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CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Sanders And Buttigieg Lead Amid Signs Of Momentum For Klobuchar — BOSTON (CBS) — This wild, fluid New Hampshire primary just got a little wilder. — All week long, the story has been the rise of Pete Buttigieg to co-frontrunner status with Bernie Sanders.
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The Hill
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CNN:
Bernie Sanders holds lead in second release of CNN's New Hampshire tracking poll — Bernie Sanders holds lead in CNN's New Hampshire poll — (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' lead in New Hampshire continues to hold, according to the second release from a tracking poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire for CNN.
CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: In New Hampshire, Sanders' support v. Buttigieg bounce
ABC News:
Biden doubles down on warning of Sanders nomination, concedes New Hampshire an ‘uphill battle’
Biden doubles down on warning of Sanders nomination, concedes New Hampshire an ‘uphill battle’
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University of New …, Politico and The Hill
ABC News:
Biden escalates attacks on Buttigieg: 'He hasn't been able to unify the black community'
Biden escalates attacks on Buttigieg: 'He hasn't been able to unify the black community'
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Slate, The Guardian, JONATHAN TURLEY, New York Times, Contemptor and Politico
Regina Zilbermints / The Hill:
Biden defends performance in Iowa, cites support from African Americans
Biden defends performance in Iowa, cites support from African Americans
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Propose $4.8 Trillion Budget With Big Safety-Net Cuts — White House seeks savings through curbs on Medicare, Medicaid while boosting funds for military, veterans — WASHINGTON—President Trump is expected to release a $4.8 trillion budget Monday that charts a path for the start …
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Fox News
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Washington Post:
Trump budget plan would fail to eliminate deficit over 10 years, briefing document shows — After initially seeking to eliminate the fiscal gap over a decade, the White House has found that target too elusive — The White House is preparing to propose a budget that would fail to eliminate …
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Raw Story
Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
White House to Reduce Budget Request for Border Wall — Trump administration plans to ask for $2 billion, significantly less than last year's figure, following transfers of money from the military — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration plans to request $2 billion in new funding …
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Politico, The Hill, The Daily Caller and CNN
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Man arrested after allegedly driving van into GOP registration tent — “Be careful tough guys who you play with!,” President Donald Trump tweeted. — A man has been arrested after allegedly deliberately driving a van into a tent full of Trump supporters who were working to register new voters at a shopping center parking lot.
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NB Blog
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Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
BREAKING: Man Deliberately Rams Vehicle Into GOP Tent Full Of Volunteers, Trump Responds
BREAKING: Man Deliberately Rams Vehicle Into GOP Tent Full Of Volunteers, Trump Responds
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The Federalist, Townhall, New York Post, Florida Politics and Redstate
NBC News:
Full Sanders: ‘I am in good health’ won't release additional medical records — In an interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talks about his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post:
Bernie Sanders says he won't release post-heart attack medical records
Michael Graham / InsideSources:
EXCLUSIVE: NeverTrump-Funded Phone Calls Push GOP-Leaning Independents to Vote in NH Dems Primary — GOP-leaning independent voters in New Hampshire are receiving phone calls and texts from anti-Trump Republicans urging them to cross the aisle and vote in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, NHJournal has learned.
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Outside the Beltway
Laura Belin / Bleeding Heartland:
Fred Hubbell caucused for Mike Bloomberg — Iowa's 2018 Democratic nominee for governor Fred Hubbell and his wife Charlotte Hubbell initially stood for Mike Bloomberg at their precinct caucus in Des Moines, the couple confirmed to Bleeding Heartland on February 8.
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Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
Lev Parnas says he's got plenty of dirt that goes ‘well beyond’ Trump impeachment — Lev Parnas says he has plenty more dirt to reveal — and it's not all moot now that President Trump has been acquitted by the US Senate on impeachment charges. — The estranged onetime associate …
Richard Galant / CNN:
Trump gets an unwelcome surprise — Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We're looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. — (CNN)It seemed perfect. Everything was going Donald Trump's way.
New York Times:
Republican Senators Tried to Stop Trump From Firing Impeachment Witness — A handful of senators reached out to the White House to warn the president not to dismiss Gordon D. Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union who testified in the House hearings. But Mr. Trump went ahead anyway.
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
The Trumpists Boosting Bernie Sanders Might Get What They Wish for—and Regret It — Republicans are engaging in a very dangerous, high-stakes game that could easily backfire. — BEAST INSIDE — The favorite in New Hampshire after battling to an effective draw in Iowa, Bernie Sanders has a real shot at the Democratic nomination.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
What Happens When QAnon Seeps From the Web to the Offline World — A city council member in California took the dais and quoted from QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory about “deep state” traitors plotting against the president, concluding her remarks, “God bless Q.”
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Associated Press
Joseph Brean / National Post:
Jordan Peterson's year of ‘absolute hell’: Professor forced to retreat from public life because of addiction — The controversial author and professor is recovering from addiction to tranquilizers and near-death in Russia, his family says — SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK — We want to improve your reading experience
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The Post Millennial, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Balloon Juice
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Is Running Out Of Gas — The former VP has lost the plot, voters say. And they're wondering if he will ever get it back. — Forty-five minutes before Joe Biden's first campaign event was supposed to start on Saturday, his crowd had grown restless.
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Politico, The Hill, Contemptor, Breitbart and Associated Press
Clare Foran / CNN:
'There's way more hate in this business than there ever used to be': Retiring lawmaker reflects on state of politics — Washington (CNN)Democratic Rep. Denny Heck will leave Congress with a sense of gratitude and privilege for his time in office, but he laments that politics has become a lot …
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The Hill
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
In the Long Run, Romney Wins — It is a useful exercise to think about our current moment not from where we are, or even where we will be in five years, but where we will be in 50. Viewed from that perspective, the most important thing about the impeachment of Donald Trump will probably …