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New York Times:
A Dishonorable Senate — Republican legislators abdicated their duty by refusing to seek the truth. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
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Wall Street Journal:
How Republicans Scotched the Idea of Witnesses in Trump's Impeachment Trial — White House, Senate GOP leaders swung into a good-cop, bad-cop routine to keep lawmakers in the fold after Bolton book leak — WASHINGTON—At the White House on Sunday evening, as the phones started ringing nonstop …
Washington Post:
The cringing abdication of Senate Republicans — REPUBLICAN SENATORS who voted Friday to suppress known but unexamined evidence of President Trump's wrongdoing at his Senate trial must have calculated that the wrath of a vindictive president is more dangerous than the sensible judgment …
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David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Bless Trump's Crimes: He Did It, Get Over It — The senator says there's no need for witnesses since voters, not senators, should judge Trump—but the overwhelming majority of voters wanted senators to call witnesses. — BEAST INSIDE — In 1967, Lamar Alexander came …
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The Guardian, FiveThirtyEight and The Atlantic
New York Times:
Alexander Says Convicting Trump Would ‘Pour Gasoline on Cultural Fires’
Alexander Says Convicting Trump Would ‘Pour Gasoline on Cultural Fires’
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Politico:
Why four key Republicans split — and the witness vote tanked
Why four key Republicans split — and the witness vote tanked
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Washington Post, The Week, NBC News and POLITICUSUSA
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Here's what we've learned from Trump's impeachment trial
Here's what we've learned from Trump's impeachment trial
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Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Washington Post and Reason
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
GOP senators seek to acquit Trump without condoning conduct
GOP senators seek to acquit Trump without condoning conduct
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Outside the Beltway
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.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Slams Bernie Sanders for Not Working to Unite Democrats in 2016 — In a podcast interview on Friday, Mrs. Clinton also described the caucuses in Iowa, where Mr. Sanders leads in some polls, as “undemocratic.” — DES MOINES — Hillary Clinton said on Friday in a podcast interview …
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Hill and Michigan Advance
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Major union flips support from Sanders to Biden
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Rashida Tlaib boos Hillary Clinton at Bernie Sanders event in Iowa
Rashida Tlaib boos Hillary Clinton at Bernie Sanders event in Iowa
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The Hill
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Tlaib boos Clinton at Sanders event, says ‘haters will shut up on Monday when we win’ Iowa
Tlaib boos Clinton at Sanders event, says ‘haters will shut up on Monday when we win’ Iowa
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Politico:
DNC overhauls debate requirements, opening door for Bloomberg
DNC overhauls debate requirements, opening door for Bloomberg
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James B. Comey / Washington Post:
Trump won't be removed. But we'll be fine. — James B. Comey is a former director of the FBI and deputy attorney general. — When I was a little kid, the United States seemed to be coming apart. The president was murdered in public. The first lady had his blood on her pink suit.
Vanessa Romo / NPR:
Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Key Figure In Impeachment Trial, Retires — The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, who accused the Trump administration of a “smear” campaign against her, has retired from the foreign service, NPR has learned.
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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.
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed News:
A Pro-Trump Blog Doxed A Chinese Scientist It Falsely Accused Of Creating The Coronavirus As A Bioweapon — A popular pro-Trump website has released the personal information of a scientist from Wuhan, China, falsely accusing them of creating the coronavirus as a bioweapon …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘A permanent asterisk’: Acquittal at hand, Democrats sow doubt about Trump trial — Were it up to Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), historians would mention President Trump's all-but-certain impeachment acquittal much the same way baseball fans mention Barry Bonds's career home-run record …
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Gerald F. Seib / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Impeachment Is Virtually Over. What Did it Change? — Lasting marks are set to include deeper polarization, an ever-more powerful executive and a Republican Party inextricably joined to the president — No experience as searing as a presidential impeachment trial—dramatic …
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban — President Trump added Africa's biggest country, Nigeria, as well as Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, to his restricted travel list. — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday added six countries to his list …
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Trump's expanded travel ban targets Nigeria, five other countries
Trump's expanded travel ban targets Nigeria, five other countries
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United We Dream
Washington Post:
FBI investigating border wall gun battle that left two wounded at California job site — A shootout at a border wall construction site near San Diego that wounded two Mexican security guards last summer is now under FBI investigation, according to private contractors and government documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Polling: Americans dissatisfied with the state of the union — WASHINGTON (AP) — The turbulence of impeachment, a contentious presidential campaign and a global virus health threat confront President Trump as he prepares to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
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.
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The Daily Beast:
U.S. Officials Warn of ‘Real Security Consequences’ if Trump's Acquitted — Crimes, conspiracies, and off-the-book ops—that's just a taste of what an impeachment acquittal could usher in, U.S. officials and Senate Democrats fear. — Late into Wednesday's session of the Senate impeachment trial …
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Raw Story
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Author Mary Higgins Clark, ‘Queen of Suspense,’ dead at 92 — NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless and long-reigning “Queen of Suspense” whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world's most popular writers, died Friday at age 92.
United States Department of State:
Live At State Briefing with Ambassador James Jeffrey — JAMES F. JEFFREY, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SYRIA ENGAGEMENT AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE GLOBAL COALITION TO DEFEAT ISIS — Moderator: Hello, I'm Vanessa Acker, Deputy Director of the Brussels Media Hub, and I would like to welcome participants …