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First on CNN: Trump's impeachment defense team leaves less than two weeks before trial — (CNN)Former President Donald Trump's five impeachment defense attorneys have left a little more than a week before his trial is set to begin, according to people familiar with the case, amid a disagreement over his legal strategy.
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John Harwood / CNN:
Why Biden has a rare opportunity for early success — This Biden clip is being used against him. Here are the facts — (CNN)Over five decades in Washington, President Joe Biden has watched seven newly-elected presidents get started. Improbably, he has the chance for a stronger opening act than any of them.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
10 Senate Republicans seek meeting with Biden on Covid relief — Republicans who want a bipartisan deal on coronavirus relief are making a last-ditch effort to turn President Joe Biden away from a party-line approach that would avoid the Senate's supermajority requirement.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The OTHER Joe with veto power — DRIVING THE DAY — QUICK, someone tell us: What on earth was KAMALA HARRIS thinking? — The vice president's move to troll Sen. JOE MANCHIN in his own state last week is backfiring — at a critical moment for President JOE BIDEN'S agenda.
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:
Ten Senate Republicans propose compromise covid relief package, request meeting with Biden — Move by GOP senators led by Susan Collins comes as Democrats prepare to move forward quickly with Biden package without GOP support — Ten Republican senators announced plans Sunday to release …
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Senator Susan Collins:
Group of 10 Republican Senators Outline Covid-19 Relief Compromise, Request Meeting with President Biden
Group of 10 Republican Senators Outline Covid-19 Relief Compromise, Request Meeting with President Biden
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Politico:
Trump's top impeachment lawyer has left his team
Trump's top impeachment lawyer has left his team
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Parts Ways With Five Lawyers Handling Impeachment Defense
Trump Parts Ways With Five Lawyers Handling Impeachment Defense
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
10 Senate Republicans propose compromise on COVID relief package
10 Senate Republicans propose compromise on COVID relief package
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New York Times:
21 Men Accuse Lincoln Project Co-Founder of Online Harassment — John Weaver, a longtime G.O.P. operative who advised John McCain and John Kasich, made sexual overtures to young men, sometimes offering to help them get work in politics. — John Weaver, a longtime Republican strategist …
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Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Kinzinger to start new PAC to challenge party's embrace of Trump — Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump earlier this month, has launched a new leadership political action committee that is designed to become a financial engine to challenge …
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HuffPost:
Out With Reagan, Buckley And Kemp; In With Trump, QAnon And Marjorie Taylor Greene — Donald Trump may have left the White House, but the party he hijacked appears to remain under his spell and that of the bizarre cult that worships him. — WASHINGTON ― They raised the scaffolding …
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Anthony L. Fisher / Business Insider:
GOP House member who voted to impeach Trump says his family sent around a signed petition disowning him for crossing the former president
GOP House member who voted to impeach Trump says his family sent around a signed petition disowning him for crossing the former president
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Los Angeles Times
Maeve Reston / CNN:
Trump loses his impeachment team amid unfaltering loyalty from the GOP
Trump loses his impeachment team amid unfaltering loyalty from the GOP
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Ben Jacobs / New York Magazine:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is ‘the Worst Enemy for Most Causes That She Supposedly Supports’
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is ‘the Worst Enemy for Most Causes That She Supposedly Supports’
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Associated Press:
Russia arrests 3,300 during wide protests backing Navalny — MOSCOW (AP) — Chanting slogans against President Vladimir Putin, tens of thousands took to the streets Sunday across Russia's vast expanse to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, keeping up the nationwide protests that have rattled the Kremlin.
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodger Stadium's COVID-19 vaccination site temporarily shut down after protesters gather at entrance — Dodger Stadium's mass COVID-19 vaccination site was temporarily shut down Saturday afternoon when about 50 protesters gathered at the entrance, frustrating hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours.
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Democrats are faced with a choice. Protect the filibuster or protect democracy. — The Democrats can use their House and Senate majorities to reform our politics, guarantee voting rights and enhance our democracy. Or they can surrender to an anti-majoritarian, money-dominated system …
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote
After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
So you're being held accountable? That's not ‘cancel culture’ — According to the Washington Examiner's Eddie Scarry, nothing less than a “social justice mob” descended on Politico after it gave a guest-editing slot to right-wing flamethrower Ben Shapiro.
Nicholas Florko / STAT:
Trump officials actively lobbied to deny states money for vaccine rollout last fall — WASHINGTON — Top Trump officials actively lobbied Congress to deny state governments any extra funding for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout last fall — despite frantic warnings from state officials …
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Juliet Chung / Wall Street Journal:
Melvin Capital Lost 53% in January, Hurt by GameStop and Other Bets — Citadel, its partners and Point72 took losses from their investment in the hedge fund — Melvin Capital Management, the hedge fund that has borne the brunt of losses from the soaring stock prices of heavily shorted stocks recently …
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New York Times:
As Virus Variants Spread, ‘No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe’ — Rich countries are cornering the market on coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer regions as potential breeding grounds for variants, like one found in South Africa, that could make vaccines less effective.
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
10 Republicans roll out $600B stimulus plan as Cassidy says White House ‘never reached out’ — Cassidy is among ten Republican senators proposing an alternative $600 billion coronavirus relief package — Republican senators propose $600 billion coronavirus relief compromise plan
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Biden isn't living up to his bipartisan promises
Biden isn't living up to his bipartisan promises
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New York Times:
Trump Raised $255.4 Million in 8 Weeks as He Sought to Overturn Election Result — The former president's fund-raising slowed significantly after the Electoral College delivered its votes to make Joseph R. Biden Jr. the 46th president. — President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
All the Lies They Told Us About the Filibuster — On July 28, 2017, John McCain held the fate of the Affordable Care Act in his hands as he headed to the Senate well to cast what everybody expected would be the decisive 50th vote to repeal the most ambitious piece of social legislation that had been enacted since the Great Society.