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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden and Sanders vie for lead in Nevada, Biden tops Trump — Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders remain the top picks for the Democratic nomination among Nevada caucusgoers, while Elizabeth Warren fades and Tom Steyer gains momentum. In the general election contest …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination? — Our latest forecast for how many pledged delegates each candidate will win after all states have voted — FiveThirtyEight's model simulates the primary season thousands of times to find the most likely outcome for each candidate.
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren's surprising closing argument — Elizabeth Warren is often portrayed in media as a figure of the left-wing, locked in a battle with Bernie Sanders for the progressive base of the party. In fact, polling frequently shows she's the second choice not just of Sanders voters …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Four-Way Fight in Dem Primary
Four-Way Fight in Dem Primary
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Races tighten between Trump and Democrats in Wisconsin
Fox News Poll: Races tighten between Trump and Democrats in Wisconsin
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden ahead by 21 points among South Carolina Democrats
Fox News Poll: Biden ahead by 21 points among South Carolina Democrats
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New York Times:
Video Shows Ukrainian Plane Being Hit Over Iran — The New York Times has obtained video that shows the moment a Ukrainian airliner was hit minutes after takeoff from Tehran. — Video verified by The New York Times appears to show an Iranian missile hitting a plane above Parand …
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Newsweek:
Iranian missile system shot down Ukraine flight, probably by mistake, sources say
Iranian missile system shot down Ukraine flight, probably by mistake, sources say
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New York Times:
Iranian Missile Accidentally Brought Down Ukrainian Jet, Officials Say, Citing Early Evidence
Iranian Missile Accidentally Brought Down Ukrainian Jet, Officials Say, Citing Early Evidence
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senator who erupted over Iran briefing shares awful new details — If President Trump made the decision to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, would he need to come to Congress to get authorization for it? — The Trump administration won't say. — That remarkable claim …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
House passes war powers resolution condemning military action against Iran
House passes war powers resolution condemning military action against Iran
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
House passes measure seeking to limit Trump's military actions against Iran
House passes measure seeking to limit Trump's military actions against Iran
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Tensions with Trump over Iran expose concerns about the role of Congress in making war
Tensions with Trump over Iran expose concerns about the role of Congress in making war
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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. winds down Clinton-related inquiry once championed by Trump. It found nothing of consequence. — A Justice Department inquiry launched more than two years ago to mollify conservatives clamoring for more investigations of Hillary Clinton has effectively ended with no tangible results …
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Afua Hirsch / New York Times:
Black Britons Know Why Meghan Markle Wants Out — It's the racism. — Ms. Hirsch is the author of “Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging.” — The British press has succeeded in its apparent project of hounding Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, out of Britain.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Going Rogue: Prince Harry and Meghan Caught the Palace Off Guard — The queen had yet to give her approval to their idea of becoming part-time royals, but word of the plan was about to leak. — LONDON — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, failed to get clearance from Queen Elizabeth II …
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Natalie Kitroeff / New York Times:
Boeing Employees Mocked F.A.A. and ‘Clowns’ Who Designed 737 Max — The company expressed regret at the embarrassing communications it sent to investigators on Thursday, which included a comment that “this airplane is designed by clowns, who are in turn supervised by monkeys.”
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Army general denies request by officer pardoned by Trump to have his Special Forces tab reinstated — An Army general has denied a request by an officer pardoned in an open murder case by President Trump to have his Special Forces tab reinstated, setting up a potential showdown between senior defense officials and the White House.
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Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
College Professor Out After Joke Suggesting Iran List U.S. Cultural Targets — Asheen Phansey is no longer employed by Babson College after joking that Iran should target Minnesota's Mall of America and a home of the Kardashian family. — An adjunct professor is no longer on staff …
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Adam Steinbaugh / FIRE:
Babson College abandons freedom of expression, fires professor over Facebook post criticizing Trump threat to bomb Iran cultural sites — At Babson College, the climate of freedom of expression feels like 2003 all over again. Today, the college announced its completion of a “thorough investigation” …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Trump Has Made Us All Stupid — The decline of discourse in the anti-Trump echo chamber. — Donald Trump is impulse-driven, ignorant, narcissistic and intellectually dishonest. So you'd think that those of us in the anti-Trump camp would go out of our way to show we're not like him …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell backs measure to change Senate rules, dismiss impeachment without articles — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is backing a resolution to change the Senate's rules to allow for lawmakers to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Trump before the House sends them over.
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Molly Ball / TIME:
'We've Upped the Ante.' Why Nancy Pelosi Is Going All in Against Trump
'We've Upped the Ante.' Why Nancy Pelosi Is Going All in Against Trump
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell tells Republicans he expects impeachment trial next week
McConnell tells Republicans he expects impeachment trial next week
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Tom Winter / NBC News:
Surveillance video from Jeffrey Epstein's first apparent suicide attempt ‘no longer exists’ — Officials at the federal jail housing Epstein preserved video from the wrong floor due to a clerical error. — The surveillance footage taken from outside Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
‘I left parts of my body in Iraq’: Duckworth rips into GOP rep who said Democrats ‘love’ terrorists — Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs serving in the Iraq War, on Thursday ripped into the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee …
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Associated Press:
An Iranian general dies in U.S. attack, and innocents suffer — TORONTO (AP) — The worst had passed, it seemed, and the United States and Iran no longer appeared poised at the edge of war. — “All is well!” President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday night, days after a U.S. drone strike killed Iran's …
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Eric Blaisdell / Times Argus:
Bill would ban cellphone use for those under 21 — MONTPELIER — A bill has been introduced in the state Senate that would make it illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to use or possess a cellphone. — The bill, S.212, would make such possession or use a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of a year behind bars and a $1,000 fine.
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New York Times:
Kushner's Global Role Shrinks as He Tackles Another: The 2020 Election — Ivanka Trump's husband will now supervise her father's re-election campaign, but he continues to weigh in with advice to the president on a range of other matters. — WASHINGTON — When senior administration officials gathered …
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Just Security:
Why the 2002 AUMF Does Not Apply to Iran — There is no congressional statute authorizing military attacks on Iran — The debate over the legal authority for the lethal strike against Qassem Soleimani has once again brought attention back to the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq.
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Eric Garcetti endorses Joe Biden for president — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who flirted with the idea of running for president but skipped the 2020 campaign, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination on Thursday. — Garcetti will be one of Biden's highest …
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Rudy Giuliani / The Daily Caller:
The Supreme Court Should Step In To Rule This Impeachment Unconstitutional — Democrats' obsession from day one to impeach President Donald J. Trump, without regard to substance or process, led them to change the grounds for impeachment every couple of months.
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CREW:
CREW Sues DOJ for Failing to Release Whitaker's Financial Disclosures — Who is Matthew Whitaker? — Whitaker joined the Trump administration in October 2017 and served as Acting Attorney General from November 2018 to March 2019. — Prior to his tenure in the Trump administration …
Philip Van Cleave / Politifact.com Truth-O …:
Did Biden laud a Paul Ryan proposal to cut Social Security as Bernie Sanders' campaign said? — Sen. Bernie Sanders argues that former Vice President Joe Biden sided with a Republican effort to cut Social Security. — “In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare …
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