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7:20 PM ET, January 31, 2020

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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 …
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Jonathan D. Salant / New Jersey Online:
Trump's former chief of staff says Senate impeachment trial without witnesses is ‘a job only half done’  —  WASHINGTON — A Senate vote to end President Donald Trump's impeachment proceedings without calling witnesses should be considered “half a trial,” the president's former chief of staff John Kelly said Friday.
Senator Marco Rubio:
My Statement On The President's Impeachment Trial  —  Voting to find the President guilty would not just be a condemnation of his action.  If I vote guilty, I will be voting to remove a President from office for the first time in the 243-year history of our Republic.
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.
BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Now Say Trump Did What He Was Accused Of — They Just Don't Care  —  WASHINGTON — After days of arguments and questioning in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, many Republican senators have come to the same conclusion: The president did it, and they don't care.
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
In Kyiv, Pompeo does not dispute allegations in Bolton's book  —  “We didn't get involved in the noise in Washington,” Pompeo said of his meeting.  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to directly dispute allegations reportedly contained in an unpublished manuscript …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Politico:
Republicans defeat Democratic bid to hear witnesses in Trump trial  —  The Senate on Friday night narrowly rejected a motion to call new witnesses in Donald Trump's impeachment trial, paving the way for a final vote to acquit the president by next week.  —  In a 51-49 vote …
Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal:
Senators Reject Witnesses in Trump Impeachment Trial  —  Republican majority, by a 51-49 vote, keeps new evidence from being introduced  —  WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans rejected Democrats' demands to call new witnesses and documents in President Trump's impeachment trial …
Discussion: Townhall and IJR
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
What Democrats must do when impeachment is over
Washington Post:
The cringing abdication of Senate Republicans
ABC News:
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Senate votes to block witnesses amid new Bolton bombshell
Phil Prazan / KXAN-TV:
In Austin, John Bolton voices support for officials called in impeachment hearing
Politico:
DNC overhauls debate requirements, opening door for Bloomberg  —  The Democratic National Committee is drastically revising its criteria to participate in primary debates after New Hampshire, doubling the polling threshold and eliminating the individual donor requirement …
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David Siders / Politico:
DNC members discuss rules change to stop Sanders at convention  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — A small group of Democratic National Committee members has privately begun gauging support for a plan to potentially weaken Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign and head off a brokered convention.
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
New DNC debate rules open door for Mike Bloomberg to make stage
Discussion: The Hill and The Wrap
Associated Press:
Bloomberg could qualify for debates under new party rules
Discussion: Axios and Slate
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Candidates brace for frenzied weekend of Iowa campaigning
Discussion: Fox News, ABC News and Washington Post
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Administration Adds Six More Countries to Travel Ban  —  President Trump adds Africa's biggest country, Nigeria, as well as Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, to his restricted travel list.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday added six countries …
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Imposes New Travel Restrictions on Six Countries  —  Citizens from Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan won't be allowed to apply for visas to immigrate to U.S  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is banning immigration from Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation …
Michele Kelemen / NPR:
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Has Retired From Foreign Service  —  Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine until last spring when she was ousted following a disinformation campaign by the president's private lawyer, is retiring — not resigning.
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
For $193, a Flight to New York With a Six-Hour Stopover in Wuhan  —  Bargain flights between Hong Kong and New York have emerged in the wake of the new coronavirus, as long as travelers are willing to stop in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, in just a few months.
Discussion: Common Dreams
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Delta, United and American Airlines Suspend Flights to China
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
Nadler to miss conclusion of Senate trial to be with wife  —  Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), one of the House impeachment managers, announced Friday that he would be missing the likely conclusion of the Senate impeachment trial to be home with his wife who is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Alexander vs. Trump
Discussion: The Bulwark Podcast
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Lamar Alexander's yes-he-did-it statement on Trump, annotated
Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Hill and Reason
Victoria Bekiempis / Vulture:
Weinstein Accuser Says He Has No Testicles  —  Jessica Mann testified in a Manhattan courtroom Friday that Harvey Weinstein engaged in forced oral sex and raped her in early 2013 and alleged that she was in a twisted relationship with him because of her sexual inexperience.
Discussion: Slate and Consequence of Sound
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:
McConnell, Schumer reach deal to wrap up trial on Wednesday  —  Sens. Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell told their members at their respective closed-door lunches that the two leaders have agreed to a proposal that would culminate in a Wednesday vote to acquit the president …
Discussion: The Hill
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Washington Post:
‘The center of the orbit’: Endangered Republicans go all-in on Trump  —  Many of the most endangered Republicans have concluded that fully embracing President Trump is their only credible path to victory in November, rallying to his side in the final days of the Senate impeachment fight …
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Omar Paid Additional $215,000 From Campaign Coffers to Alleged Boyfriend's Firm  —  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) continues to push campaign cash to a firm run by her alleged boyfriend, filings show.  —  Omar's new committee filings submitted Friday morning show that between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
U.S. Strikes at Leader of Qaeda in Yemen  —  American officials believe they may have killed the terrorist leader, Qassim al-Rimi, but have not confirmed his death.  —  The United States has carried out an airstrike against the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen after months of tracking …
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Conservatives Trying to Ditch Fake News  —  Jonah Goldberg, the conservative author and longtime fixture at National Review, used to have a go-to metaphor he'd deploy whenever he found himself defending one of his noisier compatriots in the right-wing media.
Peter Burke / WPLG-TV:
SUV breaches security checkpoints at Mar-a-Lago Club; shots fired  —  2 taken into custody after incident near Trump's property in Palm Beach  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. - An SUV breached two security checkpoints near President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, leading authorities …
Paige Godden / Iowa Starting Line:
Indianola's GOP Mayor Switches Parties To Caucus For Klobuchar  —  Kelly Shaw, the Republican Mayor of Indianola, announced today he will switch parties and caucus for Senator Amy Klobuchar for president on February 3.  —  “Those of you who know me, and there are several of you here in the community …
BBC:
LIVEUK no longer a member of EU  —  Read our main story: UK leaves the European Union |  Do Britons now agree about leaving the EU?  Fishing will be a ‘red line’ in Brexit negotiations |  Follow us on Twitter: @BBCPolitics  —  Play video Watch live: BBC News Brexit special
 
 
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Iowa City Press-Citizen:
Press-Citizen Editorial Board endorses Amy Klobuchar for Iowa Caucus 2020
Discussion: Bloomberg
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
'You Can't Fake Those Kind of Skills': Pete Buttigieg's Charisma Test
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
It wasn't just the National Archives. The Library of Congress also balked at a Women's March photo.
Carlos Greaves / McSweeney's:
As a 28-Year-Old Latino, I'm Shocked My New Novel, Memoirs of a Middle-Aged White Lady, Has Been So Poorly Received
Alex Kotch / EXPOSEDbyCMD:
Centrist Third Way, Funded by Corporate Interests, Attacks Sanders in Iowa
Barbara McQuade / Washington Post:
How Trump may change the presidency forever
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
Get a Grip, Bernie Bed-Wetters: His Message and Media Machine Could Be Potent Against Trump
Discussion: The Week and Common Dreams
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Giuliani discussed interests of a former Ukrainian client during summer meeting with top Zelensky aide
Discussion: Raw Story
George Soros / New York Times:
Mark Zuckerberg Should Not Be in Control of Facebook
Discussion: Variety and Axios
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Supreme Court sets argument date in Trump financial records cases
Discussion: NBC News and UPI
Keith Hennessey:
On the impeachment of President Donald Trump
John Delaney for President:
John Delaney Announces Decision to Withdraw From 2020 Race
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Republican Cover-up Will Backfire. The House Can Keep Investigating Trump.
Discussion: New York Times
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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