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Associated Press:
Amid irregularities, AP unable to declare winner in Iowa  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Associated Press said Thursday that it is unable to declare a winner of Iowa's Democratic caucuses.  —  With 97% of precincts reporting from Monday's caucuses, former South Bend, Indiana …
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Barbara Rodriguez / Des Moines Register:
With 100% of caucus results in, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are in a near tie in state delegates  —  With 100% of precincts reported, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are in a near tie in state delegates in the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.  —  The complete results …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
New Doubts From Iowa Caucuses: How ‘Satellite’ Votes Are Being Measured  —  Party documents lay out conflicting ways to award delegates, and the contest is so close that the small difference matters a lot.  —  The winner of the Iowa Democratic caucus might come down to one not-so-simple question …
New York Times:
Iowa Caucus Results Riddled With Errors and Inconsistencies
NBC News:
‘Clog the lines’: Internet trolls deliberately disrupted the Iowa caucuses hotline for reporting results
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If You Think It's Bad for Mainstream Democrats Now, Just Wait  —  It is always darkest, John McCain used to say, before it gets totally black.  So it is for the American center-left right now.  Bernie Sanders is currently favored to win the nomination, a prospect that would make Donald Trump …
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Washington Post:
His campaign on the line, Joe Biden goes missing in New Hampshire  —  NASHUA, N.H. — Inside the castle-themed Radisson Hotel where Joe Biden has been staying, workers were preparing the ballroom for his Tuesday night election party.  Outside, Biden's campaign bus was parked and ready for events.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and TMZ.com
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's campaign has a problem, and it begins with the candidate  —  Joe Biden has a problem, and it's not just that no Democrat has finished a weak fourth in the Iowa caucuses and gone on to become the party's presidential nominee.  The problem is Joe Biden the candidate.
Associated Press:
Messy Iowa caucuses leave cash-poor candidates scrambling
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump celebrates end of impeachment with angry, raw and vindictive 62-minute White House rant  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  He spoke without a teleprompter.  He cursed in the East Room.  He called the House speaker a “horrible person.”
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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Trump lambastes his critics as he considers how else to target his perceived enemies over impeachment  —  President Trump ripped into his critics on Thursday, making clear he plans to use his bully pulpit to exact at least some verbal revenge on Democrats and Republicans who crossed him during …
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Alice Su / Los Angeles Times:
A doctor was arrested for warning China about the coronavirus.  Then he died from it  —  He appeared on social media warning of a deadly virus.  The Chinese government moved to downplay the emergency, but Dr. Li Wenliang's insistence that an epidemic was coming turned him into a folk hero …
Discussion: New York Times
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New York Times:
China Tightens Wuhan Lockdown in ‘Wartime’ Battle With Coronavirus  —  With infections doubling every four days and more than 600 deaths, China intensified its response in Wuhan, with house-to-house temperature checks and mass confinements at quarantine centers.
Discussion: The Week and China Media Project
The White House:
Statement from the President  —  At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, the United States conducted a counterterrorism operation in Yemen that successfully eliminated Qasim al-Rimi, a founder and the leader of al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and a deputy to al-Qa'ida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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Bloomberg:   White House Weighs Ouster of Aide Who Testified Against Trump
Nikki Carvajal / CNN:
White House announces death of terror leader Qassim al-Rimi
Discussion: The Week
Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo News:
Treasury Department sent information on Hunter Biden to expanding GOP Senate inquiry  —  The Treasury Department has complied with Republican senators' requests for highly sensitive and closely held financial records about Hunter Biden and his associates and has turned over " …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:   Emboldened, Trump allies may already be targeting his enemies in new ways
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Women of color bolt Warren's Nevada campaign in frustration  —  A half-dozen women of color have departed Elizabeth Warren's Nevada campaign in the run-up to the state's caucuses with complaints of a toxic work environment in which minorities felt tokenized and senior leadership was at loggerheads.
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Mikie Sherrill endorses Bloomberg for president  —  New Jersey congresswoman says Bloomberg ‘embodies the integrity we need from leadership’  —  Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) is endorsing Michael Bloomberg for the Democratic nomination for president, giving the former New York City mayor …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Andy Kim to endorse Buttigieg
Discussion: The Hill
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Bloomberg Plagiarized Parts of At Least Eight of His Plans  —  Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign plagiarized portions of its plans for maternal health, LGBTQ equality, the economy, tax policy, infrastructure, and mental health from research publications, media outlets, and a number of nonprofit, educational, and policy groups.
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Trump Wins Again  —  Are Democrats going to give this election away?  —  As several people have noticed, this was the most politically successful week of the Trump presidency.  —  First, President Trump's job approval numbers are rising.  When the impeachment inquiry got rolling in October his Gallup approval rating was 39.
Discussion: Washington Post
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
On Facebook, anti-vaxxers urged a mom not to give her son tamiflu.  He later died.  —  Online groups that routinely traffic in anti-vaccination propaganda have become a resource for people seeking out a wide variety of medical information.  —  Facebook groups that routinely traffic …
Discussion: Raw Story
Blair Nelson / Campus Reform:
EXCLUSIVE: Indiana U defends ‘Sex Fest’ featuring BDSM demos, ‘kink’ and ‘sex toys’  — The second night offered BDSM demonstrations, including a man whipping a tied up woman in public.  —  New video and photos out of Indiana University show an individual being publicly whipped as part of a university-sponsored “sex fest.”
Financial Times:
Donald Trump ‘apoplectic’ in call with Boris Johnson over Huawei  —  Donald Trump vented “apoplectic” fury at Boris Johnson in a tense phone call over the UK's decision to allow Huawei a role in its 5G mobile phone networks, according to officials in London and Washington.
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Trump Is Blowing Up a National Monument in Arizona to Make Way for the Border Wall  —  Contractors working for the Trump administration are blowing apart a mountain on protected lands in southern Arizona to make way for the president's border wall.  The blasting is happening …
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Yang fires dozens of staffers after Iowa debacle  —  Andrew Yang's campaign fired dozens of staffers this week after an abysmal finish in the Iowa caucuses, according to four former staffers who were let go.  —  Among those dismissed were the national political and policy directors of the campaign …
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump hints at Republican compromise in messy Georgia Senate race  —  President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he's working on a compromise between U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, two Georgia Republicans who are clashing over the same seat in a November election.
Joe Walsh / Washington Post:
Challenging Trump for the GOP nomination taught me my party is a cult  —  Real conservatives think for themselves.  Trump Republicans have been brainwashed.  —  When I announced my primary challenge to President Trump last year, I knew running against him for the GOP nomination was the ultimate long shot.
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Ukraine Says The US Is Holding Up $30m Worth Of Guns And Ammo — And It Wants Its Money Back  —  KYIV — At the heart of the impeachment saga that ended on Wednesday in Donald Trump's acquittal was $391 million in US military assistance for Ukraine that the president ordered be withheld.
Discussion: The Hill
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:
Venezuela Moves U.S. Oil Executives to Caracas Prison  —  The six Citgo employees have been detained since 2017 without trial  —  WASHINGTON—Venezuelan authorities rounded up U.S. oil executives held under house arrest in Caracas Wednesday night and moved them to a prison, the top U.S. envoy to Venezuela told reporters on Thursday.
Discussion: UPI
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Why Trump Will Be Re-Elected, In One Data Point  —  Gallup has some fascinating poll data on Americans' views of their own financial well-being.  The headline sums it up: “Record-High Optimism on Personal Finances in U.S.”  —  Gallup finds that 59% say they are better off than they were a year ago …
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Twitter demands legal fees from Devin Nunes' attorney in new filing over fake cow's identity  —  Twitter is demanding that Rep. Devin Nunes' lawyer pay its legal fees in a new court filing responding to one of the Republican congressman's attempts to identify anonymous people who heckle him online.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Sanders Takes Lead, Buttigieg and Biden Vie For Second  —  Beating Trump is most important factor; uncertain impact from Iowa results  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Bernie Sanders has taken the lead in New Hampshire's presidential primary, while Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden currently jockey for second place.
Tucker Carlson / Fox News:
Criminals would be protected from deportation under bill AOC and other House Democrats back  —  At this moment there is a bill pending in Congress called the New Way Forward Act.  It's received almost no publicity, which is unfortunate as well as revealing.
Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Republican governor says Trump 'shouldn't be in office'  —  Vermont's Republican governor says he thinks President Donald Trump abused his power and shouldn't be in office  —  MONTPELIER, Vt. — President Donald Trump abused his power and shouldn't be in office, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott …
Discussion: The Hill
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Bullock meets with Obama as Montana Senate deadline nears  —  Former President Barack Obama met privately with Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Thursday in Washington, an adviser confirmed, as Democrats hold out hopes that the red-state governor makes a surprise, last-minute splash into the state's Senate race.
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
At Embassies Abroad, Trump Envoys Are Quietly Pushing Out Career Diplomats  —  “There's zero support or pushback from the department for the career people,” said one former U.S. official.  —  Lana Marks is a successful fashion designer and member of U.S. President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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