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9:05 PM ET, January 28, 2020

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Los Angeles Times:
Feinstein leans toward acquitting Trump as his lawyers end their impeachment defense arguments  —  Just after President Trump's defense lawyers ended arguments in their Senate trial Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California became the first Democrat to suggest that she could vote to acquit …
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Zac Anderson / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Former Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly tells Sarasota crowd ‘I believe John Bolton’  —  Asked if Bolton - Trump's former national security adviser - should testify at Trump's impeachment trial, Kelly said he supports calling witnesses.  —  President Donald Trump is denying …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Leaders Say They Don't Currently Have Enough Votes to Block Witnesses  —  At a meeting of all Republican senators on Tuesday after the White House lawyers wrapped their opening arguments, GOP leaders told their conference they don't have the votes to prevent witnesses from being called …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Defense Team to Close Arguments Complicated by Bolton Reports  —  Senate majority leader makes remarks in private Republican meeting  —  *McConnell Says GOP Leaders Don't Currently Have Enough Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses  —  *McConnell Made Remarks in Private Senate GOP Meeting
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The comical hypocrisy of Sean Hannity  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night didn't like the message coming from the New York Times: According to a report by Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt, a draft of former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book alleges …
Wall Street Journal:
Romney Busted With Contraband Chocolate Milk Bottle on Senate Floor  —  Shortly before Tuesday's trial session got underway, Sen. Mitt Romney (R., Utah) got busted by the Senate floor staff for bringing a bottle of chocolate milk into the chamber.  —  Mr. Romney retreated to the Republican cloakroom …
Discussion: Power Line, The Week and Instapundit
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The gaping hole in Trump's impeachment defense  —  Trump's legal team spent very little time actually vouching for his Ukraine conspiracy theories.  Instead, they watered them down.  —  President Trump's defense team on Tuesday ended an extended opening argument in which it laid out that Trump …
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Chris Casteel / Oklahoman.com:
Lankford says senators should get access to Bolton manuscript
Washington Post:
Impeachment trial live updates: McConnell tells Republican senators he does not have the votes to block witnesses
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
No witness trades: Senate Republicans have lost their leverage
Discussion: Associated Press, Axios and IJR
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Top Ukraine Official: I Trusted Bolton More Than Anyone
QU Poll:
Release Detail  —  January 28, 2020 - 75% Of Voters Say Allow Witnesses In Senate Impeachment Trial, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 53% Say President Trump Not Telling Truth About Ukraine  —  On week two of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, registered voters say 75 …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Running Bernie Sanders Against Trump Would Be an Act of Insanity  —  In the field of political forecasting, almost nothing is a matter of certainty, and almost everything is a matter of probability.  If Democrats nominate Bernie Sanders — who currently leads the field in Iowa and New Hampshire …
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden won't commit to backing Sanders if he's the nominee  —  MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden stopped short Tuesday of saying he'd support Bernie Sanders if the progressive Vermont senator wins the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  “I'm not going to make judgments now …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trumpworld torn over running against Bernie  —  President Donald Trump and his top political advisers were huddling in the Oval Office earlier this month discussing the state of the Democratic primary when they arrived at an increasingly pressing topic: What to do about Bernie Sanders?
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Super PAC uses heart attack in ad hitting Bernie Sanders
Discussion: Fox News
Politico:
The Real Goal of Trump's Middle East Plan  —  The Trump administration's long awaited and ill-named peace plan has many objectives, but making peace isn't among them.  —  Neither is jump-starting negotiations, or nudging the parties toward compromise, or even enshrining implicit …
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New York Times:
Trump Plan's First Result: Israel Will Claim Sovereignty Over Part of West Bank
Discussion: The Week
Dylan Byers / NBC News:
BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith to join New York Times as media columnist  —  Smith will serve as the writer of the publication's “Media Equation” column, which became a must-read for media industry insiders under David Carr, who died in 2015.  —  Ben Smith, editor in chief of BuzzFeed News …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Ben Smith of BuzzFeed News departs the site he built from scratch, heading for the New York Times
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Ben Smith of BuzzFeed Named New York Times Media Columnist
Discussion: The Hill and Scripting News
Andrew Dyer / Stars & Stripes:
Eddie Gallagher strikes back at Navy SEALs who testified against him  —  (Tribune News Service) — A retired Navy SEAL whose war crimes trial made international news has launched a video attack on former SEAL teammates who accused him of murder, shooting civilians and who testified against him at his San Diego court-martial in June.
Mary Louise Kelly / New York Times:
Pompeo Called Me a ‘Liar.’ That's Not What Bothers Me.  —  Journalists are supposed to ask tough questions, then share the answers — or lack thereof — with the world.  —  Ms. Kelly is a co-host of NPR's “All Things Considered.”  —  Ask journalists why they do the job they do, and you'll hear a range of answers.
Just Security:
Why the White House May Not Dare Fight on Executive Privilege  —  Some Republican Senators, including potential swing voters like Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), have raised concerns that a subpoena for John Bolton will trigger a claim of executive privilege by the White House and then lead to undesirable drawn out litigation.
Discussion: Law & Crime, Raw Story and The Week
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats cite Starr in effort to lift stay in Trump tax returns case
Discussion: The Hill
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
White House threatens veto of Democrats' Iran measures
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Donald Trump and Lev Parnas discussed Rick Scott in secret recording  —  A spokesman for Scott said the Florida Republican ‘meets a lot of people and has no recollection of meeting Parnas’  —  At the same April 2018 dinner where President Donald Trump ordered the removal of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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The Daily Beast:
Lev Parnas' Lawyer Set To Attend Senate Impeachment Trial
Discussion: NBC News and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Harvard's Chemistry Chair Charged on Alleged Undisclosed Ties to China  —  Charles Lieber allegedly lied to Defense Department, National Institutes of Health about Chinese government funding  —  The chair of Harvard University's chemistry department was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday …
Discussion: National Review
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Prince George's officer faces murder charge in shooting of handcuffed suspect, two people familiar with the investigation say  —  Prince George's County police will charge an officer with murder in the shooting of a man who was handcuffed and wearing a seat belt in the front seat of a cruiser, two officials said Tuesday.
Discussion: CBS Baltimore and The Root
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trio of Dem senators considering vote to acquit Trump  —  A trio of moderate Senate Democrats is wrestling with whether to vote to convict Donald Trump in his impeachment trial — or give the president the bipartisan acquittal he's eagerly seeking.  —  Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia …
The Daily Beast:
The Daily Caller Sued Over ‘Relentless,’ ‘Xenophobic’ House IT ‘Conspiracy Theories’  —  A new lawsuit claims the right-wing outlet “destroyed the reputations and ruined the livelihoods” of a group of Pakistani-Americans who were employed by the House as IT staff.
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Bernie Sanders grabs lead in California presidential primary  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, consolidating support from voters on the left, has taken a clear lead in the race for California's huge trove of Democratic convention delegates as the presidential campaign moves toward a critical month of primary contests.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon-ers' Magic Cure for Coronavirus: Just Drink Bleach!  —  Hucksters swarmed on a fresh opportunity to cash in from a crisis that speaks to paranoid fears on the fringe.  —  As the global death toll from an alarming new coronavirus surged this week, promoters of the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory …
Discussion: Raw Story, DeadState and VICE
Eliana Johnson / Washington Free Beacon:
New Koch Group Dogged by Charges of Anti-Semitism  —  Asked about the thinkers who have shaped her views of the world, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) pointed to a scholar leading a new Washington, D.C., think tank that aims to lay the groundwork for an American foreign policy based on military retrenchment and restraint.
 
 
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Campus leaders couldn't care less about racial progress
Discussion: Power Line
Hannah Bleau / Breitbart:
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Doubts and questions.’ Collins' Senate bid opens fissure in Georgia GOP
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Associated Press:
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Robby Soave / Reason:
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 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Alan Dershowitz called Trump corrupt in 2016 and said he could be corrupt as President
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Sky News:
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Molly Minta / The Appeal:
In A Florida County, Sex Workers Are Ensnared In ‘Trafficking’ Raids
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US budget deficit to break $1 trillion in fiscal 2020, CBO says
Condoleezza Rice / Stanford News:
Condoleezza Rice to lead Stanford's Hoover Institution
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Trump's impeachment defense: Who is paying the president's lawyers?
Discussion: Daily Kos