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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Washington Post:
Ten Senate Republicans propose compromise covid relief package, posing challenge for Biden — Move by GOP senators led by Susan Collins comes as Democrats prepare to go forward quickly with Biden package without Republican support — Ten Republican senators announced plans Sunday to release …
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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
10 Republicans roll out $600B stimulus plan as Cassidy says White House ‘never reached out’
10 Republicans roll out $600B stimulus plan as Cassidy says White House ‘never reached out’
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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.
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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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.
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:
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 …
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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.
The Times of Israel:
Mossad head says IDF chief ‘irresponsible’ for panning US Iran nuclear policy — The head of the Mossad spy agency has reportedly panned as “irresponsible” a controversial speech by IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi last week during which he disparaged the Biden administration's policy on Iran's nuclear program.
Politico:
Why you haven't seen a sit-down Biden interview yet — Joe Biden waited nearly four decades to become the most powerful man in the free world. Now that he is, he's making himself scarce. — Biden is leaning on doctors and health experts to publicly detail his Covid policy.
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Lincoln Project Sends Scorching Letter Demanding Giuliani Retract His ‘Fantastical’ Claim They Planned Capitol Riot: ‘Refuse At Your Peril’ — The Lincoln Project's legal counsel sent a scorching letter to Rudy Giuliani after he falsely accused the group of helping plan the January 6th Capitol riot …
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