she prepares to resume her role as House speaker, Nancy Pelosi told TODAY she isn't ruling out the idea that Trump could be indicted or impeached while in office. — Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Bob Bauer / Just Security:
Coming to Terms with the Impeachment Process: The Case for Starting a Formal Inquiry — The day after Donald Trump's inauguration, Peter Wehner wrote with some restraint that the new president “is unlikely to be contained by norms”— that is, by those practices or customs that politicians …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Pelosi breaks with Justice: Trump can be indicted
Pelosi breaks with Justice: Trump can be indicted
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Taylor Marsh and Politico
USA Today:
Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi vows ‘different world’ for Trump with new Congress, no more ‘rubber stamp’
Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi vows ‘different world’ for Trump with new Congress, no more ‘rubber stamp’
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Hollywood Life, NBC News and FOX40
Michael Warren / Politico:
How to Talk So Trump Will Listen: A GOP Guide for Pelosi
How to Talk So Trump Will Listen: A GOP Guide for Pelosi
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi returns
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi returns
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Washington Free Beacon, LifeNews.com and IJR
Sophie Brickman / ELLE:
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Martin O'Malley / Des Moines Register:
Here's who I'd like to see run for president. (Hint: It's not me) — Voters want Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders to run in the 2020 Presidential election, a new poll suggests. Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story. — Former Democratic candidate makes his pick for 2020
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Politico, National Review, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Breitbart, Talking Points Memo, IJR, The Daily Caller, CBS Baltimore and Washington Free Beacon
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein's 2020 pick: Joe Biden — Dianne Feinstein's California colleague Kamala Harris may run for president. But Feinstein already has her preferred candidate in mind: Joe Biden. — The Democratic senator, fresh off reelection to a fifth term, told a pair of reporters …
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Talking Points Memo, Splinter and Roll Call
Washington Post:
Russia has formally charged Paul Whelan, an American citizen, with espionage, Interfax news agency reports — Russian investigative agencies on Thursday indicted Whelan, a 48-year-old former U.S. Marine, on charges of spying, Interfax cited an informed source as saying.
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Task & Purpose
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Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Paul Whelan, American Accused of Spying, Is Said to Be Charged in Russia — MOSCOW — The Russian authorities have brought espionage charges against an American citizen, Paul N. Whelan, who faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, the news agency Interfax reported on Thursday.
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Meduza.io, Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Vox and RedState
Amie Ferris-Rotman / Washington Post:
American Paul Whelan charged with espionage in Russia, news agency reports — MOSCOW — An American arrested in Russia has been formally charged with espionage, a Russian news agency reported Thursday, moving the case into Russia's justice system and possibly deepening the diplomatic tensions with the United States.
Kristen Jordan Shamus / USA Today:
Mysterious tale of Paul Whelan, American man accused of spying in Russia, steeped in contradictions
Mysterious tale of Paul Whelan, American man accused of spying in Russia, steeped in contradictions
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ThinkProgress, The Guardian, People.com and Breitbart
New York Times:
Full Shutdown of L Train to Be Halted by Cuomo — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to announce Thursday that the L train subway tunnel will not fully shut down in April as planned in what would have been one of the …
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Even the Trump-hostile GOP establishment questions Romney's presidential tongue-lashing — A Republican establishment impatient with President Trump but uninterested in fomenting an intraparty crackup ahead of 2020 is questioning Mitt Romney's motivation for issuing a scathing takedown of the president.
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Washington Post, Hit & Run, Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Politico and IJR
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The very odd game theory of the 2020 GOP presidential primary
The very odd game theory of the 2020 GOP presidential primary
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Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, The American Spectator and IJR
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren is closing her joint fundraising committee as she urges Democrats to shun big money in the 2020 presidential election — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is closing her joint fundraising committee as she urges fellow Democratic candidates for president to reject money from political action committees.
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IJR
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Sanders allies contrite, defiant amid harassment allegations
Sanders allies contrite, defiant amid harassment allegations
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National Review, Vox and RedState
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Former Bernie Sanders aide who allegedly made light of sexual harassment complaint will be chief …
Former Bernie Sanders aide who allegedly made light of sexual harassment complaint will be chief …
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NPR, Common Dreams, Taylor Marsh, Splinter, USA Today and Front Page Magazine
Josh Magness / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New Muslim congresswoman to be sworn in with Thomas Jefferson's centuries-old Quran — When incoming U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is sworn into office Thursday, she will use Thomas Jefferson's centuries-old Quran. — Some might be shocked that Jefferson owned an English-translated Quran that dates back to 1734.
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CNN, Conservative Review and FOX 61
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Terry McAuliffe / Washington Post:
To beat Trump, Democrats must counter his lies with realistic solutions — Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, is former governor of Virginia. — As I traveled around the country campaigning for Democrats this past year, one of my takeaways was that there is an overwhelming desire among voters for a return to reality.
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The Week, Washington Free Beacon and Splinter
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Defends Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan for Some Reason — In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded neighboring Afghanistan. The American interpretation of this invasion, shared by both parties, is that the Soviets were propping up a faltering communist client state, following the …
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Washington Post, USA Today, Task & Purpose, Raw Story, The Week and Mediaite
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump Spouting Russian Propaganda?
Why Is Trump Spouting Russian Propaganda?
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CNN, Defense One, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her From Secret Service — A former employee of the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey said that her name was removed from a list of workers to be vetted by the Secret Service after she reminded management that she was unlawfully in the United States …
Claudia Lauer / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: A reckoning is underway in US Catholic Church — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Over the past four months, Roman Catholic dioceses across the U.S. have released the names of more than 1,000 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children in an unprecedented public reckoning spurred …
New York Times:
‘New Chapter’ in Space Exploration as China Reaches Far Side of the Moon — BEIJING — China reached a milestone in space exploration on Thursday, landing a vehicle on the far side of the moon for the first time in history, the country's space agency announced.
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Raw Story
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The 10 new Democratic House committee chairs who are about to make Trump's life hell — 2019 will be a year of investigations. — The Trump administration's free ride from Congress is over. — New Democratic House committee chairs are set to launch subpoena-powered investigations …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Politico
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
A Trump County Confronts the Administration Amid a Rash of Child Cancers — JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — The children fell ill, one by one, with cancers that few families in this suburban community had ever heard of. An avid swimmer struck down by glioblastoma, which grew a tumor in her brain.
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Raw Story
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
How to End Government Shutdowns, Forever — As the third government shutdown of the Donald J. Trump presidency drags on, the miserable effects are piling up. Federal workers, hundreds of thousands of whom are furloughed, are struggling to pay their bills and picking up temporary gigs to make ends meet …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, ThinkProgress, NPR and BuzzFeed News
Bloomberg:
The Bad Stuff That the Stock Market Worried About Is Starting to Happen — From Apple's sales warnings to an ISM miss, it's piling up — ‘Fundamentals are strong’ has been rallying cry against rout — All of a sudden, the fundamentals aren't looking as strong.
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Raw Story