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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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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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The comical hypocrisy of Sean Hannity — Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night didn't like the message coming from the New York Times: According to a report by Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt, a draft of former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book alleges …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders Say They Don't Currently Have Enough Votes to Block Witnesses — At a meeting of all Republican senators on Tuesday after the White House lawyers wrapped their opening arguments, GOP leaders told their conference they don't have the votes to prevent witnesses from being called …
Just Security:
Why the White House May Not Dare Fight on Executive Privilege
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
McConnell says GOP lacks votes to block impeachment witnesses, as Bolton book disrupts trial script
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Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
Trump's ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly comes out in support of Bolton: I believe him about Trump
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Raw Story, NB Blog and Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Wall Street Journal:
Romney Busted With Contraband Chocolate Milk Bottle on Senate Floor
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For John Bolton, an ‘Upside-Down World’ After Trump Revelation
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
No witness trades: Senate Republicans have lost their leverage
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Associated Press, The Hill and National Review
Washington Post:
McConnell tells Republican senators he does not yet have the votes yet to block witnesses
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Mary Louise Kelly / New York Times:
Pompeo Called Me a ‘Liar.’ That's Not What Bothers Me. — Journalists are supposed to ask tough questions, then share the answers — or lack thereof — with the world. — Ms. Kelly is a co-host of NPR's “All Things Considered.” — Ask journalists why they do the job they do, and you'll hear a range of answers.
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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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New York Times:
Joni Ernst Asks if Impeachment Trial Will Turn Iowa Caucusgoers Against Biden. They Answer. — As Mr. Biden campaigned in the state, residents appeared unmoved: “I don't think much about anything Joni Ernst says.” — MUSCATINE, Iowa — Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, a Republican …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden won't commit to backing Sanders if he's the nominee — MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden stopped short Tuesday of saying he'd support Bernie Sanders if the progressive Vermont senator wins the Democratic presidential nomination. — “I'm not going to make judgments now …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trumpworld torn over running against Bernie — President Donald Trump and his top political advisers were huddling in the Oval Office earlier this month discussing the state of the Democratic primary when they arrived at an increasingly pressing topic: What to do about Bernie Sanders?
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Democracy 2020 Digest: Tulsi shreds on New Hampshire slopes — WATCH
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
New Iowa ad questions Bernie Sanders' electability, references his heart attack
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Washington Post, VICE and Don Surber
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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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Special Operations forces are stretched to the danger point — In late 2015, a Navy lieutenant wrote a graduate school thesis titled “Navy SEALs gone wild: publicity, fame, and the loss of the quiet professional.” That was a warning of trouble among America's bravest but most stressed warriors.
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Politico:
The Real Goal of Trump's Middle East Plan — The Trump administration's long awaited and ill-named peace plan has many objectives, but making peace isn't among them. — Neither is jump-starting negotiations, or nudging the parties toward compromise, or even enshrining implicit …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trio of Dem senators considering vote to acquit Trump — A trio of moderate Senate Democrats is wrestling with whether to vote to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial — or give the president the bipartisan acquittal he's eagerly seeking. — Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia …
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats cite Starr in effort to lift stay in Trump tax returns case — House Democrats are asking a judge to end a delay in their suit seeking President Donald Trump's federal tax returns, citing comments from Kenneth Starr, one of Trump's defense attorneys in his impeachment trial.
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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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New York Times:
Biden Aides Weigh Pursuing an Iowa Caucus Alliance With Klobuchar — Amy Klobuchar's campaign signaled no interest in such a plan, under which each candidate would encourage supporters to back the other in certain precincts. — Aides to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are discussing …
Barbara Starr / CNN:
First on CNN: 50 US service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iranian missile strike — Washington (CNN)Fifty US military personnel have now been diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian missile attack on US forces in Iraq earlier this month …
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Washington Post:
Prince George's officer faces murder charge in shooting of handcuffed suspect, two people familiar with the investigation say — Prince George's County police will charge an officer with murder in the shooting of a man who was handcuffed and wearing a seat belt in the front seat of a cruiser, two officials said Tuesday.
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William Saletan / Slate:
Bernie Is the Opponent Trump Wants — The president has a game plan to win the election. A Sanders nomination is just what he needs. — Bernie Sanders is on the rise. Less than a week before the first contest of the Democratic primary, polls give the Vermont senator, on average …
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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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Andrew Kugle / Washington Free Beacon:
Top Sanders Surrogate Appears to Parrot 9/11 Conspiracy Theory — A top surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) presidential campaign appears to have argued the U.S. government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. — Phillip Agnew, a self-described “militant” …
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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.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The gaping hole in Trump's impeachment defense — Trump's legal team spent very little time actually vouching for his Ukraine conspiracy theories. Instead, they watered them down. — President Trump's defense team on Tuesday ended an extended opening argument in which it laid out that Trump …
Des Moines Register:
Ernst, Grassley should support calling witnesses in impeachment trial; Ernst's comments betray a closed mind — Editorial: Republicans contend the impeachment proceedings are politically driven. Then why aren't they seeking sworn testimony and documents to gather more information, determine the facts?
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