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Politico:
Senate and John Roberts face possibility of epic tie on witnesses — Ahead of a tight vote on whether to hear new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, the Senate is preparing for the possibility that this crucial roll call has an asterisk in the history books: It ends in a tie.
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The Hill
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Politico:
John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower's name — Chief Justice John Roberts has communicated to senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblower's name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out the official, a move that's effectively blocked Sen. Rand Paul from asking a question.
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Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, The Hill, NBC News and Disrn
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators believe they have the votes to block witnesses — It was clear to Senate Republicans on Wednesday after a morning meeting between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that the question of having additional witnesses is settled …
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
WeWantWitnesses trends after report that Mitch McConnell doesn't have the votes to block witnesses …
WeWantWitnesses trends after report that Mitch McConnell doesn't have the votes to block witnesses …
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Daily Kos
Andy Rose / CNN:
Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side — (CNN)Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border. — The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.
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POLITICUSUSA and Outside the Beltway
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KYMA-TV:
Portion of new border wall falls in Mexicali — MEXICALI, Baja California, Mexico - (KYMA, KECY) Mexicali police have confirmed with News 11 that a portion of the new border wall fell on the Mexico side of the border, landing on several trees. — Police said it happened a little before 12 p.m. local time.
Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House has issued formal threat to Bolton to keep him from publishing book — Washington (CNN)The White House has issued a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
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Washington Post:
Bolton's lawyer contends his book does not contain classified material and asks White House for expedited review so he can testify if called — An attorney for John Bolton has pushed back against the White House's assessment that his book manuscript contains classified material and asked …
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New York Times, Breitbart, Raw Story, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Gateway Pundit
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
All the president's disloyal men: Trump demands fealty but inspires very little
All the president's disloyal men: Trump demands fealty but inspires very little
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, Breitbart and The Hill
Ernest Luning / Colorado Politics:
BREAKING: Gardner says he doesn't want to hear from more impeachment witnesses — U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Wednesday that he thinks the Senate has heard from enough witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, taking off the table a potential Republican vote to subpoena national security adviser John Bolton.
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Rahm Emanuel / Washington Post:
How impeachment could flip the Senate — Rahm Emanuel is a former mayor of Chicago, Democratic congressman from Illinois and White House chief of staff. — When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) initiated an impeachment inquiry into President Trump several months ago …
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Politico
Roll Call:
Impeachment news roundup: Jan. 29
Impeachment news roundup: Jan. 29
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Redstate, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and Twitchy
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
ALAN DERSHOWITZ FOR THE DEFENSE: L'ÉTAT, C'EST TRUMP — Donald Trump's lawyer says that the President can do just about anything he wants. — An hour into the Senate trial of Donald John Trump on Wednesday, the emeritus Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz came to the floor to answer …
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POLITICUSUSA
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ABC News:
Still silent, senators will begin submitting written questions in impeachment trial — Senators can pose questions to both House managers and Trump's defense team. — LIVE NOW — In unpredictable new phase, senators begin up to 16 hours of questions to House managers, Trump defense team
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What the New Bolton-Engel Breaking News Really Means, And Why It Matters — We've just had breaking news in an announcement from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel. He says that on Sept. 23, he spoke to John Bolton and Bolton “suggest[ed] to me — unprompted …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime and Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
Trump Ally Held Event Handing Out Cash in a Black Community — The group that hosted the event last month in Cleveland is run by a prominent black ally of the president, and it promoted Trump administration policies while doling out cash prizes. — WASHINGTON — A nonprofit organization run …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters
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The American Independent, VICE, Raw Story, TheGrio, PJ Media Home, The Root, The Hill, Slate and Facebook Watch
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Caucuses Could Be a Five-Way Contest — Nearly half remain open to switching support on caucus night — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren continue to jostle for the top spot in the fifth and final Monmouth University Poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers.
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New York Times, Washington Post, courthousenews.com, Breitbart, NBC News, Politico and Political Wire
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NBC News:
Surrogates cover New Hampshire while candidates are elsewhere
Surrogates cover New Hampshire while candidates are elsewhere
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Politico, The Cook Political Report and The Hill
Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Andrew Yang Says Supporters May Go to Sanders in Iowa Caucus
Andrew Yang Says Supporters May Go to Sanders in Iowa Caucus
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The Hill, NBC News and New York Times
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Super PAC Attacks Sanders in an Ad. Sanders Raises $1.3 Million in a Day. — As Bernie Sanders shows strength in the early-voting states, his opponents face a challenge: Attacking him can help fuel his campaign. — DES MOINES — A Democratic super PAC wanted to undermine Senator Bernie …
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Associated Press, HuffPost, Common Dreams, Vanity Fair and NBC News
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
'It's asking a lot': Never Trump Republicans draw the line at Bernie Sanders
'It's asking a lot': Never Trump Republicans draw the line at Bernie Sanders
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Washington Free Beacon, NBC News and Associated Press
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Lessons for Life: The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon's Impeachment — “Obituaries reflect what the present thinks of the past,” wrote journalism professor Kathleen McElroy. — What will the future think of President Donald Trump and two historic votes senators must take on his impeachment?
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Raw Story, Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
What Will You Do When the Culture War Comes for You? — Newsrooms still aren't ready for the trolls. — Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. — The culture war will come for us all. — On Sunday, it came for a Washington Post reporter, Felicia Sonmez.
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The Daily Caller, The Independent, Washington Post, Columbia Journalism Review and NB Blog, more at Mediagazer »
WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Klobuchar Called On To Suspend Campaign As Questions Swirl Around Myon Burrell Case — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Senator and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar is facing new scrutiny over an old case. — The 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards happened when Klobuchar was the Hennepin County attorney.
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The Hill and New York Post
Mark Hemingway / Real Clear Politics:
NeverTrump: Most Overrepresented Demographic in Media — Over the weekend, Washington Post columnist Max Boot had a novel take on President Trump's impeachment. According to Boot, what Trump said on the phone call with Ukraine's president was in some ways worse than Andrew Jackson's forced relocation …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
‘Mind Boggling’: Take a Look at These Demographic Numbers From Trump's New Jersey Rally — Tuesday night President Trump traveled to deep blue New Jersey for a campaign rally. Despite freezing temperatures in the middle of winter, people camped out a day ahead of his remarks in order to make it inside the arena.
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The Gateway Pundit and PJ Media Home
Reuters:
Kremlin confirms new title of SUPREME RULER for Vladimir Putin is being considered following his recent changes to Russia's constitution — Vladimir Putin could become Russia's ‘Supreme Ruler’ when he steps down as president under proposed changes to the country's constitution, it emerged today.
Elijah Chiland / Curbed LA:
California Senate rejects transit density bill SB 50 — Under SB 50, cities would also have to allow up to four units on lots now exclusively reserved for single-family homes. Getty Images/iStockphoto — But there's a chance the bill will return soon for reconsideration
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton refuses to be served Tulsi Gabbard's defamation lawsuit — Hillary Clinton has now twice snubbed a process server attempting to deliver the defamation lawsuit filed against her by Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, according to Gabbard's attorney.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Flynn's new legal team unleashes on his old lawyers in bid to withdraw guilty plea — The new legal team for former national security adviser Michael Flynn unleashed a withering assault Wednesday on Flynn's old lawyers, accusing them of a conflict of interest so severe that it merits allowing …
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ABC News, Associated Press and Fox News
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Lev Parnas' lawyer ties Lindsey Graham to corrupt Ukraine scheme — Rudy Giuliani delivered a letter in late 2018 to Sen. Lindsey Graham calling for sanctions on Ukrainian government officials, including a corruption reformer and another who ran the company whose board Hunter Biden served on.
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The Daily Beast
Sunny Kim / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading disinformation online — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election.
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Power Line, PJ Media Home, Big League Politics, Fox News, Reason, The Daily Caller, National Review, Twitchy, VICE, courthousenews.com, UPI and Townhall
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is ‘insanely consistent.’ That's nothing to brag about. — One of the toughest questions I received during my book tour for “The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right” came from a high school student who asked how she could trust anything I said now that I had disavowed my previous beliefs.
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American Greatness and The Root
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
ABC News suspends correspondent over erroneous report on Kobe Bryant crash — ABC News has suspended the correspondent who speculated on-air that all four of Kobe Bryant's daughters were on board the helicopter that crashed and killed the NBA icon and eight others on Sunday.