Today's Top News Compilation - Friday, Jan 31, 2020 (1 Viewer)

• The Ultimate Impact of Trump's Impeachment Remains to be Seen - reason.com | While Trump will almost certainly be acquitted, impeachment might still damage him politically.
• Pelosi calls senators who voted against trial witnesses 'accomplices to the President's cover-up' - The Hill | The Senate voted by a 51-49 margin to bar witnesses from appearing...
• New coronavirus deaths and cases in China reach record daily highs - Politico | Confirmed cases rise to 11,791 nationally; death toll hits 259.
• Senate GOP passes resolution setting up end of Trump trial - The Hill | Senate Republicans muscled through a resolution on Friday night that paves the way for Trump to be acquitted...
• Lamar Alexander and the power of right-wing political correctness - VOX | A top reporter explained Lamar Alexander’s impeachment trial vote on witnesses...
• Romney not welcome at CPAC after impeachment witness vote - Politico | Romney and Susan Collins were the only Republicans to side with Democrats in voting to hear witnesses...
• Senate GOP rejects last-ditch attempt to subpoena Bolton, Mulvaney - The Hill | The final votes of the impeachment trial will occur on Wednesday under the GOP deal.
• Why four key Republicans split — and the witness vote tanked - Politico | The GOP’s move to dismiss relevant witness testimony will be cited for years to come...
• Billionaire Bloomberg floods Democratic primary with cash - AP | A staggering sum that’s drastically more than all other leading contenders spent during much of the past year combined.
• Acquit if You Must, But Don't Endorse the Dershowitz Argument - reason.com | It is time to start thinking about the fallout and how to minimize the damage to the constitutional system.
• Final Trump impeachment vote teed up for next week after GOP blocks Dem effort for new witnesses - FOX News | McConnell, R-Ky., said late Friday he expects to "conclude the trial in the coming days"
• Trump curbs immigrants from 6 nations in election-year push - AP | Countries that officials said failed to meet minimum security standards...
• Clinton jabs again at Sanders, says he didn’t unite party - AP | Hillary Clinton is not done talking about Bernie Sanders.
• In Senate trial, Trump may have gained power but lost political case - NBC News | Analysis: It's hard for the president to cast himself as the victim of a system that looks rigged by him.
• Trump to tout U.S. ‘comeback’ at State of the Union speech - AP | The speech comes at a moment when Trump is hoping to put his Senate impeachment trial behind him.