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Washington Post:
Airstrike at Baghdad airport kills Iran's most revered military leader, Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi state television reports  —  BREAKING: It was not clear who carried out the strike, but the death of Soleimani, the Iranian Quds Force commander, seems certain to send tensions soaring between the United States and Iran.
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New York Times:
U.S. Strike in Iraq Kills Qassim Suleimani, Commander of Iranian Forces  —  Suleimani was planning attacks on Americans across the region, leading to an airstrike in Baghdad, the Pentagon statement said.  Iran's supreme leader called for vengeance.  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. …
Qassim Abdul-zahra / Associated Press:
Iran's Gen. Soleimani killed in airstrike at Baghdad airport  —  Baghdad (AP) — Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport Friday, Iraqi television and three Iraqi officials said.
Andrew Exum / The Atlantic:
Iran Loses Its Indispensable Man  —  The United States has killed Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps's Quds Force.  The United States is now in a hot war with Iran after having waged war via proxies for the past several decades.
Discussion: Washington Post and Gizmodo
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Statement by the Department of Defense  —  At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Mohammad Ali Shabani / The Guardian:
Donald Trump's assassination of Qassem Suleimani will come back to haunt him  —  The Quds force leader had the status of national hero even among secular Iranians.  His death could act as a rallying cry  —  The US has assassinated Qassem Suleimani, the famed leader of Iran's Quds force …
Discussion: The Intercept and DNyuz
Stanley McChrystal / Foreign Policy:
Iran's Deadly Puppet Master  —  Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains exactly why Qassem Suleimani is so dangerous.  —  The decision not to act is often the hardest one to make—and it isn't always right.  In 2007, I watched a string of vehicles pass from Iran into northern Iraq.
Discussion: New York Times
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Republicans celebrate death of Qasem Soleimani  —  The Pentagon's confirmation Thursday night that Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian military commander and one of the regime's most powerful figures, was killed in airstrike ordered by President Trump set off immediate shock waves throughout Washington.
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Calls the Ayatollah's Bluff  —  Column: And scores a victory against terrorism  —  The successful operation against Qassem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, is a stunning blow to international terrorism and a reassertion of American might.  It will also test President Trump's Iran strategy.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Instapundit
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
The Morning Dispatch: Qassem Suleimani Is Dead  —  Happy Friday.We had a whole other, entirely different Morning Dispatch ready to go for you Thursday evening, but there were some major developments in the Middle East overnight.  Our analysis of Q4 fundraising numbers will have to wait!
The Daily Beast:
U.S. Strike Kills Iran's Most Important Military Commander  —  Qassem Soleimani, the leader of the Iranian Qods Force, is dead in Iraq, perhaps turning a proxy war into a direct one.  —  In a drastic escalation of the U.S.' generation-long wars in the Middle East, a U.S. strike on Thursday …
Michael Doran / New York Times:
Trump's Ground Game Against Iran  —  The assassination of Qassim Suleimani is a seismic event in the Middle East.  —  Mr. Doran is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and served in the departments of State and Defense, and on the National Security Council.
Daniel Byman / Vox:
Killing Iran's Qassem Suleimani changes the game in the Middle East  —  But has Trump really thought out what comes next?  —  On Thursday night, the Pentagon announced that the United States killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran's paramilitary forces, in an airstrike in Iraq “at the direction of the President.”
HuffPost:   Top Senate Democrat Received No Advance Notice Of U.S. Strike On Iran General
Jake Novak / CNBC:
Op-Ed: America just took out a man many consider the world's No. 1 bad guy
Discussion: Vox, Commentary and Defense One
Henry Austin / NBC News:
Esper: U.S. could ‘take pre-emptive action’ if Iran prepares fresh attacks
Discussion: DNyuz, Redstate and MSNBC
Wendy R. Sherman / USA Today:
Attack on US Embassy in Iraq shows Trump is failing. He walked into Iran's trap.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Breitbart and Raw Story
Jason Leopold / BuzzFeed News:
Robert Mueller's Secret Memos, Part 3: The Documents The Justice Department Didn't Want Congress To See  —  BuzzFeed News sued the US government for the right to see all the work that Robert Mueller's team kept secret.  Today we are publishing the third installment of the FBI's summaries of interviews with key witnesses.
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CNN:
READ: Newly released Mueller investigation FBI memos
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Fourth-Quarter Total Is $21.2 Million, Her Campaign Says  —  Ms. Warren's fund-raising haul for the last three months of the year represented a slight dip and placed her behind three top rivals.  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts raised $21.2 million …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Amy Klobuchar Raised $11.4 Million in Fourth Quarter, Her Campaign Says
Discussion: CNBC and Slate
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Democrats are the ones who stand to suffer by delaying the Senate impeachment trial
Discussion: CNN, DNyuz and Talking Points Memo
Politico:
Why Democrats say they might not vote to convict Trump  —  Senate Dems are urging neutrality in an appeal to Republicans who want a fair impeachment trial.  —  Sen. Jon Tester said Democrats “are waiting for the evidence that's presented in the trial” before making a judgment on President Donald Trump.
Discussion: CNN, HuffPost and Washington Post
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FiveThirtyEight:
Our Poll Finds A Majority Of Americans Think The Evidence Supports Trump's Removal
Discussion: Raw Story
John Wagner / Washington Post:   Americans roughly divided on whether voters should decide Trump's fate rather than the Senate
Richard Flanagan / New York Times:
Australia Is Committing Climate Suicide  —  As record fires rage, the country's leaders seem intent on sending it to its doom.  —  Mr. Flanagan is an Australian novelist.  —  BRUNY ISLAND, Tasmania — Australia today is ground zero for the climate catastrophe.
Andrew Bradford / Deep Left Field:
Congressman Accuses Trump Of Stock Market Fraud And Opens Investigation  —  The House of Representatives may soon be able to add a new high crime and misdemeanor to the growing list of articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.  —  Specifically, Trump is suspected of manipulating futures …
Wall Street Journal:
Police Tracked a Terror Suspect—Until His Phone Went Dark After a Facebook Warning  —  Faced with strong encryption, law-enforcement agencies in Western Europe turned to Israeli company NSO Group to pursue data on WhatsApp messaging tool  —  A team of European law-enforcement officials …
Discussion: Instapundit
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Ridiculously Optimistic History of the Next Decade  —  A fantasy of what could come true.  —  Looking back at the 2020s from our vantage point in 2030, the first great event was the complete destruction of Donald Trump's Republican Party.  As the former Republican consultant Mike Murphy had noticed …
 
 
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