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6:30 AM ET, January 13, 2020

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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The stakes have never been higher.  Here's who I plan to vote for in April's Dem primary  —  I believe in my political independence, but I also believe in fate.  In 2016, declaring the stakes were just too damn high, I ended nearly three decades as a registered independent to become a Democrat …
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Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou / Yahoo News:
Warren Tries to Ease Iowans' Concerns About Electability  —  (Bloomberg) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren barnstormed across Iowa this weekend, seeking to put to rest questions about her electability and her ability to build a coalition to defeat Donald Trump.
Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's campaign goes on the attack as he seeks a victory in the Iowa caucuses
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Warren, in rare Sanders rebuke, hits fellow 2020 Dem over his leaked campaign messaging
Discussion: Des Moines Register and Power Line
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
McCarthy says Pelosi holding articles of impeachment to hurt Sanders' Iowa chances
Discussion: NBC News, Politico and Axios
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Local New Hampshire Union Backs Bernie Sanders, Bucking National Affiliate
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Page Six:
Canadian billionaire Frank Giustra providing luxe hideout for Prince Harry, Meghan Markle  —  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been hiding out at the home of Canadian billionaire Frank Giustra, whose close ties to the Clintons have created international controversy, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
Jordan Hoffman / Vanity Fair:
Pelosi to Trump: You Are Impeached Forever (And Your Tweets Are Crazy)  —  The Speaker of the House did not hold back on This Week with George Stephanopoulos.  —  Whoever wins, we win, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.  If you want to read between the lines, that is.
Discussion: Redstate and Raw Story
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William Cummings / USA Today:   Pelosi warns McConnell, Senate Republicans they will ‘pay a price’ if they engage in ‘cover-up’
ABC News:
Pelosi does not rule out possibility of subpoenaing testimony if Senate skips witnesses
Jeremy Berke / Business Insider:
Jeff Bezos announces Amazon is donating $690,000 to help the country recover from the devastating brushfires  —  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the tech company will donate $1 million Australian dollars to help Australia recover from the fires.
Discussion: VICE and Mediaite
Joshua J. McElwee / National Catholic Reporter:
In surprise, Benedict openly defends clerical celibacy as Francis considers married priests  —  VATICAN CITY — Retired Pope Benedict XVI has coauthored a new book defending the Catholic Church's practice of a celibate priesthood, in a shocking move that comes as Pope Francis is considering …
Discussion: NPR
Griff Witte / SFGATE:
McConnell walks impeachment tightrope  —  FLORENCE, Ky. - It is not easy these days to lose as a Republican running in ruby-red Kentucky.  But that is what happened here in November in the governor's race, when the caustic incumbent managed to alienate enough of his base to fall just short.
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
Killing of Soleimani reflects an aggressive national security team not inclined to curb Trump  —  President Trump has from his earliest days in office raised the possibility of killing Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the powerful Iranian military commander who died this month in a U.S. military drone strike.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Jason Lange / Reuters:
'I'm spending all my money to get rid of Trump': Michael Bloomberg  —  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Reuters he is ready to spend much of his vast fortune to oust Republican President Donald Trump from the White House in 2020 …
Sarah Frier / Yahoo News:
Pompeo Plans Dinner With Tech Leaders Including Oracle's Ellison  —  (Bloomberg) — Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is planning to attend a private dinner on Monday with tech leaders including Oracle Corp.'s Larry Ellison, according to people familiar with the matter.
Axios:
Exclusive: Trump tells Kim Jong-un he wants to resume talks  —  White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien tells Axios that the Trump administration has “reached out to the North Koreans” to ask them to resume diplomacy that has been all but dead since October.
Pete Williams / NBC News:
How Chief Justice John Roberts would preside over the politically charged Trump impeachment trial  —  Longstanding Senate rules say Roberts, as the presiding officer, may rule on key issues about evidence, including “questions of relevancy, materiality, and redundancy.”
Discussion: Politico
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Flushing ‘10 times’: What's really behind Trump's tirades about toilets  —  Federal regulations on water use in bathrooms and kitchens have caught the president's ire.  Some conservatives have long held a grudge about the restrictions.  —  Impeachment wasn't all that was on President Donald Trump's mind …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton is the most exonerated politician ever  —  Hillary Clinton has a unique distinction: She has been exonerated twice after extensive federal investigations, the latest entirely unjustified and the result of a politicized Justice Department.  President Trump of course …
New York Times:
Esper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted 4 Embassies, as Story Shifts Again  —  The disparity between the defense secretary and President Trump added another twist to an ever-evolving explanation for a strike on an Iranian general that led to the brink of war.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Esper: US does not expect more Iranian retaliatory attacks
Discussion: Raw Story
Vasco Cotovio / CNN:
Iran's sole female Olympic medalist says she's defected  —  (CNN)Iran's sole female Olympic medalist, Kimia Alizadeh, has announced that she's permanently left her country for Europe.  —  “Let me start with a greeting, a farewell or condolences,” the 21-year-old wrote in an Instagram post explaining why she was defecting.
Discussion: UPI
 
 
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Trump attacks former DOJ official appointed to review the FBI's proposed wiretap reforms
Zvi Bar'el / Haaretz:
Soleimani Assassination Rattles Hezbollah's Grip in an Already Shaken Lebanon
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