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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A big tell in Trump's own legal brief exposes McConnell's coverup — Now that Mitch McConnell has rolled out the rules for President Trump's impeachment trial, the full dimensions of the Senate Majority Leader's efforts to cover up Trump's bottomless corruption are coming into view.
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McConnell makes last-minute, handwritten changes to Trump impeachment trial rules — The sudden revision in the Senate's organizing resolution also ensures House Democrats' evidence will be admitted. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell changed a controversial provision in the rules …
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Politico, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, CNN and Washington Post
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Impeachment: Live Updates From the Senate Trial — President Trump's historic impeachment trial has begun in earnest, starting with a fight over the rules governing the trial. Lawyers for the president and House members known as impeachment managers are presenting their arguments.
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The Gateway Pundit
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump and his Republican cronies have made three big mistakes — A Democratic aide working on impeachment scorned the 110-page brief President Trump's lawyers filed on Monday. “It's an 110-page tweet. ... Maybe the longest tweet in history,” the aide said.
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The Nation, Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Mitch McConnell's Potemkin Trial
Mitch McConnell's Potemkin Trial
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New York Times, Wired, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and NPR
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Democrats already have these four victories in the impeachment trial
Democrats already have these four victories in the impeachment trial
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Vanity Fair
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on McConnell Cover-Up Resolution
Pelosi Statement on McConnell Cover-Up Resolution
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Axios, The Hill and Washington Post
Axios:
GAO report poses evidence test in Trump impeachment trial
GAO report poses evidence test in Trump impeachment trial
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NBC News:
White House may assert executive privilege to block Bolton testimony, Republicans say
White House may assert executive privilege to block Bolton testimony, Republicans say
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Politico, Washington Post and POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Why aren't Democrats making life miserable for vulnerable Republicans on impeachment?
Why aren't Democrats making life miserable for vulnerable Republicans on impeachment?
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Redstate, Vanity Fair and Breitbart
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Hillary Clinton in Full: A Fiery New Documentary, Trump Regrets and Harsh Words for Bernie: “Nobody Likes Him” — With four-part Hulu series ‘Hillary’ set to premiere at Sundance, one of America's most groundbreaking (and polarizing) figures opens up about Monica Lewinsky, her marriage …
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Says ‘Nobody Likes’ Bernie Sanders and Declines to Commit to Backing Him — Mrs. Clinton sharply criticized her former primary rival in a forthcoming documentary series, and stood by her comments in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. — Hillary Clinton …
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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Maybe Hillary Clinton shouldn't sound like a character from a Maureen Dowd column
Maybe Hillary Clinton shouldn't sound like a character from a Maureen Dowd column
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Washington Post, The Guardian, Washington Free Beacon and Balloon Juice
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Hillary Clinton Pleads Ignorance About Harvey Weinstein Despite Multiple Warnings
Hillary Clinton Pleads Ignorance About Harvey Weinstein Despite Multiple Warnings
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Fox News, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone ‘hacked by Saudi crown prince’ — Exclusive: investigation suggests Washington Post owner was targeted five months before murder of Jamal Khashoggi — The Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos had his mobile phone “hacked” in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message …
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Revealed: the Saudi heir and the alleged plot to undermine Jeff Bezos — Apparent targeting of Amazon billionaire's phone fits into broader pattern of behaviour by Saudi Arabia — Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of the Washington Post, had no reason to be suspicious when he received …
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil — Mr. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal investigation” that hacked into the cellphones of prosecutors and public officials. — RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Tuesday charged the American journalist Glenn Greenwald …
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Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Majority Support Allowing New Impeachment Evidence — But overall opinion of Trump and impeachment is virtually unchanged — West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Americans say that House managers should be able to introduce new evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Senators bend the rules by wearing Apple Watches to Trump trial — The rules of decorum state that senators can't use phones or electronic devices in the chamber during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but what about Apple Watches? — At least eight senators had them strapped …
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New York Times and Redstate
Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Swiss police suspect Davos plumbers of being Russian spies — Russian plumbers do not tend to summer in Davos. Even those with diplomatic passports. — Five months before world leaders began their pilgrimage to the annual World Economic Forum this week — among them US president Donald Trump …
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Pan Pylas / Associated Press:
Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage
Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Call Richmond's MLK Day gun rally what it was: An outbreak of terrorism on American soil — In 2020, some images of modern America are so shocking that even a nation of political ranters with our incandescent Twitter accounts can be stunned into near numbness.
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Matt Vespa / Townhall:
The Liberal Media Totally Eats It With Their Fake News Coverage of VA's Pro-Gun Rights Rally
The Liberal Media Totally Eats It With Their Fake News Coverage of VA's Pro-Gun Rights Rally
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Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Impose Tariffs on European Cars — U.S. president is attending World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — DAVOS, Switzerland—President Trump said Tuesday that he is serious about imposing tariffs on European automobiles if he can't strike a trade agreement with the European Union.
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Politico:
Trump weighs travel ban expansion in coming days — President Donald Trump may expand his controversial travel ban with an announcement expected as early as Monday, the three-year anniversary of the original order, which targeted several majority-Muslim nations.
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin voter purge ruling appealed to state Supreme Court — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm on Tuesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's order putting on hold a ruling that would have forced the removal of up to 209,000 people from the state's voter rolls.
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Susannah Luthi / Politico:
Supreme Court won't fast-track Obamacare case
Supreme Court won't fast-track Obamacare case
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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations …
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Parnas Lawyer Shares Pence Video After Vice President Denies Knowing Him — DO YOU REMEMBER? — Lev Parnas' legal team has shared a video of his client socializing with Mike Pence and his wife after the vice president vehemently denied that he knows Parnas. Pence said during a CNN appearance last week: “I don't know the guy.”
The Boston Globe:
Read the full results of the Suffolk/Globe N.H. poll — The survey found Bernie Sanders, who won the New Hampshire Democratic primary in 2016, with 16 percent support. Former vice president Joe Biden had 15 percent, former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg had 12 percent, and Elizabeth Warren had 10 percent.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Patriots' Benjamin Watson Producing Abortion Documentary — The movie, budgeted at less than $1 million, features former presidential candidate Ben Carson and Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — Due to a Jan. 4 playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans …
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Martin London / TIME:
John Roberts Has More Power Than Mitch McConnell Would Like You to Think. But Will He Use It? — London is a retired partner for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and the author of The Client Decides; he was a principal lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew.
The Boston Globe:
Northeastern student from Iran removed from US before court hearing, won't be returned — An Iranian student planning to attend Northeastern University was removed from the country overnight Monday in defiance of a court order, his lawyer said, and a federal judge said Tuesday there was nothing …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Third Year Sets New Standard for Party Polarization — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighty-two percentage points separated Republicans' (89%) and Democrats' (7%) average job approval ratings of President Donald Trump during his third year in office. This is the largest degree of political polarization …