Below are the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- GOP senators reject plans to dismiss Trump impeachment - AP | Senate Republicans signaled Monday they would reject the idea of simply voting to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
- Giuliani associate Lev Parnas turns over thousands of new documents to Congress - CNBC - Parnas’ lawyer tweets that he hand-delivered the contents of one of Parnas’ phones to the HIC over the weekend.
- Trump’s new argument that impeachment “should not even be allowed to proceed,” - VOX | ... briefly explained
- Senator Cory Booker out of race to White House, right before SC primary - ABC | Now, with these latest political changes, there are new expectations for the Democratic field.
- Donald Trump reaches out to supporters at LSU-Clemson game - USA Today - Facing intense challenges over Iran and impeachment, President Donald Trump took time out Monday in a familiar setting: a sports stadium.
- Parliament’s political groups voice concern on UK ‘settled status’ for EU citizens" - The Parliament | MEPs will be asked this week to back a resolution on the issue.
- Supreme Court to hear challenge to auto-dialing ban - Politico | The case is challenging a provision within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
- Brexit LIVE: Meddling Lords plot last-ditch changes to Boris deal - ‘We can WIN this!’ - Express UK | ... as he desperately tries to take the UK out of the European Union by January 31.
- People are leaving California and New York, and that could shake up the political landscape | "Voters around the country are concluding it’s better to be red than dead’
- Top Presidential Candidates to Outline Views on Democracy at Citizens - NAACP | At United Forum in Des Moines on January 19.
- Putin's latest obsession: Rewriting World War II - Japan Times | Putin has appeared lately to be obsessed with World War II, discoursing about it at every opportunity.
- US officials cite deterrence to defend lethal drone strike - AP | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr gave voice to the broader rationale on Monday...
- Russians hacked company key to Ukraine scandal: researchers - AP | Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November to steal the login credentials of employees of Burisma Holdings.
- Judge refuses to second-guess family separations at border - AP | A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border ...
- Wisconsin judge orders up to 209K voter names be deleted - AP | A Wisconsin judge on Monday found the state’s bipartisan elections commission to be in contempt...
- Warren: Sanders said in 2018 meeting a woman could not win the White House - Reuters | Amid escalating tensions between the two rivals Warren pushed back against Sanders.