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10:40 PM ET, January 29, 2020

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Politico:
John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower's name  —  Chief Justice John Roberts has communicated to senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblower's name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out the official, a move that's effectively blocked Sen. Rand Paul from asking a question.
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Politico:
Senate and John Roberts face possibility of epic tie on witnesses  —  Ahead of a tight vote on whether to hear new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, the Senate is preparing for the possibility that this crucial roll call has an asterisk in the history books: It ends in a tie.
Discussion: The Hill
Ernest Luning / Colorado Politics:
BREAKING: Gardner says he doesn't want to hear from more impeachment witnesses  —  U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Wednesday that he thinks the Senate has heard from enough witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, taking off the table a potential Republican vote to subpoena national security adviser John Bolton.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators believe they have the votes to block witnesses  —  It was clear to Senate Republicans on Wednesday after a morning meeting between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that the question of having additional witnesses is settled …
Rahm Emanuel / Washington Post:
How impeachment could flip the Senate  —  Rahm Emanuel is a former mayor of Chicago, Democratic congressman from Illinois and White House chief of staff.  —  When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) initiated an impeachment inquiry into President Trump several months ago …
Discussion: Politico
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
GOP Sen. Cory Gardner Just Lost His Seat By Saying No To Witnesses
Discussion: Redstate and HuffPost
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
WeWantWitnesses trends after report that Mitch McConnell doesn't have the votes to block witnesses …
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Post:
Trump's defense team expects cliffhanger in Senate witness vote
Discussion: Power Line
Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House has issued formal threat to Bolton to keep him from publishing book  —  Washington (CNN)The White House has issued a formal threat to former national security adviser John Bolton to keep him from publishing his book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,” sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
All the president's disloyal men: Trump demands fealty but inspires very little
Andy Rose / CNN:
Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side  —  (CNN)Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border.  —  The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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KYMA-TV:
Portion of new border wall falls in Mexicali  —  MEXICALI, Baja California, Mexico - (KYMA, KECY) Mexicali police have confirmed with News 11 that a portion of the new border wall fell on the Mexico side of the border, landing on several trees.  —  Police said it happened a little before 12 p.m. local time.
Discussion: KTLA, Daily Kos and Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
ALAN DERSHOWITZ FOR THE DEFENSE: L'ÉTAT, C'EST TRUMP  —  Donald Trump's lawyer says that the President can do just about anything he wants.  —  An hour into the Senate trial of Donald John Trump on Wednesday, the emeritus Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz came to the floor to answer …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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ABC News:
Still silent, senators will begin submitting written questions in impeachment trial  —  Senators can pose questions to both House managers and Trump's defense team.  —  LIVE NOW  —  In unpredictable new phase, senators begin up to 16 hours of questions to House managers, Trump defense team
Politico:
Senators pelt Trump's lawyers and impeachment managers with questions
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Super PAC Attacks Sanders in an Ad.  Sanders Raises $1.3 Million in a Day.  —  As Bernie Sanders shows strength in the early-voting states, his opponents face a challenge: Attacking him can help fuel his campaign.  —  DES MOINES — A Democratic super PAC wanted to undermine Senator Bernie …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Sanders under increasing pressure on funding for ‘Medicare for All’
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Will Weissert / Associated Press:   ‘How good I feel’: Sanders setting high expectations in Iowa
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Engel Statement on September 23, 2019 Call with John Bolton  —  Washington—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement:  —  “President Trump is wrong that John Bolton didn't say anything about the Trump-Ukraine Scandal at the time the President fired him.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What the New Bolton-Engel Breaking News Really Means, And Why It Matters  —  We've just had breaking news in an announcement from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel.  He says that on Sept. 23, he spoke to John Bolton and Bolton “suggest[ed] to me — unprompted …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters  —  Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees.  —  The first giveaway took place last month in Cleveland …
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New York Times:   Trump Ally Held Event Handing Out Cash in a Black Community
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Dem Caucuses Could Be a Five-Way Contest  —  Nearly half remain open to switching support on caucus night  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Elizabeth Warren continue to jostle for the top spot in the fifth and final Monmouth University Poll of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:
Andrew Yang Says Supporters May Go to Sanders in Iowa Caucus
Discussion: The Hill, NBC News and New York Times
NBC News:
Surrogates cover New Hampshire while candidates are elsewhere
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Lessons for Life: The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon's Impeachment  —  “Obituaries reflect what the present thinks of the past,” wrote journalism professor Kathleen McElroy.  —  What will the future think of President Donald Trump and two historic votes senators must take on his impeachment?
Discussion: Raw Story, Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
What Will You Do When the Culture War Comes for You?  —  Newsrooms still aren't ready for the trolls.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  The culture war will come for us all.  —  On Sunday, it came for a Washington Post reporter, Felicia Sonmez.
Mark Hemingway / Real Clear Politics:
NeverTrump: Most Overrepresented Demographic in Media  —  Over the weekend, Washington Post columnist Max Boot had a novel take on President Trump's impeachment.  According to Boot, what Trump said on the phone call with Ukraine's president was in some ways worse than Andrew Jackson's forced relocation …
Discussion: The Hill and YouTube
Elijah Chiland / Curbed LA:
California Senate rejects transit density bill SB 50  —  But there's a chance the bill will return soon for reconsideration  —  Another year another defeat for a controversial proposal in the California legislature that would have rolled back zoning requirements in urban areas around transit.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
‘Mind Boggling’: Take a Look at These Demographic Numbers From Trump's New Jersey Rally  —  Tuesday night President Trump traveled to deep blue New Jersey for a campaign rally.  Despite freezing temperatures in the middle of winter, people camped out a day ahead of his remarks in order to make it inside the arena.
Reuters:
Kremlin confirms new title of SUPREME RULER for Vladimir Putin is being considered following his recent changes to Russia's constitution  —  Vladimir Putin could become Russia's ‘Supreme Ruler’ when he steps down as president under proposed changes to the country's constitution, it emerged today.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Flynn's new legal team unleashes on his old lawyers in bid to withdraw guilty plea  —  The new legal team for former national security adviser Michael Flynn unleashed a withering assault Wednesday on Flynn's old lawyers, accusing them of a conflict of interest so severe that it merits allowing …
Discussion: ABC News, Associated Press and Fox News
Brian Melley / Associated Press:
FBI raids Los Angeles church to make immigration fraud bust  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal agents raided a Philippines-based church in Los Angeles early Wednesday in a human trafficking investigation that led to arrests of two church leaders in what prosecutors said was a decades-long scheme …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
ABC News suspends correspondent over erroneous report on Kobe Bryant crash  —  ABC News has suspended the correspondent who speculated on-air that all four of Kobe Bryant's daughters were on board the helicopter that crashed and killed the NBA icon and eight others on Sunday.
Sunny Kim / CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading disinformation online  — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Lev Parnas' lawyer ties Lindsey Graham to corrupt Ukraine scheme  —  Rudy Giuliani delivered a letter in late 2018 to Sen. Lindsey Graham calling for sanctions on Ukrainian government officials, including a corruption reformer and another who ran the company whose board Hunter Biden served on.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 
 
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Steven Overly / Politico:
Twitter users can now report voter suppression, misinformation
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton refuses to be served Tulsi Gabbard's defamation lawsuit
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Biden under pressure to prove he can handle Trump's attacks
Esme Murphy / WCCO | CBS Minnesota:
Klobuchar Called On To Suspend Campaign As Questions Swirl Around Myon Burrell Case
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Exclusive Audio: Michael Bloomberg's Concern After JFK Assassination Was Canceled Frat Party
Discussion: New York Post
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Wavering Democrats face pressure as GOP eyes bipartisan vote for Trump acquittal
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Arab Leaders' Support for Mideast Peace Plan Marks a Regional Shift
Joyce White Vance / TIME:
If the Senate Doesn't Hold Trump Accountable, the Damage Will Go Far Beyond This Presidency
Discussion: Redstate
 Earlier Items: 
Gwen Aviles / NBC News:
‘American Dirt’ book tour canceled by publisher because of safety concerns
Discussion: Vox, New York Times and The Daily Beast
Tom Chiarella / Esquire:
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
DOD Identifies Air Force Casualties
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
The DNC Approved And Kept Private A Generous Exit Package For Tom Perez And Two Top Deputies
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders is ‘insanely consistent.’ That's nothing to brag about.
Discussion: American Greatness and The Root