Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Buttigieg Takes Lead Over Sanders In Tight New Hampshire Race  —  BOSTON (CBS) - Pete Buttigieg continued his rise in Friday night's exclusive WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll, for the first time taking a narrow lead that falls within the survey's 4.4% margin of error.

Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge  —  Emboldened by his victory and determined to strike back, the president removed Mr. Sondland as ambassador to the European Union after the White House earlier on Friday dismissed Colonel Vindman.

Collins says it would not be appropriate for Trump to retaliate against impeachment witnesses  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), one of two Republicans to vote last week to subpoena additional witnesses and extend the impeachment trial, said Friday that she would disapprove of President Trump retaliating …

Trump used Philly girl's story to attack ‘failing government schools.’ But she's at one of the city's most desired charters.  —  President Donald Trump turned a Philadelphia fourth grader into a poster child for the school-choice movement Tuesday when he told the nation that thousands of students were …

Amy Klobuchar  —  Jamelle Bouie (7/10) — Klobuchar sounded confident and aggressive, willing and able to go after her competitors.  Her defense of experience, in particular, was strong.  More and more, she looks like a real alternative for moderate Democrats.

Justice Department Drops Antitrust Probe Against Automakers That Sided With California on Emissions  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has dropped its antitrust inquiry into four automakers that had sided with California in its dispute with the Trump administration over reducing climate …

McConnell and the GOP Senate are accomplices to Trump's wrongdoing  —  Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives.  —  For more than 200 years, our republic has endured, not only because of the wisdom of our Founders and the brilliance of our Constitution …

Another Scandal at the DNC  —  Because of other disasters afflicting the Democratic Party in recent days, this story, from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, hasn't gotten a lot of attention.  But it fits with other recent instances of Democratic Party incompetence and worse: “Leaders of 2020 DNC Host Committee fired.”

Thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans face deportation under Trump proposal  —  In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Rep. Betty McCollum calls the plan ‘unconscionable’  —  Advocates warn that a Trump administration proposal to deport thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans back to Laos …

Rouhani faces winter of Iran's discontent  —  Iran's hard-liners have already secured a takeover of the parliament in elections this month; Trump says any negotiations are totally up to Iran.  —  Charly Triballeau/Pool via REUTERS  —  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets Japanese Prime …

Steyer, Biden feud on debate stage over SC legislator's remarks about campaign payments  —  COLUMBIA — A dispute between South Carolina lawmakers over payments to one of them from a presidential campaign briefly became the center of attention during a nationally televised debate Friday night in New Hampshire.