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Statement from President Joe Biden on Attack on U.S. Service Members in Northeastern Jordan Near the Syria Border — Today, America's heart is heavy. Last night, three U.S. service members were killed—and many wounded—during an unmanned aerial drone attack on our forces stationed in northeast Jordan near the Syria border.

Discussion: U.S. Central Command, USA Today, The Hill, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, The Post Millennial, The Messenger, Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Defense One, NewsNation, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The American Conservative and Deseret News

CNN:

First on CNN: Three US troops killed in drone attack in Jordan, at least two dozen injured — Three US Army soldiers were killed and at least two dozen service members were injured in a drone attack overnight on a small US outpost in Jordan, US officials told CNN, marking the first time US troops …

Andrew Solender / Axios:

GOP hawks press Biden to target Iran directly over soldiers' deaths — President Biden is facing calls from congressional hawks to escalate attacks on Iran-linked targets, including within Iran itself, in response to the deaths of three U.S. service members in a drone attack in Jordan.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Frontpage Mag, RedState, Breitbart, New York Times, New York Post, Fox News, Al Jazeera, Washington Free Beacon, TASS and Committee on Foreign Affairs

Kelly Garrity / Politico:

Republican hawks call for retaliation after 3 killed in Iranian-backed strike — Sens. Roger Wicker, Lindsey Graham and others pushed for a military response. — Calls for retaliation began pouring in from Republican members of Congress moments after U.S. Central Command revealed Sunday …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Atlantic Council, RedState, Bloomberg and CBS News

Associated Press:
Biden says US ‘shall respond’ after drone strike by Iran-backed group kills 3 US troops in Jordan

David Siders / Politico:

The Trump defense industrial complex goes a bit quiet after Carroll verdict — ‘Trump chaos is baked in the cake at this point,’ one Republican strategist said. — The most notable thing about the Republican call-and-response following the E. Jean Carroll verdict was that there was barely any response at all.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Fox News, Raw Story, Mediaite, Washington Post, CNN, RedState, New York Post and Vanity Fair

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:

Lankford defends bipartisan border security bill after attacks by Trump, GOP — 'We all have an oath to the Constitution and we have a commitment to say we're going to do whatever we can to be able to secure the border,' the senator from Oklahoma says. — Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) …

Discussion: Axios, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Fox News, The Hill, Business Insider, CBS News, Washington Times, Oklahoma Voice, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Messenger, Chicago Tribune, National Review and HuffPost

CNN:

State of the Union — DANA BASH, CNN HOST (voice-over): Gone South. — As his GOP rival gets under his skin... NIKKI HALEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Donald, keep them coming. — BASH: ... Donald Trump wants to pivot. — DONALD TRUMP, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (R) …

Discussion: NPR, CAIR, The Daily Beast, NBC News, Mother Jones and Eschaton

Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Noem spars with CNN's Dana Bash over border deal

Discussion: CNN, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, RedState and Mediaite

Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: ‘Please blame it on me’

Discussion: The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Digby's Hullabaloo, Althouse, CBS News, Axios, Politico, Washington Examiner, The Hill and Benzinga

Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Carroll Promises to Do ‘Something Good’ With a Fortune Won From Trump

Discussion: Benzinga, New York Daily News, Business Insider, Mother Jones, Fox News, Mediaite, The Messenger, Rolling Stone, NBC News, New York Post, Florida Politics, CLAYTOONZ, The Daily Beast, New Yorker, Raw Story, CBS News and Blue Virginia

Associated Press:
Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal

Discussion: The Post Millennial, Politico, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Messenger, Washington Times, The Hill, Townhall, Twitchy, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, RedState, Reuters, UPI, Associated Press and Fox News

Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
E. Jean Carroll Vows to ‘Do Something Good’ With Trump's $83.3 Million

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, Daily Kos, Political Wire and MeidasTouch

Kelby Vera / HuffPost:

Nikki Haley Explains Why ‘Insecure’ Trump Is His ‘Own Worst Enemy’ — “When he feels insecure, he starts to rail, he starts to rant, he starts to flail his arms and he starts to get upset,” Haley said in a recent “Meet the Press” interview. — LOADING — Nikki Haley called Donald Trump his …

Discussion: New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Semafor, MeidasTouch and NBC News

Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Nikki Haley says the RNC is ‘clearly not’ an honest broker after calls to unify around Trump in primary

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Examiner, Axios and The Messenger

Dave McKinney / WBEZ Chicago:

Trump's candidacy on the Illinois ballot should be decided by the courts, an elections board hearing officer says — The hearing officer, a retired Republican judge, wrote a scathing assessment of Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection, but said the courts ultimately should decide.

Discussion: Fox News, The Messenger, CNN, New York Times, Associated Press and Raw Story

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
US historians sign brief to support Colorado's removal of Trump from ballot

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story

Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:

Quiet rebellion threatens House GOP chair over surprise tax deal — The House GOP's top tax writer doesn't just face blowback over the surprise deal he unveiled this month: Now the background chatter suggests Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) could lose his gavel.

David J. Lynch / Washington Post:

Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world's best recovery — The European economy, hobbled by unfamiliar weakness in Germany, is barely growing. China is struggling to recapture its sizzle. And Japan continues to disappoint. — But in the United States, it's a different story.

Discussion: Bloomberg and Digby's Hullabaloo

France 24:

Climate activists hurl soup at the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris — Two protesters from a climate and agricultural NGO hurled soup onto the bulletproof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” painting in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy and sustainable food”. — By: FRANCE 24

Christine Fernando / Associated Press:

GOP legislatures in some states seek ways to undermine voters' ability to determine abortion rights — Legislative efforts in Missouri and Mississippi are attempting to prevent voters from having a say over abortion rights, building on anti-abortion strategies seen in other states, including last year in Ohio.

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Abortion, Every Day

Jonathan Dean / The Sunday Times:

Snoop Dogg: ‘I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump’ — He is the gangsta rapper who broke the mould — now 52, he's friends with Martha Stewart, makes educational cartoons and has changed his tune on the man running for President — Snoop Dogg is still not over the end of Game of Thrones.

Discussion: The Independent, Mediaite, Fox News, Heavy.com, New York Post, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, The Daily Caller, The Post Millennial, Business Insider, The Messenger and Deadline

Associated Press:

North Korea fired several cruise missiles, South Korea says — The launches followed a round of North Korean cruise missile tests last week and a Jan. 14 test-firing of the country's first solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile. — SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's military …