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12:30 AM ET, January 6, 2020

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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Senior US officials say there is widespread opposition within the Trump administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran  —  Washington (CNN)Two senior US officials on Sunday described widespread opposition within the administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran should the United …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iranian Cultural Sites, and Warns of Sanctions on Iraq  —  The president threatened Iran over potential retaliation for the death of a top general, and Iraq over the potential expulsion of United States troops.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday evening doubled …
New York Times:
Iran Shifts on a Landmark Nuclear Deal: Live Updates  —  The announcement followed a vote in Iraq's Parliament to expel American troops, in response to the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, a top Iranian commander, in Baghdad.  —  RIGHT NOW Tehran said in a statement that its nuclear program would …
Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
Secret Iranian Spy Cables Show How Qassim Suleimani Wielded His Enormous Power in Iraq  —  In the four decades since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, few Iranian leaders have achieved the global profile attained by Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the military commander killed in an American airstrike on Thursday.
Washington Post:
Killing of Soleimani follows long push from Pompeo for aggressive action against Iran, but airstrike brings serious risks  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo woke on Tuesday to a 4 a.m. call alerting him to a large protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump officials tried to stop Iraqi expulsion vote  —  The Trump administration tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade top Iraqi officials to kill a parliamentary effort to force the U.S. military out of Iraq, according to two U.S. officials and an Iraqi government official familiar with the situation.
New York Times:
Iran Ends Nuclear Limits as Killing of Iranian General Upends Mideast
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Trump faces Iran crisis with fewer experienced advisers and strained relations with traditional allies
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
New York Times:
Iran Challenges Trump, Announcing End of Nuclear Restrictions
Discussion: Politico
Aya Batrawy / Associated Press:
Trump's threats draw Iran's cultural sites into tensions
Discussion: KTLA and Axios
Representative Ilhan Omar:
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Barbara Lee Announce War Powers Resolution To Prevent War With Iran
Discussion: The Hill
Sam Adams / Slate:
Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Jokes, Ranked In Order of Dickishness  —  Going into the Golden Globes, the biggest question was not who will win the night's biggest awards but how much of a jerk Ricky Gervais would be.  Over the course of his four previous hosting gigs, Gervais has cultivated …
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Katie Kilkenny / Hollywood Reporter:
Ricky Gervais Tells Hollywood to “F*** Off” in Expletive-Filled Golden Globes Monologue  —  During his monologue, the ‘Office’ creator also took shots at Felicity Huffman and Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Ricky Gervais, once again, did not shy away from hot-button topics in his Golden Globes monologue …
Lauren Piester / E! Online:
Ricky Gervais Truly Didn't Care As He Hosted the 2020 Golden Globes  —  Ricky Gervais just hosted the Golden Globes for the fifth and, as he said many times, last time.  —  If it weren't already going to be the last time he hosted, he did his best to make sure no one would ever want him to host again.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:   Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Monologue Mocks Hollywood's Jeffrey Epstein Ties
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Democrat Who Can Beat Trump  —  Why Amy Klobuchar still has a chance.  —  If you're like a lot of Democrats, you worry that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are too liberal — or at least that other voters think so.  You're also not buying the Pete Buttigieg hype.
New York Times:
U.S. Stops Dozens of Iranian-Americans Returning From Canada  —  More than 60 people were held for additional questioning in Washington State, according to advocacy groups and accounts from travelers.  —  WASHINGTON — Dozens of Iranians and Iranian-Americans were held for hours …
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BuzzFeed News:
US Citizens From Iran Were Stopped And Questioned At The US Border While Returning From Canada
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andy Blatchford / Politico:
Border stops for people of Iranian descent spark outrage
Discussion: Law & Crime
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed  —  More than a year after his death, a cache of computer files saved on the hard drives of Thomas Hofeller, a prominent Republican redistricting strategist, is becoming public.
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
60 Minutes investigates the death of Jeffrey Epstein  —  Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender and a wealthy financier with powerful friends.  60 Minutes examines the circumstances surrounding his death in a Manhattan federal jail cell.  Warning: This report contains graphic images.
Discussion: Law & Crime, Mediaite and CBS New York
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Chafee files to run for president again  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee is taking steps to make a second run for president, this time under a different party banner.  —  Chafee filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on Sunday creating a Lincoln Chafee …
Discussion: CNN
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Lacks Allies in Confronting the U.S.  —  Despite feverish talk of Gen. Soleimani's killing sparking a world war, Iran can't count on Russia or China coming to its aid.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Nike, an Anti-American Company  —  After the U.S. killed arch-terrorist Qasem Soleimani, ex-quarterback Colin Kaepernick took to Twitter to express his opinions: … This is the kind of ignorant twaddle you expect from a radical teenager.  Kaepernick has never grown up.
Discussion: HuffPost, Breitbart, NB Blog and Instapundit
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Graham gives Pelosi ultimatum, proposes Senate rule change to remove her from impeachment process  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., insists that if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not deliver articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate by the end of the week, the Senate should “take matters in our own hands.”
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Axios:
“No decision made” by Pelosi on sending impeachment articles
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and ABC News
Bloomberg:
Gulf States Move to Prevent Escalation After Soleimani's Killing  — Key Saudi prince heads to Washington, London to urge restraint  — Gulf states would be ‘first to pay the price’ of Iran-U.S. war  —  Gulf Arab states, potential targets for retaliation after the U.S. assassinated Iran's top general …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Typical Trump Vacation, With a Momentous Result  —  For three years, President Trump's winter visits to Mar-a-Lago, his private club, have allowed him time to combine his personal and presidential business.  But the juxtaposition this year was something quite different.
Discussion: Raw Story
David French / TIME:
President Trump's Bold, Justified Gamble in Killing Soleimani May Just Pay Off  —  David French is a senior editor at The Dispatch and a columnist for Time.  His next book, Divided We Fall, will be released in 2020.  He is a former major in the United States Army Reserve.
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Deadline:   Golden Globes Security On “High Alert” As Tensions Rise Over Iranian General Drone Strike Death
 
 
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