Below are some of the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Sanders on top: Key takeaways from the Nevada caucuses - AP | Sanders’ convincing win means there is no longer an asterisk next to his status as the front-runner in the race.
- How Bernie built a big win in Nevada - Politico | Bernie Sanders’ locked-in base of younger, Latino and more liberal voters was more than enough to propel him to a decisive victory...
- Sanders takes aim at Trump after Nevada caucus victory - The Hill | "The American people are sick and tired of a president who lies all the time"... - Sanders
- Sanders celebrates Nevada win, promises more - AP | While Klobuchar is telling supporters her presidential campaign has “exceeded expectations” and she plans to carry on...
- Buttigieg sounds alarm after Sanders wins Nevada - The Hill | "I believe the only way to truly deliver any of the progressive changes we care about is to be a nominee who actually gives a damn about...
- Bernie wins again - Politico | The Vermont senator easily bests his rivals in Nevada to cement his frontrunner status. A close battle is shaping up for second place.
- AP FACT CHECK: Donald Trump and the audacity of hype - AP | Trump celebrated the elimination of a tax that still exists and went deep and wide in distorting what he’s done in office.
- Justice Sonia Sotomayor: Supreme Court 'putting a thumb on the scale' for Trump - Wash. Examiner | Sotomayor said she is concerned the Supreme Court is going out of its way to help the Trump administration.
- Devin Nunes vows to expand lawsuit against Fusion GPS after judge’s dismissal - Wash. Examiner | The judge gave the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee 30 days to file another amended complaint.
- 'Not good enough,' Warren says of Bloomberg's non-disclosure agreement pledge - Reuters | Bloomberg needs to do a blanket release so that all women who have been muzzled by non-disclosure agreements can step up and tell their side of the story ...
- Security adviser: I’ve seen no intel of Moscow helping Trump - AP | In a transcript of an interview with ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” set to air on Sunday.
- Actor Clint Eastwood shows support for Michael Bloomberg and criticizes Trump's behavior - CNN | He said, however, that he wishes Trump would behave "in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names,"...
- About 40 million people get water from the Colorado River. Studies show it's drying up. - USA Today | River also supplies water to more than 5 million acres of farmland from Wyoming to Southern California.
- A Conservative Judge Just Slapped the Trump Administration’s Treatment of Poor People - Politico | And that wasn’t the only recent federal decision rebuking Republican policies for their lack of compassion and fairness.
