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9:05 AM ET, January 15, 2020

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Washington Post:
Ukraine prosecutor offered information related to Biden in exchange for ambassador's ouster, newly released materials show  —  New materials released by House Democrats appear to show Ukraine's top prosecutor offering an associate of President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani …
Discussion: NBC News and The Week
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The Daily Beast:
Parnas Associate Tracked Ousted Ambassador's Movements in Kyiv: Docs  —  “They will let me know when she's on the move... They are willing to help if you/we would like a price.”  —  On the eve of a Senate trial to remove President Trump, House Democratic investigators have released a trove …
courthousenews.com:
Indicted Giuliani Ally Has Money-Tied Republicans Seeking Cover  —  WASHINGTON (CN) — Two weeks out from the 2016 elections, a first-time donor born in Ukraine lit up the map of the Republican Party with a $50,000 cash donation to Donald Trump's joint fundraising committee.
Washington Post:
Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani have demolished Trump's claims of innocence  —  New documents show why the president has been trying to hide evidence from Congress.  —  Americans who have been wondering why President Trump has taken the extraordinary step of trying to block every document …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
David Corn / Mother Jones:
New Figure in Ukraine Scandal Was Taken Into Police Custody at Trump Resort Last Year  —  On Tuesday evening, the House Intelligence Committee released a new batch of documents relating to the Ukraine scandal, and the material introduced a new player: Robert F. Hyde, a minor Republican lobbyist …
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Meet the Trump Donor Who Allegedly Stalked America's Ambassador in Ukraine  —  He was a longshot candidate with a penchant for the obscene.  Now he's at the center of the impeachment drama.  —  Before Tuesday, he was best known as a little-known, scandal-scarred Republican congressional candidate …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Dems release new impeachment evidence related to indicted Giuliani associate
Discussion: The Hill
Daniela Altimari / Hartford Courant:
Republican candidate who made sexist comment about Kamala Harris owed thousands in child support …
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
The Fog of Rudy
Discussion: Vanity Fair
New York Times:
New Details Emerge on Shadow Campaign to Oust Ambassador to Ukraine
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Warren ‘came to raise a concern’ with Sanders after debate, his campaign manager says  —  DES MOINES — Sen. Elizabeth Warren “came to raise a concern” with Sen. Bernie Sanders after Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate, according to Sanders's campaign manager, who briefly described …
Discussion: The Week
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The Intercept:
At the Iowa Debate, Bernie Sanders's Most Vociferous Opponent Was CNN  —  Ahead of the August 2015 Fox News debate, the company's chair, Rupert Murdoch, issued a directive to debate moderator Megyn Kelly: The Donald Trump thing has gone on long enough, it's time to take him down.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and CNN
New York Times:
Trump and His Aides Focused for Now on 2 Rivals (Neither Is the Front-Runner)  —  When it comes to the Democratic presidential primary candidates, President Trump is worried about Mike Bloomberg while his campaign sees an opportunity in Bernie Sanders.  —  President Trump's advisers …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Warren-Sanders feud just got way worse  —  (CNN)Someone is lying.  Or, at the very least, badly misremembering.  —  That's the only possible takeaway from the ongoing back and forth between Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts over whether the former told …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders camp admits anti-Warren script was deployed in multiple early states
Joe Murphy / NBC News:
Live Blog / January Democratic debate live updates: Six candidates face off in Des Moines
Discussion: The Hill, MSNBC, Fox News and Breitbart
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Amy Klobuchar's moderate case against Medicare-for-all
Discussion: The Atlantic, NBC News and NPR
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Debate Highlights: Candidates engage on foreign policy, impeachment and sexism
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact check: Did Biden introduce the first climate change bill?
Discussion: Breitbart
Bryan Anderson / Sacramento Bee:   Joe Biden says he'd consider Kamala Harris ‘for anything’ she wants, including VP
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Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Avenatti arrested by IRS agents during California Bar Association hearing
Discussion: Townhall
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Impeachment trial security crackdown will limit Capitol press access  —  The Senate sergeant-at-arms and Capitol Police are launching an unprecedented crackdown on the Capitol press corps for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, following a standoff between the Capitol's chief security officials …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Klobuchar doubts security explanation for impeachment trial press limits  —  Rules ranking Democrat has expressed opposition  —  Senators look to clear legislative decks before impeachment trial Even after the Senate trial begins, the House could still add more impeachment articles Sanders …
Discussion: The Hill
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Michael Flynn seeking to withdraw guilty plea  —  Lawyers for the former national security adviser contend the government undermined its own deal.  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn has a sentencing hearing scheduled for later this month.  Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo
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Adam Goldman / New York Times:   Michael Flynn Moves to Withdraw Guilty Plea in About-Face After Extensive Cooperation
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
Justin Amash Has a Decision to Make  —  ‘Is there any better time to have a president who might be not from either party?’  —  Three weeks from the first votes of the 2020 election, the presidential race seems—finally—to be taking shape.  Republicans, having blocked any serious attempts …
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Toensing Law Firm Distances Itself From Giuliani Letter to Zelensky  —  UKRAINE OUTREACH  —  Former Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas gave congressional impeachment investigators a letter on Giuliani's law firm stationery asking for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky …
Doha Madani / NBC News:
More than 50 injured after Delta jet dumps fuel on L.A. schools during midair emergency  —  At least 20 children and dozens of other people at 6 schools were treated for minor injuries after exposure to the jet fuel.  —  A Delta flight injured more than 50 people after dumping fuel …
Washington Post:
Why we're introducing a resolution on war with Iran  —  Tim Kaine, a Democrat from Virginia, and Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, are members of the U.S. Senate.  —  For more than 40 years, the United States and Iran have had a troubled relationship.  Because of the Iranian regime's insistence …
Discussion: NPR
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
NPR Poll: More Americans Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Iran Than Approve  —  More Americans disapprove than approve of President Trump's handling of the situation with Iran, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.  But they are split along party lines, and the results largely reflect the president's approval rating.
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
ABC Execs Try to Get Abby Huntsman to Cover for Toxic Culture at ‘The View’  —  Network brass wanted Huntsman to publicly deny reporting of internal strife at the talk show.  The outgoing co-host refused to do so, sources said.  —  The behind-the-scenes melodrama at ABC's The View amped …
Discussion: Raw Story, Page Six and Mediaite
 
 
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Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Trump to lift hold on $8.2B in Puerto Rico disaster aid
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Des Moines Register:
Read the full transcript of Tuesday night's CNN/Des Moines Register debate
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The Boston Globe:
Why Mitch McConnell must allow Senate to call witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial
ProPublica:
These Emails Show a Trump Official Helping Her Former Chemical Industry Colleagues
Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
Trump agrees with UK's Johnson on replacing Obama-era Iranian deal
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Biden: “I would leave troops in the Middle East”
Discussion: Reason, Breitbart and NBC News
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
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John Binder / Breitbart:
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Wendell Potter / New York Times:
How the Health Insurance Industry (and I) Invented the ‘Choice’ Talking Point
Discussion: Raw Story
Clyde McGrady / Roll Call:
Brett Kavanaugh brings pizza to the Supreme Court and it is not good
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Fox News Guest Points Out No One Actually Cares About Vince Vaughn Shaking Trump's Hand
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
GOP lawmaker accuses Rep. Matt Gaetz of creating ‘a game’ …
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times and Mediaite