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Trump remains largely invisible after Kushner squashes attempts at building fringe social media presence — Washington (CNN)On the day he will be impeached for a history-making second time, President Donald Trump lacks a comprehensive legal strategy, has nothing on his public schedule …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: McConnell leans toward convicting Trump — There's a better than 50-50 chance that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would vote to convict President Trump in an impeachment trial, sources tell Axios. — What they're saying: “The Senate institutional loyalists are fomenting a counterrevolution” …
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Axios:
Top Republicans want Trump done — forevermore — Top Republicans want to bury President Trump, for good. But they are divided whether to do it with one quick kill via impeachment, or let him slowly fade away. — A House impeachment vote, which would make Trump the first president …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
How Mitch McConnell could do maximum damage to Trump right now — President Trump can and probably will try to push back on the House's impeachment of him as partisan, despite the fact at least a handful of House Republicans are voting to impeach him as well.
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Politico:
Graham leads resistance to Trump ouster amid fast-moving impeachment
Graham leads resistance to Trump ouster amid fast-moving impeachment
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CBS News:
Majority back impeachment and are concerned about more D.C. violence — CBS News poll
Majority back impeachment and are concerned about more D.C. violence — CBS News poll
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Chris Hayes / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Your guide to impeachment day
POLITICO Playbook: Your guide to impeachment day
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Washington Post:
Live updates: House poised to impeach Trump; Senate trial not expected before he leaves office
Live updates: House poised to impeach Trump; Senate trial not expected before he leaves office
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Nicholas Katzban / NorthJersey.com:
Rep. Mikie Sherrill says Congress members gave ‘reconnaissance’ tours day before Capitol raid — Rep. Mikie Sherrill, during a live webcast Tuesday evening, said she witnessed some members of Congress leading people through the Capitol on Jan. 5 in what she termed a “reconnaissance for the next day …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Mikie Sherrill says unidentified lawmakers led ‘reconnaissance’ tours ahead of Capitol attack
Mikie Sherrill says unidentified lawmakers led ‘reconnaissance’ tours ahead of Capitol attack
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Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed News:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Said She Had A “Very Close Encounter” On The Day The Capitol Was Stormed And Thought She Would Die
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Said She Had A “Very Close Encounter” On The Day The Capitol Was Stormed And Thought She Would Die
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Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she feared GOP lawmakers would lead rioters to her: ‘I thought I was going to die’
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she feared GOP lawmakers would lead rioters to her: ‘I thought I was going to die’
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump calls on Americans, Big Tech to help ensure peaceful transition: ‘NO violence’ — Trump's statement comes as House debates impeachment, days before Biden inauguration — Democrats' rush to remove Trump from office is ‘political theatre’: Rep. Van Duyne
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New York Times:
Pence Reached His Limit With Trump. It Wasn't Pretty. — After four years of tongue-biting silence that critics say enabled the president's worst instincts, the vice president would not yield to the pressure and name-calling from his boss. — WASHINGTON — For Vice President Mike Pence, the moment of truth had arrived.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
In breaking with Trump, Pence does ‘what he believes in,’ strategist says
In breaking with Trump, Pence does ‘what he believes in,’ strategist says
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric
After Deadly Capitol Riot, Fox News Stays Silent On Stars' Incendiary Rhetoric
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Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
New York City Will End Contracts With Trump Over Capitol Riot — The mayor said the city would cancel contracts with the Trump Organization for two ice skating rinks, the Central Park Carousel and the Trump Golf Links in the Bronx. — New York City is terminating its contracts …
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
Trump business backlash part of ‘cancel culture,’ son says
Trump business backlash part of ‘cancel culture,’ son says
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Shannon Larson Globe / The Boston Globe:
A Colorado Republican tweeted about Pelosi's location during the Capitol siege. She's now facing calls to resign — Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert went on the offensive Monday night, with the Republican issuing a bellicose statement amid growing calls for her resignation following …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
House freshman divided over Capitol siege
House freshman divided over Capitol siege
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
The crackup of the Republican Party
The crackup of the Republican Party
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘Depraved’: Rep. Jason Crow condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's rhetoric ahead of impeachment vote
‘Depraved’: Rep. Jason Crow condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's rhetoric ahead of impeachment vote
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's approval rating craters in final days — Tarnished by last week's riot at the Capitol, Donald Trump is ending his presidency with his lowest-ever poll numbers. — A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll pegs Trump's approval at just 34 percent, the lowest in four years of tracking opinions of the president's job performance.
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New York Times:
Rioter wearing ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt is arrested, according to law enforcement. — A man who was photographed wearing a sweatshirt that read “Camp Auschwitz” while inside the Capitol last week was arrested in Newport News, Va., on Wednesday morning in connection to the Capitol riot, according to two law enforcement officials.
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Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Airbnb canceling and blocking DC reservations during inauguration week — Airbnb is canceling and blocking future reservations in the Washington, D.C., metro area during the week of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, the company said Wednesday. — Guests who had reserved a place will be refunded in full, the company said.
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Emily Davies / Washington Post:
Airbnb to cancel all D.C. reservations during inauguration week
Airbnb to cancel all D.C. reservations during inauguration week
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Evan Semones / Politico:
Airbnb cancels all inauguration week reservations in D.C.
Airbnb cancels all inauguration week reservations in D.C.
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New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Photos show moment Queens Proud Boy surrendered to feds in armored vehicle — Dramatic photos obtained by the Daily News show the moment a Queens man accused of being a Proud Boy plotting violence surrendered to the feds. — An armored FBI vehicle rolled down 76th St. near Eliot Ave …
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John Dias / CBS New York:
Queens Man Edward Florea Arrested After Allegedly Plotting Another U.S. Capitol Attack
Queens Man Edward Florea Arrested After Allegedly Plotting Another U.S. Capitol Attack
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Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
‘I feel betrayed’ — Ken Langone blasts Trump and Capitol rioters, vows to support Biden — Billionaire Ken Langone called the Capitol Hill riot a “disgrace” and urged Americans to rally behind President-elect Joe Biden. — “I think the biggest mistake anybody is going to make is try …
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The Boston Globe:
‘It was like looking at evil’: The Capitol attack through the eyes of the Massachusetts delegation — WASHINGTON — On the day Congress was set to count the electoral votes certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Representative Seth Moulton was one of the first members …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Census Bureau Stops Work On Trump's Request For Unauthorized Immigrant Count — The U.S. Census Bureau has halted all work on President Trump's directive to produce a state-by-state count of unauthorized immigrants that would have been used to alter a key set of census numbers, NPR has learned.
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Matthew Gault / VICE:
The FBI Is Using Baked Alaska's Livestream to Track Down Capitol Hill Rioters — In a massive self-own, the FBI is using the far-right media personality's livestream to track down Capitol Hill rioters. — Matthew Gault — The riots at Capitol Hill were streamed live across the internet.
Hailey Fuchs / New York Times:
U.S. Executes Lisa Montgomery for 2004 Murder — She was the first woman to be put to death by the federal government since 1953 and had been the only woman on federal death row. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration early Wednesday morning executed Lisa M. Montgomery …
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Scott Pickey / KOSA:
FIRST ON CBS7: FBI arrests Jenny Cudd for rioting at Capitol — MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - CBS7 has learned the FBI has arrested Midlander Jenny Cudd for rioting at the Capitol last Wednesday. — After the riot, Cudd posted about it on her Facebook page, bragging that “we” tore down the doors to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Post to Staff: Stay Away From CNN, MSNBC, New York Times and Washington Post — As the Murdoch tabloid navigates a fraught political moment, high-level editors instructed reporters not to base articles on reporting by four news outlets that President Trump has falsely labeled “fake news.”
Rebecca Tan / Washington Post:
A Black officer faced down a mostly White mob at the Capitol. Meet Eugene Goodman. — It was a video clip that captured not only the terror of the day, but the values at stake: a lone Black police officer in the marble halls of the U.S. Capitol building, facing down a mob of mostly White rioters …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Learning from the Failure of Reconstruction — Last Wednesday, January 6th, a day after Georgia elected its first Black senator, a mob encouraged by Donald Trump and his false claims of election fraud stormed Capitol Hill, resulting in at least five deaths.