Below are the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Candidates flood Iowa after break in impeachment trial - The Sun | "There's still plenty of time for movement," said Kurt Meyer, chairman of the Tri-County Democrats
- Forget impeachment. Republicans fear Ukraine revelations could spill into election - Politico | Republicans are already looking past impeachment, sensing a looming Democratic plot to gradually release more Ukraine bombshells
- Sanders tops another poll just before the Iowa caucus - VOX | Bernie Sanders’s surge in momentum can be clearly seen in his 7-point lead in a January
- Schiff pushes back: Defense team knows Trump is guilty - The Hill | The Democrats claimed Trump’s defense team was merely “distracting” from the meat of the case by focusing on disparate topics
- Parnas releases extended audio from 2018 dinner with Trump - ABC News | an hour-long, mostly audio tape of a private dinner attended by President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr.
- Trump legal team goes on offense in impeachment trial, accuse Democrats of 'massive' election interference - FOX News | Saturday was the first chance Trump’s lawyers had to refute the House’s case of impeachment
- Trump legal team offers brisk opening defense of president - The Hill | The lawyers quickly made House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) a key foil in their arguments
- In recording Trump asks how long Ukraine can resist Russians - AP | “How long would they last in a fight with Russia?” Trump is heard asking
- Des Moines Register editorial board endorses Elizabeth Warren for president - USA Today | arguing her ideas are needed at a moment “when the very fabric of American life is at stake.”
- Senate impeachment trial: Fact-checking opening arguments of Trump's defense team - USA Today | Here's a look at claims and issues raised by the president's lawyers
- Pompeo says NPR host 'lied' and mistook Bangladesh for Ukraine but doesn't dispute he cursed at her - USA Today | Pompeo suggested she could not point out Ukraine on a map
- Trump appears on audio to demand Yovanovitch's ouster without knowing her name - NBC News | The president appears to ask for the name of the ambassador to the Ukraine and says, "get rid of her,"
- Sen. Hawley readies subpoena votes for Bidens, Schiff - Politico | His strategy harmonizes with plans from other GOP senators.
