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Politico:
House has the votes to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol riots — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on the cusp of majority support in the House to impeach President Donald Trump, part of a two-front effort to punish and remove him for inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week.
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Associated Press:
House preps impeachment; GOP blocks ouster-by-Cabinet call
House preps impeachment; GOP blocks ouster-by-Cabinet call
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: For GOP, nine perilous days
Byron York's Daily Memo: For GOP, nine perilous days
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Axios, UPI and The Guardian
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
An impeachment charge against Trump is introduced as Republicans block a measure demanding Pence act.
An impeachment charge against Trump is introduced as Republicans block a measure demanding Pence act.
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CNN:
House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection
House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Trump Can't Be Allowed to Escape Justice Yet Again
Trump Can't Be Allowed to Escape Justice Yet Again
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats now have the votes to impeach Trump — again
Democrats now have the votes to impeach Trump — again
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First Lady / The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump: Our Path Forward — Like all of you, I have reflected on the past year and how the invisible enemy, Covid-19, swept across our beautiful country. All Nations have experienced the loss of loved ones, economic pain, and the negative impacts of isolation.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Melania Identifies Real Victim of the Deadly Capitol Riots: Herself
Melania Identifies Real Victim of the Deadly Capitol Riots: Herself
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U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman:
Watson Coleman Receives Positive Coronavirus Test Following January 6 Capitol Lockdown — f t # e — Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) received a positive rapid antigen test result for COVID-19. She believes she was exposed during protective isolation in the U.S. Capitol building …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republican leaders say Tom Cotton halted landslide of GOP objections in Senate — Senior Republicans are crediting Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton's surprise break with President Trump for preventing a flood of his GOP colleagues from objecting to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Impeachment looms as fury grows over new details of Capitol attack
Impeachment looms as fury grows over new details of Capitol attack
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Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
Impeach. Indict. Disqualify.
Impeach. Indict. Disqualify.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric — After months of stoking anger about alleged election fraud, one of America's largest talk-radio companies has decided on an abrupt change of direction. — Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular …
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived — In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump's supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler …
NBC News:
FBI memo warns law enforcement across U.S. of possible armed protests at 50 state capitols — The FBI has sent a memo to law enforcement agencies across the country warning of possible armed protests at all 50 state capitol buildings starting Jan. 16, and also says an armed group has threatened …
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Susan DeSantis / New York State Bar Association:
New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership — New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership — The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) …
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Associated Press:
Army investigating officer who led group to Washington rally — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Army is investigating a psychological operations officer who led a group of people from North Carolina to the rally in Washington that led up to the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
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Matthew Cox / Military.com:
Army Investigates Fort Bragg Soldier for Attending Rally That Ended in US Capitol Breach
Army Investigates Fort Bragg Soldier for Attending Rally That Ended in US Capitol Breach
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QU Poll:
74% Of Voters Say Democracy In The U.S. Is Under Threat, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 52% Say President Trump Should Be Removed From Office — Following last week's mob attack on the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress to formally certify Joe Biden's victory …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat, to run the CIA — President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat who has served both parties and won respect at home and abroad, to run a CIA that has been badly battered by the Trump administration.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Republican No More: The GOP's Existential Crisis — In the wake of the trauma of the last two months, two inescapable questions emerge. First, what does it mean to be republican? And second, does the Republican Party represent those values at all any more?
Matthew Beck Photo / Chronicle Online:
Federal officials seek information on manatee harassment — Updated with video — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the harassment of a manatee. The animal was reported to federal authorities over the weekend when it was discovered with the words “Trump” scraped in its back.
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Germany's Merkel hits out at Twitter over ‘problematic’ Trump ban — German Chancellor Angela Merkel finds Twitter's decision to ban President Donald Trump's account “problematic,” her spokesperson said. — Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account on Friday, following outcry over riots on Capitol Hill.
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Mark Moore / New York Post:
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Trump Twitter ban ‘problematic’
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Trump Twitter ban ‘problematic’
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
New push to kill Section 230 protections for Twitter, Facebook, big tech — That didn't take long. — Just a week into the new Congress and days after social media erased President Trump's accounts, a key lawmaker today moved to end the immunity big tech firms including Twitter …
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Takes Further Action Against Russian-linked Actors — WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Treasury Department announces sanctions tied to Giuliani's Biden attacks
Treasury Department announces sanctions tied to Giuliani's Biden attacks
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Washington Post:
Outgoing Capitol Police chief: House, Senate security officials hamstrung efforts to call in National Guard — Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol. — At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media. A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill. — He fit in as well as anyone did at our Los Angeles studio, a place full of ambitious misfits with an unusual gift.
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NPS.gov:
Record of Determination for the Temporary Closure of Public Facilities, Parking and Roads in Response to Threats to Visitors and Park Resources — § 1.5(a)(1) the National Mall and Memorial Parks is implementing temporary closures of National Park Service public facilities …
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Rich Miller / Capitol Fax.com:
UPDATED x1 *** Speaker Madigan to suspend campaign... for now — * Two high-level House Democrats have confirmed rampant rumors that House Speaker Michael Madigan is suspending his reelection campaign so that he's not standing in the way of someone else trying to get to 60. More in a bit.
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Mike Ford / RedState:
Enough! There Was No Riot, Insurrection or “Storming!” — Enough! Enough of the gaslighting by the press. Enough of the gaslighting by the party of slavery, Jim Crow, the KKK, want, deprivation, envy and murder of the unborn in the womb. Most especially, enough of their “Republican …
Washington Post:
On its way out the door, Trump administration to name Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism — The Trump administration plans to add Cuba to a list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, said two people familiar with the decision, reversing a signature policy move of the Obama administration …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: Trump should be impeached. But that alone won't remove white supremacy from America. — Hillary Rodham Clinton is a former U.S. senator, secretary of state and Democratic nominee for president in 2016. — Wednesday's attack on the Capitol was the tragically predictable result …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Scott says Democratic ‘overreach’ will help GOP win back Senate in 2022 — New NRSC chair doesn't rule out a role for Trump in helping Republicans in midterm elections — Fox News Flash top headlines for January 10 — EXCLUSIVE - Sen. Rick Scott predicts that the Democrats …
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
‘War for the soul’: Capitol riot elevates GOP power struggle between pro-Trump conspiracy theorists and party establishment — The essay reads like the manifesto of a delusional conspiracy theorist — claiming that President Trump would remain in office on Jan. 20, after purging his Cabinet and replacing Vice President Pence.
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Matthew Schmitz / New York Post:
What the left wants to ignore about slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick — On Thursday, Brian Sicknick, an officer with the US Capitol Police, died from injuries sustained during the storming of the Capitol Building. Democratic leaders have presented Sicknick as a martyr …
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Mark R. Whittington / The Hill:
NASA's Europa Clipper has been liberated from the Space Launch System — Almost unnoticed, tucked into the 2021 fiscal NASA funding section of the recently passed omnibus spending bill, is a provision that would seem to liberate the upcoming Europa Clipper mission from the Space Launch System (SLS).