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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.
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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.
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 …
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.
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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.) …
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) …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Carroll Promises to Do ‘Something Good’ With a Fortune Won From Trump
Associated Press:
Biden offers fresh assurances he would shut down border ‘right now’ if Congress sends him a deal
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 …
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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.
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.
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 …
 
 
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