Below are some of the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Senators’ handwritten notes offer a new view of President Trump's impeachment trial - USA Today | Seven senators shared with us some of their notes from the impeachment trial of Trump.
- Buttigieg Rising: How ex-mayor aims to go 2-for-2 in New Hampshire and upend the 2020 race - FOX News | Pete Buttigieg is definitely not lowering expectations in New Hampshire.
- 'This guy's not a Barack Obama': Biden turns up the heat on Buttigieg - NBC News | The escalation came amid rising attacks by candidates on the surging former South Bend mayor ...
- Klobuchar hits $2M in fundraising less than 24 hours after the ABC News Democratic debate - ABC News | The money coming in during the three days before the New Hampshire primary.
- Masked white nationalists march in Washington with police escort - Reuters | The Southern Poverty Law Center describes the Patriot Front as a white nationalist group...
- Neo-Nazis from across Europe rally in Budapest - Aljazeera | Some 600 far-right activists join 'Day of Honour' event
- Blue collar boom? College grads, baby boomers big winners in Trump's economy - Reuters | Americans have seen a 17% jump in household wealth since Trump’s election, while wealth at the bottom half has increased 54%.
- POLITICO Playbook: Trump’s revenge - Politico | Republicans like Sen. SUSAN COLLINS (R-Maine) said they hoped President DONALD TRUMP had learned something from impeachment.
- 2 US service members killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack - ABC News | The firefight is being investigated as a possible insider attack.
- Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch - AP | Party leaders are on edge over embarrassing technical issues that marred this past week’s Iowa caucuses...
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar's hopes are on the line in New Hampshire - Star Tribune | The Minnesota Democrat blankets the Granite State in hopes of hanging on.
- China virus death toll surges past 800, as infections mount - Aljazeera | Two foreigners - a Japanese and an American - among the dead on Saturday.
- Politicians won and the public lost in the impeachment of Donald Trump - The Hill | The greatest winner was the media. Despite his criticism, Trump has saved the industry from economic freefall.
- Instead of Removing Trump From Power, Remove Power From the Presidency - Reason.com | After Watergate, Democrats rolled back executive power. Under Trump, they just want to be the ones who get to wield it.