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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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Barbara McQuade / NBC News:
Trump's impeachment trial defense hinges on six arguments.  They can all be rebutted.  —  Trump still appears to have the votes for an acquittal in the Senate.  But sometimes a prevent defense ends up being an ill-fated strategy.  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers began their impeachment arguments …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Root
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump rages at Bolton, says former adviser would have caused ‘World War Six’  —  The president's latest attack on his ex-national security adviser comes as the Senate is weighing calling him as a witness.  —  President Donald Trump berated his former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For John Bolton, an ‘Upside-Down World’ After Trump Revelation  —  Democrats who once derided him now want him to testify at President Trump's impeachment trial while some of his erstwhile Republican friends are throwing him to the curb.  —  WASHINGTON — Not long ago, they called him …
CBS News:
Rudy Giuliani says he “never ever” discussed Ukraine military aid with President Trump  —  President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani directly challenged former national security adviser John Bolton's claims that Mr. Trump tied the hold on military aid for Ukraine to an investigation of the president's political rivals.
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 …
Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats cite Starr in effort to lift stay in Trump tax returns case
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Trump team warns: Stand strong or prepare for an endless trial
Discussion: CNN and Vanity Fair
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
GOP squirms as Bolton prepares to dish on Trump White House
Discussion: Raw Story
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
McConnell says GOP lacks votes to block impeachment witnesses, as Bolton book disrupts trial script
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders Say They Don't Currently Have Enough Votes to Block Witnesses
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 …
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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 …
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 …
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Democracy 2020 Digest: Tulsi shreds on New Hampshire slopes — WATCH
Discussion: Associated Press and New York Post
Holly Otterbein / Politico:   Poll: Warren fares better against Biden than Sanders
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.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters  —  Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees.  —  The first giveaway took place last month in Cleveland …
Discussion: Slate and Facebook Watch
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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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Trump peace plan is a squeeze play against the Palestinians. It might work.
Amir Tibon / Haaretz:   Fact Check: Trump Did Not Actually Offer the Palestinians a State
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Democrats are already bracing for a ‘hostile’ Trump transition  —  Democrats are bracing for the possibility that if President Donald Trump loses the 2020 election, he and his aides will bungle a smooth handover of power - and maybe even try to outright sabotage the transition.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Heath / Politico:
Say hello to invisible Brexit  —  BRUSSELS — Britain is leaving the European Union this weekend with a whimper.  —  It took one referendum, two national elections, three prime ministers and four years of continentwide political anguish for the United Kingdom to achieve Brexit …
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Heiko Maas / ZEIT ONLINE:
Separate, but together  —  Britain is leaving the EU …
Discussion: Politico
Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon Raises Number of U.S. Troops Injured in Iranian Attack to 50  —  Most of troops added to new assessment have returned to work, Pentagon says  —  An additional 16 U.S. troops suffered concussions or traumatic brain injuries during Iran's ballistic missile strike earlier this month …
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NBC News:   More U.S. service members diagnosed with brain injury from Iran missile attack
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?
Discussion: The Hill
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Slashing food stamps hurts the poor.  It also hurts their supermarkets  —  New York (CNN Business)Independent grocery stores and regional supermarket chains already face brutal competition and shrinking profits.  Now, they are worried about losing out on a valuable source of sales: food stamp recipients.
NBC News:
Dutch Trump superfan who claimed he surveilled Ambassador Yovanovitch told people he was DEA  —  Interviews with a half-dozen people who know Anthony de Caluwe and documents obtained by NBC News show that the Trump superfan has a shadowy past.  —  WASHINGTON — The Dutch man who claimed …
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 …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Doug Collins announces US Senate bid, setting up GOP divide in Georgia  —  Congressman Doug Collins launched a bid Wednesday for U.S. Senate on Fox News, saying he'd center his campaign on support for President Donald Trump as he dismissed concerns about opening a bitter Republican rift in Georgia.
Laura McGann / Vox:
Joe Biden is the only candidate with a real shot at getting things done  —  He is the favorite among Democrats who know how to win in Trump country. … For a Democrat to beat President Donald Trump in 2020 and to have a shot at retaking the Senate, they'll have to win in places Hillary Clinton lost.
Jessica Contrera / Washington Post:
Anti-human-trafficking groups refuse to attend Ivanka Trump's White House summit  —  On Friday, President Trump is expected to attend a White House summit organized by his daughter Ivanka on human trafficking, an issue he frequently invokes as a top priority.
Discussion: The Hill
Curtis Ellis / American Greatness:
As China Carries Disease, Elites Carry Their Water  —  Two dangerous infectious agents are emerging from China.  One is the coronavirus.  The other is the Chinese Communist Party.  —  Just as a virus infects the cellular mechanics of healthy organisms to make replicas of itself …
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
One year inside Trump's monumental Facebook campaign  —  A Guardian investigation of 218,100 ads reveals how the campaign's sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters  —  As the Democratic candidates for president spent 2019 battling each other in early voting states …
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CNN:
John Roberts will not be silent Wednesday. But the questions he asks will not be his.
The Daily Beast:
Parnas Lawyer: Giuliani Delivered Graham Letter Calling for Sanctions on Ukrainian Officials
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump's Digital Advantage Is Freaking Out Democratic Strategists
Discussion: Eschaton
Associated Press:
Trump looks to sign trade deal, show wins during impeachment
Discussion: The Week
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Special Operations forces are stretched to the danger point
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
Bernie Sanders campaign hones in on Texas as primary nears
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Kugle / Washington Free Beacon:
Top Sanders Surrogate Appears to Parrot 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
Discussion: Instapundit
Des Moines Register:
Ernst, Grassley should support calling witnesses in impeachment trial; Ernst's comments betray a closed mind
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Campus leaders couldn't care less about racial progress
Discussion: Power Line
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The gaping hole in Trump's impeachment defense
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Robby Soave / Reason:
Public Schools Are Teaching The 1619 Project in Class, Despite Concerns From Historians
Discussion: New York Post
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith to join New York Times as media columnist
 

 
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