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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Senate Can Stop Pretending Now — Lamar Alexander and the end of Donald Trump's impeachment trial. — Just like that, at precisely 11 p.m. on Thursday, minutes after the end of the ninth day of the Senate trial of Donald John Trump, Senator Lamar Alexander ended it.
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United States Senator Lamar Alexander:
Alexander Statement on Impeachment Witness Vote — “I worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet the United States Constitution's high bar …
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Senator Susan Collins:
Senator Collins' Statement on Vote on Witnesses and Documents — Washington, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement on the next stage of the impeachment trial process: — “We have heard the cases argued and the questions answered.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Alexander vs. Trump — Lamar Alexander voted against witnesses. But did he also come out against Trump? — With his announcement that he will vote against witnesses, Lamar Alexander has finally come to the defense of Donald Trump. — Or has he? — It is certainly true that Alexander …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Three ways the end of the impeachment trial could play out — Friday will be a make-or-break moment in President Trump's impeachment trial, as Republicans try to bring the proceedings to a close. — Senators will hold a crucial vote on whether or not to call new witnesses or compel documents as part of the Senate's proceeding.
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Lauren McCauley / Beacon:
Dozens protest Sen. Collins' ‘lack of moral leadership’ in impeachment trial — Dozens of activists, including attorneys, environmentalists, and other concerned voters marched through the streets of Portland on Wednesday to deliver a petition to Sen. Susan Collins' office condemning her 'lack …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The End of Impeachment? — On the menu today: With Tennessee …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Alexander narrows the path to witnesses
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NBC News:
GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander, key impeachment vote, to reveal decision on witnesses tonight
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Lamar Alexander's yes-he-did-it statement on Trump, annotated
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Phil Prazan / KXAN-TV:
In Austin, John Bolton voices support for officials called in impeachment hearing — AUSTIN (KXAN) — Speaking at a private event in Austin Thursday, Former National Security Advisor John Bolton defended government officials who testified in front of the U.S. House impeachment inquiry.
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New York Times:
Trump Told Bolton to Help His Ukraine Pressure Campaign, Book Says — The president asked his national security adviser last spring in front of other senior advisers to pave the way for a meeting between Rudolph Giuliani and Ukraine's new leader. — WASHINGTON — More than two months …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Pompeo Says Trump Backs Ukraine on Russia, but Isn't Ready for Zelensky Visit
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John Delaney for President:
John Delaney Announces Decision to Withdraw From 2020 Race — DES MOINES, IA - Today, 2020 Presidential candidate John Delaney announces his decision to withdraw from the 2020 race. This decision is informed by internal analyses indicating John's support is not sufficient to meet …
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Sanders surges, Biden plateaus in latest NBC/WSJ poll of 2020 Democratic primary voters
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Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Joe Biden holds lead in national poll: Is it a firewall against Iowa, New Hampshire losses?
Amy Wang / Washington Post:
John Delaney says he's dropping out of presidential race
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Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Bloomberg surges past Warren into third place in new national poll
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Whatever Happened to the Democratic Primary?
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Sanders, Biden are neck-and-neck in new NBC/WSJ national poll — The two Democratic presidential contenders are statistically tied but Sanders has an edge in loyalty of his supporters. — DES MOINES, Iowa — Just days before the first votes are counted in the Democratic primary …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders leads Donald Trump in polls, even when you remind people he's a socialist — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) walks through the Capitol during the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on January 29, 2020. Zach Gibson/Getty Images — Socialism is unpopular, but America's leading socialist isn't.
Joseph Simonson / Washington Examiner:
Bernie Sanders praised George Wallace as ‘sensitive’ in 1972
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Jonah Goldberg / The Dispatch:
Dershowitz's Dangerous Game — His defense of Trump threatens the checks and balances at the heart of Congress's impeachment power. — I will not try to convince you how to vote in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. I won't even lecture you about the need for witnesses …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump's border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months — NACO, Ariz. — President Trump's border wall likely will require the installation of hundreds of storm gates to prevent flash floods from undermining or knocking it over, gates that must be left open …
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CBS News:
Most feel good about the economy but not the state of the country - CBS News poll — Ahead of President Trump's State of the Union address, more Americans feel positive about the state of the economy than they do about the state of the country overall. As Mr. Trump gets record high approval ratings …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Cover-up Will Backfire. The House Can Keep Investigating Trump. — Toward the end, the impeachment trial's strategic purpose narrowed into an obsessive quest to produce evidence. Democrats have defined victory not as removal, but as winning a procedural vote to allow more testimony, especially by John Bolton.
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Kim Norvell / Des Moines Register:
Longtime Iowa Democrats Sue and Bob Dvorsky endorse Elizabeth Warren for president — Former Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky and her husband, former state Sen. Bob Dvorsky, are endorsing Elizabeth Warren for president. — The Dvorskys join a growing list of Iowa Democrats …
John Harwood / CNN:
Republicans prove they refuse to defy Trump under almost any circumstance — Sen. Lamar Alexander shares his decision on witness vote — Washington (CNN)Republican hopes of blocking former national security adviser John Bolton's impeachment testimony highlight the Trump-era GOP's defining characteristic …
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Keith Hennessey:
On the impeachment of President Donald Trump — My layman's approach to the impeachment of President Trump is somewhat simplistic. — We American citizens have the right to choose our leaders by voting in elections. Exercising that right requires that our elections be fair, especially the one for president.
George Conway / Washington Post:
Don't let the defense fool you. This impeachment is all about corruption. — George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York and an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC. — The president's lawyers this week floated their catch-all impeachment defense, one tailor-made for President Trump.
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Harry Litman / Washington Post:
Dershowitz may have argued himself out of relevance
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Washington Post:
Senate investigators interview IRS whistleblower about alleged interference with Trump or Pence audit — Senate investigators have conducted an extensive interview of a whistleblower at the Internal Revenue Service who has alleged improper political interference in the audit of the president …
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P.J. Huffstutter / Reuters:
U.S. farm bankruptcies hit an eight-year high: court data — CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farm bankruptcy rates jumped 20% in 2019 - to an eight-year high - as financial woes in the U.S. agricultural economy continued in spite of massive federal bail-out funding, according to federal court data.
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