George Conway / Washington Post: Trump's lawyers offered an attack on everything but the evidence  —  It wasn't a defense.  Not in any serious factual, legal,[...]

Marcia Coyle / LAW.com: Chuck Cooper's Test for Senate Republicans Weighing Trump Trial Verdict  —  The veteran U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and conservative sta[...]

Marianne LeVine / Politico: Graham to meet with Trump to talk future of GOP  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham said he'll be meeting with former President Donald Trump i[...]

New York Times: For the Defense: Twisted Facts and Other Staples of the Trump Playbook  —  The lawyers representing the former president in his impeachment tr[...]

New York Times: Lincoln Project Co-Founder Resigns From Board Amid a Deepening Crisis  —  Steve Schmidt said he is stepping down from the board but remaining [...]

Politico: Coverup claims engulf Cuomo as scandal over nursing home deaths grows  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — When Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide told Democratic lawmakers[...]

Maureen Dowd / New York Times: Trump's Taste for Blood  —  If Republicans won't convict, bring on the handcuffs.  —  WASHINGTON — Every scene in “Lawrence of [...]

Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post: Senate votes to award Officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal  —  The Senate ended Friday's impeachment trial pr[...]

CNN: Senate passes legislation to award Officer Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal  —  (CNN)The Senate on Friday approved legislation to award a Congress[...]

Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark: The 10 Worst Moments from Trump's “Defense”  —  The former president got the impeachment defense he deserved.  —  Donald Trump'[...]

Washington Post: Graham's post-election call with Raffensperger will be scrutinized in Georgia probe, person familiar with inquiry says  —  An Atlanta-area pr[...]

ABC News: Congress recognizes Eugene Goodman, other officers who protected Capitol during riots  —  Coming up in the next {{countdown}} {{countdownlbl}}  —  C[...]

Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner: Impeachment trial barrels toward Saturday acquittal of Trump  —  Former President Donald Trump's second impeachment tri[...]

Cassidy Morrison / Washington Examiner: Cuomo accused of covering up nursing home deaths to get better treatment under Biden  —  New York state senators accus[...]

Wall Street Journal: House Democrats Push Minimum Wage Raise in Covid-19 Relief Bill Despite Senate Concerns  —  Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema became the second De[...]

CNN: Capitol rioters boasted on social media.  Now, they're scrambling to scrub phones and pictures  —  New video shows how close rioters got to Congress memb[...]

New York Post: NY Dems want Cuomo to lose COVID powers after Post nursing home bombshell  —  A group of Democratic state senators demanded Friday that Gov. An[...]

The Economist: “Genocide” is the wrong word for the horrors of Xinjiang  —  To confront evil, the first step is to describe it accurately  —  When ronald reag[...]

Financial Services Committee: Waters Announces Robinhood, Citadel, Melvin Capital, Reddit CEOs and Keith Gill to Testify at Committee Hearing  —  Today, Congre[...]

Alex Shephard / New Republic: The Spectacular Fall of the Lincoln Project  —  In the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election, the Lincoln Project, t[...]

Politico: Grenell lays groundwork for California gubernatorial run  —  The Trump ally could reorganize the Republican field in a recall campaign.  —  Richard [...]

Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Jake Tapper Trashes Team Trump's Defense: Just a ‘Sean Hannity Mixtape’  —  The CNN anchor noted how the beleaguered ex-pre[...]

spectator.us: Everything the Lincoln Project touches dies  —  Mike Madrid, Rick Wilson, Steve Schmidt and Reed Galen of the Lincoln Project (CBS)  —  Who coul[...]

Politico: De Blasio calls for ‘full accounting’ after Cuomo accused of covering up nursing home death toll  —  NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a “f[...]

Jordain Carney / The Hill: No. 2 GOP senator suggests he's open to censuring Trump  —  Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican senator, indicated on Frid[...]

Amanda Becker / The 19th: Inside the Lincoln Project's ‘toxic’ workplace  —  Interviews with nearly two dozen people with knowledge of the group's workings re[...]

CNN: New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters  —  Washington (CNN)In an expletive-laced phone call with Hous[...]

Aaron Sibarium / Washington Free Beacon: Union or Woke Activist Group?  New York Times Employees Raise Questions About Guild's Role in Recent Dismissals  —  “[...]

Lachlan Markay / Axios: Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns  —  Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a seri[...]

Aaron Rupar / Vox: Trump lawyers keep accusing Democrats of manipulating evidence.  But they're doing that themselves.  —  Trump's defense team is twisting wo[...]

HotAir: Question From Collins And Murkowski: When Did Trump Know Congress Was In Danger And What Did He Do About It?  —  We're at the question-and-answer port[...]

Paul Waldman / Washington Post: How Trump's lawyers (and Tucker Carlson) are using BLM to exonerate Trump  —  Donald Trump's impeachment attorneys have begun [...]

Brian Schwartz / CNBC: Lincoln Project backers consider cutting off donations in wake of misconduct allegations  — Wealthy donors to the anti-Trump Lincoln Pr[...]

Mike DeBonis / Washington Post: Sen. Cassidy seen holding draft statement indicating support for Trump's acquittal  —  A Republican senator who expressed doub[...]

Washington Post: Postmaster general's new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices  —  A key provision of the postmaster general's strat[...]

Glenn Greenwald: The Lincoln Project, Facing Multiple Scandals, is Accused by its Own Co-Founder of Likely Criminality  —  Liberals heralded this group of lif[...]

Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times: Column: Stacey Plaskett's facts will convict Trump for history, if not for the GOP  —  Making online drama come alive [...]

Bill Mahoney / Politico: Top Republicans call for Cuomo's ouster following nursing home revelation  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Republicans assailed Gov. Andre[...]

Wall Street Journal: China Refuses to Give WHO Raw Data on Early Covid-19 Cases  —  Officials withhold personalized information on patients that could help de[...]

Marisa Schultz / Fox News: Trump impeachment defense team puts Democrats on trial for past hot rhetoric: ‘Stop the hypocrisy’  —  Trump's team says liberals c[...]

ABC News: CDC says schools can open safely even in COVID-19 hot spots if certain steps are taken  —  Schools in “red zones” can reopen full-time with regular [...]

Karen Attiah / Washington Post: The impeachment videos put the hypocrisy of Blue Lives Matter on full display  —  This week's impeachment trial is revealing w[...]

Oliver Darcy / CNN: White House suspends deputy press secretary for one week for threatening reporter over story about him  —  (CNN Business)White House press[...]

Associated Press: CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely  —  The nation's top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling c[...]

Politico: Senate GOP gripped by conviction vote intrigue  —  Six GOP senators voted this week to move forward with President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.[...]

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian: The White House Response to the TJ Ducklo Story Should Remind Reporters: Press Staff Are Not Your Friends.  —  He got a one-we[...]

ProPublica: “I Don't Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection  —  Interviews with 19 current and [...]

Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press: White House aide suspended for threatening reporter  —  WASHINGTON — White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has be[...]

Tim Pearce / The Daily Wire: Gina Carano To Produce And Star In Upcoming Film For The Daily Wire  —  Actress Gina Carano is partnering with The Daily Wire to [...]

Brad Bannon / The Hill: Biden has a choice that could make or break him  —  President Biden has a choice that could make or break his presidency.  —  He can g[...]

Washington Post: Live updates: Trump's call to ‘fight’ was just political speech, impeachment lawyers say in seeking acquittal  —  Lawyers for Donald Trump co[...]

Vandana Rambaran / Fox News: NY state lawmaker will ask legislature to impeach Cuomo over nursing home scandal  —  'It's worth it for the legislature to explo[...]

Joshua Vaughn / The Appeal: After Man Dies Waiting For Commutation, Pennsylvania Governor Frees 13 People  —  At the urging of advocates, Governor Tom Wolf si[...]

Wall Street Journal: CDC Presses K-12 Schools to Reopen  —  Public-health agency issues new guidelines for schools to reopen safely  —  Federal health and edu[...]

Laura Meckler / Washington Post: CDC gives road map for safely reopening schools  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coro[...]

New York Times: F.D.A. Agrees Moderna Can Increase Vaccine Supply in Each Vial  —  Federal regulators are in favor of a simple, potentially quick fix to bolst[...]

Greg Sargent / Washington Post: Democrats have one big weapon left against Trump.  Will they use it?  —  Evidence is mounting that Donald Trump knew Mike Penc[...]

Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …: Disproportionality Will Lead to Violence  —  The Union is fraying and cancel culture is radicalizing ot[...]

Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner: Trump defense: Impeachment ‘act of political vengeance’  —  Former President Donald Trump's defense lawyer Michael van [...]

Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post: Melissa DeRosa's admission on nursing home coverup sparks calls for probe — and Cuomo's prosecution  —  The stunning admissio[...]

Hansi Lo Wang / NPR: 6-Month Delay In Census Redistricting Data Could Throw Elections Into Chaos  —  The 2020 census data needed for the redrawing of voting d[...]

Andreas Wiseman / Deadline: Gina Carano Hits Back, Announces New Movie Project With Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire: “They Can't Cancel Us If We Don't Let Them”  —  [...]

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg: Biden to ‘Hang Out’ at Camp David for First Time in Presidency  — New president makes his first trip to Maryland retreat  — Pr[...]

Emmanuel Felton / BuzzFeed News: Capitol Police Officers Are Holding A Vote Of No Confidence In Their Bosses Who Left Them Unprepared For The Attack  —  Membe[...]

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner: Buzz: Trump to unleash after trial, Cheney on his ‘list,’ GW's hair, JFK's sweater to auction  —  As soon as his Senate imp[...]

Alayna Treene / Axios: Trump legal defense will argue impeachment trial is unconstitutional  —  Donald Trump's legal defense will focus entirely on process, A[...]

Washington Post: Who's talking the most during Trump's second impeachment trial  —  It's the fourth day of former president Donald Trump's second impeachment [...]

JONATHAN TURLEY: Did The Democrats “Tank” The Second Trump Trial?  —  Below is my column in USA Today on the lack of a strategy by the House to secure convict[...]

Joseph Choi / The Hill: Majority of Kentuckians disapprove of McConnell's job in Senate  —  A new poll released on Friday shows that a majority of Kentuckians[...]

Techno Fog / The Reactionary: Cuomo's COVID Cover-Up  —  Also: Reports that Biden DOJ dropped the civil rights investigation.  —  13 hr ago  —  Reporting from[...]

Ben Terris / Washington Post: Donald Trump's version of an insanity defense: His critics are insane  —  In the summer of 2015, two months after Donald Trump a[...]

Ed Shanahan / New York Times: New Footage Emerges of Police Pepper-Spraying of Distraught 9-Year-Old  —  “Please don't do this to me,” the child said to an of[...]

U.S. Department of Justice: Individual Charged With Threatening The President of The United States Appears In Federal Court  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal cr[...]

Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN: Nikki Haley criticizes Trump and says he has no future in the GOP  —  Washington (CNN)Former US ambassador to the United Nations[...]

Paul Steinhauser / Fox News: Biden ‘anxious to see’ if Republicans will vote to convict Trump in impeachment trial  —  President says he's not planning on spe[...]

Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair: “I Will Destroy You”: Biden Aide Threatened a Politico Reporter Pursuing a Story on His Relationship  —  Deputy press secretary TJ[...]

CBS News: CDC considering classifying schools into color-coded zones for reopening  —  The Biden administration's guidelines for reopening schools is expected[...]

Kate Davidson / Wall Street Journal: Yellen Is Creating a New Senior Treasury Post for Climate Czar  —  Obama administration veteran Sarah Bloom Raskin is top[...]

Celine Castronuovo / The Hill: Nikki Haley breaks with Trump: 'We shouldn't have followed him'  —  Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is[...]

Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal: A Vote to Acquit Trump Is a Vote for a Lie  —  And why didn't his supporters in Congress go out on Jan. 6 and speak to the[...]

David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe: N.J. early voting bill clears Senate panel  —  Legislature doesn't have much time to pass bill before clock runs out on 20[...]

Reuters: Exclusive: Biden aides launch review with eye to shutting Guantanamo prison - White House  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has lau[...]

Department of Homeland Security: DHS Announces Process to Address Individuals in Mexico with Active MPP Cases  —  WASHINGTON - Building on a series of Executi[...]