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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC — President Trump is making good on his promises to “drain the swamp” and cut Obama-era holdovers from his staffs, especially the critical and recently controversial National Security Council. — Officials confirmed that Trump …
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George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump is right. We might have to impeach him again. — George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York and an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC. — “So we'll probably have to do it again.” — So said the already-once-impeached President Trump on Thursday in the East Room …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway says more officials may be ousted after Trump's Senate acquittal
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer asks inspectors general to investigate whistleblower retaliation after Vindman firing
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CNN:
Bernie Sanders leads in final CNN New Hampshire tracking poll — (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds on to his lead on the eve of New Hampshire's Democratic primary, the final CNN tracking poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center shows.
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CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Primary Tracking Poll: Sanders First, Buttigieg Second, Surging Klobuchar Third — BOSTON (CBS) - This New Hampshire primary has been a rollercoaster ride, with one last hairpin turn in the final night of the exclusive WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk University tracking poll.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Sanders in lead, Buttigieg slipping, Klobuchar surging in New Hampshire poll on primary eve
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's ‘dream scenario’ unfolds: Dem disarray ahead of 2020
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Wall Street Journal:
Four Members of China's Military Indicted for Massive Equifax Breach — Disclosed in 2017, hack into the credit-reporting company compromised data on roughly 145 million Americans — WASHINGTON—Four members of China's military have been indicted by the U.S. government on charges of hacking …
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Eric Geller / Politico:
U.S. charges Chinese spies with massive Equifax hack
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Associated Press:
US charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and America's politics of epiphany — Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 14, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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NBC News:
Pay close attention to New Hampshire's independent voters — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Arguably the most important group to watch …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack - officials — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is preparing to report a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran's missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.
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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Over 100 US troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran strike — (CNN)Over 100 US service members have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries in the wake of the January 8 Iranian missile attack on the al Asad military base in Iraq …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
How the Iowa Caucuses Became an Epic Fiasco for Democrats — The problems that beset the Democratic Party's first state caucus of the presidential race ran far deeper and wider than one bad app. — DES MOINES — The first signs of trouble came early. — As the smartphone app for reporting …
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KCCI-TV:
Former Gov. Vilsack claims $150,000 Powerball prize — He never thought he would win, but it didn't stop him from playing. — Iowa Lottery officials said Monday that former Gov. Tom Vilsack has claimed a $150,000 Powerball prize Monday at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive.
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Philip Joens / Des Moines Register:
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack wins $150,000 lottery prize — Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack accomplished a feat Monday he never imagined achieving. — The former Iowa governor won $150,000 playing Powerball and claimed the prize Monday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Clive.
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Political correctness at 2020 Oscars exposes Hollywood's hypocrisy — And you thought Hollywood was the sacred land of John Wayne. Marilyn Monroe. Humphrey Bogart. — Nah, that's not it at all. “We have gathered on the ancestral lands of the Tongva, Tataviam and the Chumash,” …
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump vowed to not cut Social Security and Medicare — hours before proposing just that — President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a White House session with the state governors on February 10, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images — The president is either brazenly lying about his 2021 budget or doesn't know what's in it.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Lindsey Graham Implicates William Barr in Massive Scandal, on Live Television — Yesterday, Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on Face the Nation and blurted out an apparent confession of what, if true, would be a scandal of Nixonian proportions. Graham reported he had spoken with Attorney General William Barr that morning.
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CNN:
This man says he's stockpiling billions of our photos — If Hoan Ton-That is feeling the pressure, he isn't showing it. — Over the last month, fears about facial recognition technology and police surveillance have intensified, all thanks to Ton-That's startup, Clearview AI.
Associated Press:
Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of military contract — WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon wants to depose President Donald Trump over the tech company's losing bid for a $10 billion military contract. — The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October.
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Sanders has a bizarre radical past that Trump and Republicans would use to destroy him — Sanders has radical fringe skeletons dangling in closets without doors. He's destined to fail in a general election, perhaps in a 49-state rout. — The Iowa Democratic caucuses might have ended in fiasco …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Michael Bloomberg's “be boring” campaign — Mike Bloomberg's campaign feels corporate. It's calm, orderly and punctual. His audiences clap politely, and you can't walk two steps without running into a paid staffer with talking points. Nobody whoops or yells.
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