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7:35 AM ET, February 12, 2020

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Axios:
Scoop: Trump pulls nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. to Treasury post  —  President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions …
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NBC News:
Barr takes control of legal matters of interest to Trump, including Stone sentencing  —  Barr's intervention in Roger Stone's case wasn't the first time senior political appointees reached into a case involving ab ex-Trump aide, officials say.  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. attorney who had presided …
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to reduce sentencing recommendation for Trump associate Roger Stone, official says, after president calls it ‘unfair’  —  The Justice Department plans to reduce its sentencing recommendation for longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone, after top officials were apparently blindsided …
Washington Post:
Trump withdraws Treasury nomination of former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie K. Liu after criticism of her oversight of Mueller prosecutions  —  President Trump on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of former U.S. attorney Jessie K. Liu of Washington, D.C., to a high-ranking Treasury Department post …
Discussion: Vox and The Hill
New York Times:
Prosecutors Quit Roger Stone Case After Justice Dept. Intervenes on Sentencing … Breaking2093 comments  —  New Hampshire Democrats Head to the Polls in 2020 Primary … Live  —  Polls will start to close at 7 p.m. Eastern time.  Here's what to watch for.  —  6:20 a.m.  —  Manchester, N.H.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Time for Democrats to get much tougher with William Barr  —  Only hours ago, President Trump tweeted out his rage over the “very unfair” sentencing that prosecutors were thought to be seeking for Roger Stone, his longtime confidant.  —  Trump fumed that a long sentence for Stone …
NBC News:
Roger Stone prosecutor resigns from case after DOJ backpedals on sentencing recommendation
Fox News:
DOJ expected to scale back Roger Stone's ‘extreme’ sentencing recommendation: official
CBS News:
New Hampshire primary: Sanders leads, Buttigieg and Klobuchar fight for second  —  Polls are closed in New Hampshire, and as of 8:30 p.m. ET, the primary is leaning toward Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg is in second place and Amy Klobuchar in third.  CBS News projects Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are not on pace to win any delegates.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Andrew Yang Is Dropping Out.  Here's Why.  —  KEENE, N.H.— Even after Donald Trump broke all the rules of politics, there shouldn't have been room in this presidential race for Andrew Yang.  Yet here he was yesterday, just before midnight on the last event of a six-event day …
New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren, in New Memo, Outlines Her Path and Rivals' Flaws  —  Seeking a revival, Ms. Warren's campaign manager sent a letter to supporters expressing optimism about her path forward while taking a skeptical view of her leading opponents.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. …
Washington Post:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Andrew Yang, a Democratic businessman who campaigned on giving every adult American a monthly check for $1,000, will end his campaign for president after a disappointing showing in the New Hampshire primary.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath endorses Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign  —  Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.), a gun regulation activist whose son was shot and killed, endorsed Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign Wednesday, joining a growing coterie of House members to support the former New York mayor …
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
The spectacular collapse of Joe Biden as Democratic frontrunner
Discussion: Althouse
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Klobuchar nabs third place in New Hampshire, exclaims, ‘Hello, America!’
Discussion: The Daily Beast, MSNBC and VTDigger
Catherine Garcia / The Week:
In Twitter rampage, Trump attacks federal judge set to sentence Roger Stone
Discussion: ABC News, Reason, HuffPost and The Hill
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:   'They've Both Taken on the Stench of Death.' Are Biden and Warren Making It Out of N.H. Alive?
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Scores Narrow Victory in New Hampshire Primary
Discussion: The Wrap and Full Feed
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders Has Built The Most Powerful Machine In Democratic Politics—And It May Be Unstoppable
Washington Post:
Michael Bennet drops out of presidential race
Discussion: New York Times and IJR
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Fires Defense Official for Refusing to Break the Law on His Behalf  —  Two days after Senate Republicans acquitted President Trump on both counts of impeachment, the Trump administration fired a number of national-security officials: European Union ambassador Gordon Sondland …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests military should consider additional discipline for Vindman  —  President Trump on Tuesday suggested the military should consider additional disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who provided damaging testimony against Trump in the impeachment inquiry and was reassigned from his White House job last week.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Vanity Fair
Washington Post:   Trump escalates campaign of retribution as Republican senators shrug
Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
‘We are not a banana republic’: National security adviser defends Vindman dismissals
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Paging Michael Bloomberg  —  Democrats need to nominate the right person to prevent Trump from winning a second term.  —  My fellow Americans, we face a national emergency.  Never before have we had a president so utterly lacking in personal integrity, so able to lie and abuse his powers …
Discussion: Althouse
Kaylie Piecuch / Fox News:
Meet the New Hampshire voter who made $12G from Andrew Yang's ‘Freedom Dividend’  —  Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has famously called for implementing a universal basic income (UBI) where every American adult gets $1,000 a month from the government — but one New Hampshire family already cashed in on the idea.
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NBC News:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race
Discussion: Redstate and Axios
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:   Entrepreneur Andrew Yang ends his bid for the presidency
CNN:
Andrew Yang ends 2020 presidential campaign
Discussion: KTLA, WHDH-TV and Washington Times
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
Live analysis of the 2020 New Hampshire Primary  —  Hey folks, good evening and welcome to POLITICO's New Hampshire primary live chat.  —  Senior politics editor12:01 a.m.  —  We've got a great cast of reporters here tonight, many of them in the New Hampshire, ready to talk about tonight's big vote.
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NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: No jump in independents or first-time voters in New Hampshire Democratic primary
Discussion: Breitbart
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump Jr. says Sanders won't be ‘real competition’ if he's the nominee
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
In new flyer, Culinary Union warns members Sanders would ‘end’ their health care if elected president  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a Culinary Union town hall in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.  (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, VICE and The Intercept
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Four major journalistic errors in just 10 hours  —  If you think the news industry's credibility problem is bad now, you haven't seen anything yet.  —  It is going to get much, much worse the closer we get to Election Day, if Tuesday's slipshod news reporting and commentary is any indication.
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Discussion: The Dispatch and Twitchy
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks three election security bills  —  Senate Republicans blocked an effort by Democrats to unanimously pass three election security-related bills on Tuesday, marking the latest attempt to clear legislation ahead of the November elections  —  Democrats tried to get consent …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos
 
 
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