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Scoop: Trump pulls nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. to Treasury post — President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions …
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NBC News:
Barr takes control of legal matters of interest to Trump, including Stone sentencing — Barr's intervention in Roger Stone's case wasn't the first time senior political appointees reached into a case involving ab ex-Trump aide, officials say. — WASHINGTON — The U.S. attorney who had presided …
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HuffPost, MSNBC, Common Dreams, Palmer Report, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite, The Week, Axios and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to reduce sentencing recommendation for Trump associate Roger Stone, official says, after president calls it ‘unfair’ — The Justice Department plans to reduce its sentencing recommendation for longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone, after top officials were apparently blindsided …
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Washington Post:
Trump withdraws Treasury nomination of former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie K. Liu after criticism of her oversight of Mueller prosecutions — President Trump on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of former U.S. attorney Jessie K. Liu of Washington, D.C., to a high-ranking Treasury Department post …
New York Times:
Prosecutors Quit Roger Stone Case After Justice Dept. Intervenes on Sentencing … Breaking2093 comments — New Hampshire Democrats Head to the Polls in 2020 Primary … Live — Polls will start to close at 7 p.m. Eastern time. Here's what to watch for. — 6:20 a.m. — Manchester, N.H.
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The Hill, Patterico's Pontifications and BuzzFeed News
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Justice Department becomes a political hit squad for an unleashed president
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The Bulwark, The Guardian and CNN
Harry Litman / Washington Post:
The Justice Department's reputation is on life support
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Letters from an American, Sputnik News, The Gateway Pundit, New York Magazine and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Time for Democrats to get much tougher with William Barr
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Politico, The Last Refuge, CNN and Raw Story
NBC News:
Roger Stone prosecutor resigns from case after DOJ backpedals on sentencing recommendation
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The American Independent, UPI, Axios, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Balloon Juice, IJR, Reuters and CNN
Fox News:
DOJ expected to scale back Roger Stone's ‘extreme’ sentencing recommendation: official
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CBS News:
New Hampshire primary: Sanders leads, Buttigieg and Klobuchar fight for second — Polls are closed in New Hampshire, and as of 8:30 p.m. ET, the primary is leaning toward Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg is in second place and Amy Klobuchar in third. CBS News projects Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are not on pace to win any delegates.
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The Daily Caller, Spectator USA and The Week
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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren, in New Memo, Outlines Her Path and Rivals' Flaws — Seeking a revival, Ms. Warren's campaign manager sent a letter to supporters expressing optimism about her path forward while taking a skeptical view of her leading opponents. — MANCHESTER, N.H. …
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Washington Free Beacon, Team Warren, Vanity Fair and Politico
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Andrew Yang Is Dropping Out. Here's Why. — KEENE, N.H.— Even after Donald Trump broke all the rules of politics, there shouldn't have been room in this presidential race for Andrew Yang. Yet here he was yesterday, just before midnight on the last event of a six-event day …
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Big League Politics and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Andrew Yang, a Democratic businessman who campaigned on giving every adult American a monthly check for $1,000, will end his campaign for president after a disappointing showing in the New Hampshire primary.
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New York Times, The Independent, Joe.My.God., PBS NewsHour, The Federalist, Reason, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, The Atlantic, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Slate, The Week and UPI
ABC News:
Sanders projected to eke out narrow win in New Hampshire primary. Buttigieg and Klobuchar were close on his heels.
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Axios, NB Blog, Mother Jones, Star Tribune, CANNONFIRE, UPI, Mediaite, Breitbart, The Week, Washington Post and The Hill
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Klobuchar nabs third place in New Hampshire, exclaims, ‘Hello, America!’
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MSNBC, The Daily Beast and VTDigger
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Sanders ekes one out, but the revolution has yet to arrive
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Washington Post, CNN and WHDH-TV
Catherine Garcia / The Week:
In Twitter rampage, Trump attacks federal judge set to sentence Roger Stone
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
'They've Both Taken on the Stench of Death.' Are Biden and Warren Making It Out of N.H. Alive?
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders Has Built The Most Powerful Machine In Democratic Politics—And It May Be Unstoppable
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Mother Jones, The Hill, Politico, Newsweek, Associated Press, Full Feed, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit, Vox, Breitbart and WPRI-TV
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Fires Defense Official for Refusing to Break the Law on His Behalf — Two days after Senate Republicans acquitted President Trump on both counts of impeachment, the Trump administration fired a number of national-security officials: European Union ambassador Gordon Sondland …
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Washington Post, Joe.My.God. and The Week
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests military should consider additional discipline for Vindman — President Trump on Tuesday suggested the military should consider additional disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who provided damaging testimony against Trump in the impeachment inquiry and was reassigned from his White House job last week.
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Bloomberg and Vanity Fair
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
‘We are not a banana republic’: National security adviser defends Vindman dismissals
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
White House expected to drop Pentagon nominee Elaine McCusker amid Ukraine fallout
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New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Law & Crime and The Week
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Paging Michael Bloomberg — Democrats need to nominate the right person to prevent Trump from winning a second term. — My fellow Americans, we face a national emergency. Never before have we had a president so utterly lacking in personal integrity, so able to lie and abuse his powers …
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Althouse
Kaylie Piecuch / Fox News:
Meet the New Hampshire voter who made $12G from Andrew Yang's ‘Freedom Dividend’ — Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has famously called for implementing a universal basic income (UBI) where every American adult gets $1,000 a month from the government — but one New Hampshire family already cashed in on the idea.
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Vox
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Andrew Yang Is Dropping Out. He Thinks His Campaign Has Two Big Legacies.
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The Daily Caller, Fox News, Business Insider and Politico
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Live analysis of the 2020 New Hampshire Primary — Hey folks, good evening and welcome to POLITICO's New Hampshire primary live chat. — Senior politics editor12:01 a.m. — We've got a great cast of reporters here tonight, many of them in the New Hampshire, ready to talk about tonight's big vote.
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NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: No jump in independents or first-time voters in New Hampshire Democratic primary
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Breitbart
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: NH Democrats angry, seek alternative to Trump
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NBC News, One America News Network and Washington Post
David K. Li / NBC News:
New Hampshire exit polls: Defeating Trump tops issues for Democratic voters
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Fox News
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
In new flyer, Culinary Union warns members Sanders would ‘end’ their health care if elected president — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a Culinary Union town hall in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would …
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CNN, Raw Story, VICE and The Intercept
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Four major journalistic errors in just 10 hours — If you think the news industry's credibility problem is bad now, you haven't seen anything yet. — It is going to get much, much worse the closer we get to Election Day, if Tuesday's slipshod news reporting and commentary is any indication.
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Washington Post, New York Times, Redstate, NB Blog and NPR
Matt Mueller / FOX 32 Chicago:
Jussie Smollett indicted by special prosecutor in Chicago, source says — CHICAGO - Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday in Chicago by special prosecutor Dan Webb, stemming from the alleged racist and anti-gay attack on him that occurred in January of 2019, a source confirms to FOX 32 News.
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TMZ.com, Fox News, Law & Crime, The Daily Caller, Consequence of Sound, Twitchy, National Review, The Gateway Pundit, Page Six and The Last Refuge
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks three election security bills — Senate Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to unanimously pass three election security-related bills on Tuesday, marking the latest attempt to clear legislation ahead of the November elections — Democrats tried to get consent …
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POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos
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