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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Is Said to Be Weighing an Endorsement of Joe Biden — The move, which would be unlikely to happen until after the Senate impeachment trial, could enhance her chances of becoming vice president but could also anger liberals in California. — Senator Kamala Harris is weighing …
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun-Times:
Lightfoot presidential endorsement: Likely not Sanders, Warren or Biden — Mayor Lori Lightfoot flanked by Illinois Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin and other Illinois mayors. Photo courtesy of Sen. Dick Durbin's office — On Friday, Chicago's mayor will boycott Trump's White House meeting …
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she's unlikely to back Warren, Sanders or Biden: 'They haven't reached out' — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she plans to endorse a Democratic candidate for president before the Illinois primary March — but she's unlikely to back Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden.
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
‘This is no time to take a risk’: Biden ad leans into electability as caucuses approach
‘This is no time to take a risk’: Biden ad leans into electability as caucuses approach
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden leads, while others gain momentum in bid for 2020 nomination: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Biden leads, while others gain momentum in bid for 2020 nomination: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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The Hill
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Revealed: the true identity of the leader of an American neo-Nazi terror group — The white supremacist group the Base has been a target of FBI raids and its members accused of planning a race war. The Guardian can now reveal the identity of its secretive leader
Politico:
Trump's trial may hinge on Lamar Alexander — If you want to know how President Donald Trump's impeachment trial could play out, keep your eye on Lamar Alexander. — On the most important question of the trial — whether to subpoena witnesses — the 79-year-old Tennessee Republican senator is a wild card.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Jerry Nadler ‘stunned’ Susan Collins into writing a note to John Roberts — Sen. Susan Collins was “stunned” by Rep. Jerry Nadler's late-night diatribe this week against what he deemed a “cover-up” by Senate Republicans for President Donald Trump — so much so that she wrote a note to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
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Washington Post:
Trump, Democrats keep their distance as GOP moderates face crucial impeachment votes — They are the most closely watched senators of President Trump's impeachment trial — the moderate Republicans who might vote with Democrats to call new witnesses and subpoena unseen documents.
New York Times:
Seeing a Bloomberg Ad on Fox News, Trump Takes the Bait — The president's advisers have urged him not to pay attention to the low-polling Democratic presidential candidate. But as Michael Bloomberg poured cash into attack ads, he became harder to ignore.
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump v. Bloomberg: Fortunes collide in pricey knife fight
Trump v. Bloomberg: Fortunes collide in pricey knife fight
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story and Axios
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Regime Critic Says Saudis Tried to Kidnap Him on U.S. Soil — Abdulrahman Almutairi is a Saudi social-media influencer who criticized Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. If not for the FBI, he says, he might've met Jamal Khashoggi's fate. — A suspected agent of the Saudi government attempted …
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CNN:
Senate GOP uses Trump's executive privilege threat as rallying cry against subpoenas — See what GOP senators think about evidence against Trump — (CNN)A growing number of Republicans are pointing to President Donald Trump's threat to invoke executive privilege in order to make their case …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
ANALYSIS: In witness debate, growing GOP focus on Hunter Biden; some press for whistleblower
Politico:
Dems mount preemptive strike on Trump's defense
Dems mount preemptive strike on Trump's defense
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NBC News, The Hill, Associated Press and The Week
David Brennan / Newsweek:
Senator Marsha Blackburn Criticized for Mid-Impeachment Trial Fox News Interview: ‘No One...can Be Treated As Above the Law’ — Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn has been accused of breaking Senate rules by giving a live television interview while proceedings for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial were still ongoing.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
John Roberts comes face to face with the mess he made — There is justice in John Roberts being forced to preside silently over the impeachment trial of President Trump, hour after hour, day after tedious day. — The chief justice of the United States, as presiding officer, doesn't speak often …
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
A more assertive John Roberts would be a bad idea
A more assertive John Roberts would be a bad idea
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Althouse and Above the Law
PBS NewsHour:
From Judy Woodruff: Longtime PBS NewsHour Anchor and Co-Founder Jim Lehrer Has Passed Away — Washington, DC (January 23, 2020) — It is with great sadness that I share the news that co-founder and longtime anchor of the PBS NewsHour Jim Lehrer died today, Thursday, January 23, 2020, peacefully in his sleep at home.
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Remembering Jim Lehrer
Remembering Jim Lehrer
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The Daily Caller, UPI, The New Daily and TVNewser, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Cleaning Up After Comey — Justice concedes that two warrants on Carter Page were improper. — By The Editorial Board — Well, what do you know. The Justice Department now believes that at least two of its four secret surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page lacked probable cause.
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Victoria Bekiempis / Vulture:
Annabella Sciorra Testifies That Harvey Weinstein Raped Her: 'I Couldn't Fight Anymore' — At 9:48 a.m., Sopranos star Annabella Sciorra entered a packed Manhattan courtroom through a side door, walked toward the witness stand, and sat calmly behind the microphone.
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Andrew Napolitano / Fox News:
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Trump's Senate impeachment trial — What does it take to remove a president? — I don't blame President Trump for his angst and bitterness over his impeachment by the House of Representatives. In his mind, he has done “nothing wrong” and not acted outside …
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POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite, HuffPost and Raw Story
CNBC:
George Soros rips Trump and Xi, says the ‘fate of the world’ is at stake in 2020 — Liberal billionaire George Soros slammed Trump and China on Thursday at his annual dinner on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. — Soros' fresh criticism of Trump and the Chinese …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Senators Battle a Persistent Impeachment Foe: Their Own Restlessness — Lawmakers, required to sit through the trial in silence and without their phones, have grown increasingly comfortable testing those rules as the trial wears on. — WASHINGTON — As President Trump's Senate impeachment trial stretched …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Burr is giving senators fidget spinners to stay busy during trial
Burr is giving senators fidget spinners to stay busy during trial
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lindsey Graham screeches at reporters over impeachment: Trump ‘did nothing wrong in his mind’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a close ally of President Donald Trump, on Thursday complained that the president's impeachment trial should end quickly because the American people “need a break.”
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James Crowley / Newsweek:
National debt increased by $3 trillion during Donald Trump's three years as president — Nearly four years after then-presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would eliminate the federal debt in eight years, the deficit has since risen by more than 16 percent under his presidency.
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Trump's defenders double down on double standards — On matters Ukrainian, President Trump's defenders repeatedly make logically contradictory assertions. Their attempts at spin are dizzying to the point of nausea. — For example, they blast the impeachment case for consisting …
Aaron Morrison / The Appeal:
Mississippi Man Given Extreme 12 Year Sentence For Having A Cell Phone In Jail Asks For Rehearing — The state Supreme Court erred this month when it failed to invalidate Willie Nash's sentence as cruel and unusual punishment, his attorneys argue. — Lawyers for Willie Nash …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
HHS forgets to renew Trump's opioid emergency declaration — For nine days, the nation's opioid crisis was no longer considered a “public health emergency” after the Trump administration failed to renew a two-year-old declaration that expired last week. — An HHS spokesperson on Thursday night said that the lapse had been corrected.
Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
Trump appears to confuse the Kurds of Syria and Iraq in a meeting with the president of Iraqi Kurdistan — President Trump met with Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.