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Associated Press:
Stampede kills 32 at funeral for Iran general killed by US — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week, killing 32 people and injuring 190 others, state television reported.
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Khamenei Wants to Put Iran's Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General — In a departure from Iran's usual tactics of hiding behind proxies, the country's supreme leader wants any retaliation for the killing of a top military commander to be carried out openly by Iranian forces.
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Nightmare Stage of Trump's Rule Is Here — Unstable and impeached, the president pushes the U.S. toward war with Iran. — There are no more adults in the room. — After three harrowing years, we've reached the point many of us feared from the moment Donald Trump was elected.
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Washington Post:
War with Iran is still less likely than you think
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Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
U.S. Media Outlets Fail to Disclose U.S. Government Ties of ‘Iranian Journalist’ Echoing Trump Talking Points
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Masih Alinejad / Washington Post:
Don't believe Iranian propaganda about the mourning for Soleimani
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times:
How U.S. Troops Are Preparing for the Worst in the Middle East
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
What Is Trump's Iran Strategy? Few Seem to Know
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
One of the worst outcomes with Iran would be for Trump to fail
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New York Times:
Mike Pompeo Is Said to Decide Against Running for Senate in Kansas — The secretary of state's decision most likely ends Republicans' hopes of securing a potentially dominant candidate for the open seat in Kansas, his home state. — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday told Mitch McConnell …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Romney wants ‘to hear from John Bolton’ in impeachment trial — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Monday that he wants to hear from John Bolton after the national security advisor offered to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial if subpoenaed. — Romney, leaving a briefing …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
GOP moderates side with McConnell over Bolton testimony — Despite John Bolton's willingness to testify about the Ukraine scandal, the GOP-controlled Senate has no immediate plans to subpoena him in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial — a win for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the White House.
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John Bolton PAC:
STATEMENT OF JOHN R. BOLTON
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Washington Post:
Bolton's willingness to testify in Trump's impeachment trial ramps up pressure on Senate Republicans
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
ANALYSIS: Behind Bolton's decision
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New York Times:
Bolton Is Willing to Testify in Trump Impeachment Trial, Raising Pressure for Witnesses
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell has the votes to block Democrats' witness demands in Trump impeachment trial
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New York Times:
Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump — The defense secretary acknowledged that “the laws of armed conflict” prohibited attacking antiquities and said the military had no plans to do so, even though the president declared them targets.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“War Crimes” Hysteria on the Left
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump awaits Iranian retaliation as White House security tightens
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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway defends Trump threat to target Iranian cultural sites
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Pentagon rejects Trump threat to hit Iranian cultural sites
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James Barnett / The Hill:
Why Trump should fear Sanders much more than Warren in 2020 — It is conventional political wisdom that President Trump stands his best chance in 2020 if Democrats nominate a far left candidate like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. That is half right. I have witnessed both of these candidates …
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Three ways the next 28 days could reset the Democratic primary
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
A Month Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Biden Is Democrats' Best Bet to Beat Trump
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Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Sanders shuttle: Trump trial could trap candidates in D.C. One senator has an escape plan.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
What Elizabeth Warren's statements on Qasem Soleimani really tell us
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Washington Post:
Trump administration begins drafting possible sanctions against Iraq following Trump's economic threat — No decision has been made on whether to implement the penalties, but aides scrambled following presidential warning to Baghdad — Senior administration officials have begun drafting sanctions …
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Irin Carmon / The Cut:
The 57-Page PowerPoint Harvey Weinstein's Team Is Sending Reporters — As New York prepared to publish this week's look at the coming trial of Harvey Weinstein, along with a portfolio of women who have made allegations against him, I reached out to his current publicist, Juda Engelmayer, for comment.
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Mark Binelli / Rolling Stone:
How Lindsey Graham Lost His Way — The senator once enjoyed respect on both sides of the aisle. Why has he become a blind loyalist to Trump? — Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump were born nine years and one month apart. Trump came first, but when they appear side by side …
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New York Times:
Iranian-Americans Questioned at the Border: 'My Kids Shouldn't Experience Such Things' — Up to 200 people were held by border agents, with some of them reportedly asked to share their opinions about the situation in Iran and Iraq. — SEATTLE — Arriving at the United States border …
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Foreign Policy:
Trump Administration Blocks Iran's Top Diplomat From Addressing the U.N. Security Council — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had sought to give a speech condemning the U.S. assassination of Qassem Suleimani. — The Trump administration is barring Iran's top diplomat from entering …
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Tess Owen / VICE:
ICE Detention Center Captain Was on a Neo-Nazi Website and Wanted to Start a White Nationalist Group — A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area.
Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
A Near-Extinct Language Finds a Home in One Brooklyn Building — There are just 700 Seke speakers left in the world, and 100 live in New York — half of them in one building. — The apartment building, in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, is a hive of nationalities.
Agence France-Presse:
Trump says Zuckerberg told him he's Facebook's ‘number one’ — Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump boasted Monday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told him at dinner he is “number one” on the global social media platform. — “I had dinner with Mark Zuckerberg the other day and he …
Pete Williams / NBC News:
FBI seeks Apple's help unlocking phones of suspected Pensacola naval station gunman — Phones thought to belong to the Saudi air force member accused in the deadly attack are password-protected. — The FBI is asking Apple Inc. to help unlock two iPhones that investigators think were owned …
CNN:
Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a ‘mistake’ — Washington (CNN)The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters “that's not what's happening.”
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Washington Post:
Facebook to ban deepfakes, sources say, but new policy may not cover controversial Pelosi video — Facebook plans to issue new rules as soon as Tuesday that would ban users from posting computer-generated, highly manipulated videos, known as deepfakes, seeking to stop the spread of a novel form …
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