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Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly tells Sarasota crowd ‘I believe John Bolton’ — Asked if Bolton - Trump's former national security adviser - should testify at Trump's impeachment trial, Kelly said he supports calling witnesses. — President Donald Trump is denying …
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Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein leans toward acquitting Trump as his lawyers end their impeachment defense arguments — Just after President Trump's defense lawyers ended arguments in their Senate trial Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California became the first Democrat to suggest that she could vote to acquit …
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Chris Casteel / Oklahoman.com:
Lankford says senators should get access to Bolton manuscript — Why it Matters: Bolton revelations complicate Trump defense Inhofe, Lankford not persuaded by House impeachment team President Trump impeachment trial: Oklahoma senators see no need for witnesses, White House documents
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney Busted With Contraband Chocolate Milk Bottle on Senate Floor — Shortly before Tuesday's trial session got underway, Sen. Mitt Romney (R., Utah) got busted by the Senate floor staff for bringing a bottle of chocolate milk into the chamber. — Mr. Romney retreated to the Republican cloakroom …
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Axios:
Trump impeachment trial recap, day 7: Trump's team closes its case — President Trump's legal team closed out its opening arguments during the seventh day of his Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday. — The big picture: Republicans spent their three days of arguments lamenting the facts …
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Just Security:
Why the White House May Not Dare Fight on Executive Privilege — Some Republican Senators, including potential swing voters like Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), have raised concerns that a subpoena for John Bolton will trigger a claim of executive privilege by the White House and then lead to undesirable drawn out litigation.
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Top Ukraine Official: I Trusted Bolton More Than Anyone — Oleksandr Danylyuk says the requests to investigate the Bidens “rattled” Zelensky's team and the one person in the administration he trusted was Bolton. — When Volodymyr Zelensky won Ukraine's presidential election in April 2019 …
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NBC News:
Live Blog / Trump impeachment trial live coverage: The president's defense delivers closing arguments
Live Blog / Trump impeachment trial live coverage: The president's defense delivers closing arguments
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator: John Bolton should go public with what he knows
GOP senator: John Bolton should go public with what he knows
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The latest laughable Senate GOP spin further incriminates Trump
The latest laughable Senate GOP spin further incriminates Trump
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Defense Team to Close Arguments Complicated by Bolton Reports
Trump Defense Team to Close Arguments Complicated by Bolton Reports
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump's defense team shifts from complacency to urgency
Trump's defense team shifts from complacency to urgency
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ABC News:
Senate impeachment trial live updates: Trump legal team takes on Bolton allegations
Senate impeachment trial live updates: Trump legal team takes on Bolton allegations
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New York Times:
What John Bolton Knows
What John Bolton Knows
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — January 28, 2020 - 75% Of Voters Say Allow Witnesses In Senate Impeachment Trial, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 53% Say President Trump Not Telling Truth About Ukraine — On week two of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, registered voters say 75 …
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders grabs lead in California presidential primary — Sen. Bernie Sanders, consolidating support from voters on the left, has taken a clear lead in the race for California's huge trove of Democratic convention delegates as the presidential campaign moves toward a critical month of primary contests.
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Dylan Byers / NBC News:
BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith to join New York Times as media columnist — Smith will serve as the writer of the publication's “Media Equation” column, which became a must-read for media industry insiders under David Carr, who died in 2015. — Ben Smith, editor in chief of BuzzFeed News …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ben Smith of BuzzFeed News departs the site he built from scratch, heading for the New York Times — His name is so closely associated with BuzzFeed News that his Twitter handle is BuzzFeedBen. — But Ben Smith — who turned a website widely seen as a clickbait factory …
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Ben Smith of BuzzFeed Named New York Times Media Columnist
Ben Smith of BuzzFeed Named New York Times Media Columnist
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Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Netanyahu Officially Indicted in Court After Withdrawing Immunity Bid — Netanyahu is charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three corruption cases — Israel's attorney general on Tuesday filed the indictment against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases …
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New York Times:
Trump Outlines Mideast Peace Plan That Strongly Favors Israel
Trump Outlines Mideast Peace Plan That Strongly Favors Israel
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Fox News:
Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza
Trump unveils Middle East peace plan with two-state solution, tunnel connecting West Bank and Gaza
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Trump praises Pompeo over spat with NPR reporter: ‘That was very impressive’
Trump praises Pompeo over spat with NPR reporter: ‘That was very impressive’
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Washington Post:
Israel's government plans to vote Sunday on annexing 30 percent of the occupied West Bank, officials say
Israel's government plans to vote Sunday on annexing 30 percent of the occupied West Bank, officials say
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Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Trump peace plan: Palestinian state, Jewish control of settlements
Trump peace plan: Palestinian state, Jewish control of settlements
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Running Bernie Sanders Against Trump Would Be an Act of Insanity — In the field of political forecasting, almost nothing is a matter of certainty, and almost everything is a matter of probability. If Democrats nominate Bernie Sanders — who currently leads the field in Iowa and New Hampshire …
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Andrew Dyer / Stars & Stripes:
Eddie Gallagher strikes back at Navy SEALs who testified against him — (Tribune News Service) — A retired Navy SEAL whose war crimes trial made international news has launched a video attack on former SEAL teammates who accused him of murder, shooting civilians and who testified against him at his San Diego court-martial in June.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
U.S. deficit to eclipse $1 trillion in 2020, CBO says, as fiscal imbalance continues to widen — The U.S. government's budget deficit is projected to reach $1.02 trillion in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, as the federal government continues …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
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Wall Street Journal:
Harvard's Chemistry Chair Charged on Alleged Undisclosed Ties to China — Charles Lieber allegedly lied to Defense Department, National Institutes of Health about Chinese government funding — The chair of Harvard University's chemistry department was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday …
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The Daily Beast:
The Daily Caller Sued Over ‘Relentless,’ ‘Xenophobic’ House IT ‘Conspiracy Theories’ — A new lawsuit claims the right-wing outlet “destroyed the reputations and ruined the livelihoods” of a group of Pakistani-Americans who were employed by the House as IT staff.
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Donald Trump and Lev Parnas discussed Rick Scott in secret recording — A spokesman for Scott said the Florida Republican ‘meets a lot of people and has no recollection of meeting Parnas’ — At the same April 2018 dinner where President Donald Trump ordered the removal of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon-ers' Magic Cure for Coronavirus: Just Drink Bleach! — Hucksters swarmed on a fresh opportunity to cash in from a crisis that speaks to paranoid fears on the fringe. — As the global death toll from an alarming new coronavirus surged this week, promoters of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory …
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
It Took This CNN Panel Just 80 Seconds To Show What They Really Think Of Trump Voters — Eighty seconds. That's how long it took for a CNN panel to show just what they think of President Donald Trump's supporters. — CNN anchor Don Lemon, frequent CNN guest Rick Wilson …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
How People of Color Inside the Buttigieg Campaign Sought to Be Heard — As the candidate courted nonwhite voters, employees of color were voicing their frustrations, according to interviews, documents and a recording. The campaign said it worked to foster a progressive workplace.
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