Below are some of the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Democrats prepare for New Hampshire debate as urgency rises - AP | The field has been shaken and reshaped by chaotic Iowa caucuses earlier this week...
- Buttigieg surges in poll ahead of New Hampshire primary - The Hill | Buttigieg's support shot up four points to 23 percent in the state over the past 24 hours
- Faith Leaders Express Concern Over Trump's Political Attacks at National Prayer Breakfast - AP | “A bipartisan prayer breakfast is the last place one would expect to find political attacks on opponents,” - Rev. Tom Lambrecht
- Trump Denounces 'Dirty Cops,' 'Leakers,' and 'Liars' in Post-Acquittal Victory Speech - Reason.com | "These people are vicious," Trump said.
- 3 historians on American political divisiveness — and how to heal it - PBS | Judy Woodruff sits down with the Ellen Fitzpatrick, Michael Beschloss and Carolyn Lukensmeyer...
- As he celebrates a momentous political win, McConnell says impeachment can't become 'routine' - WDRB | He said he is convinced the House impeachment process was badly flawed and purely political.
- Governors warn Trump rule could lead to big Medicaid cuts - AP | Against the backdrop of an election year, governors are warning the administration of potentially dire consequences.
- An Unsettling New Theory: There Is No Swing Voter - Politico | Rachel Bitecofer’s radical new theory predicted the midterms spot-on. So who’s going to win 2020?
- Trump seeks to delay woman’s suit after request for his DNA - AP | on a lawsuit filed by an advice columnist who has accused him of raping her in the 1990s...
- Broadcasters stick with Trump during acquittal victory talk - AP | One television network anchor apologized to viewers for a presidential obscenity, while another said it was like watching someone on a therapist’s couch.
- Class-Action Lawsuit Challenges Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Racket - Reason.com | The lawsuit says Wayne County police stop and seize cars simply for entering or leaving certain areas.
- House approves pro-union labor bill - The Hill | The House on Thursday approved legislation aimed to protect workers’ rights to unionize.
- Warren apologizes to 6 women of color who left Nevada office - AP | Warren is apologizing to six women of color who left her presidential campaign office in Nevada before the state’s caucuses because they felt marginalized.
- Buttigieg: It was 'disgraceful' to hear Trump's attacks on Romney - The Hill | “It was disgraceful, especially to hear the way he attacked Sen. Romney...
- Amid irregularities, AP unable to declare winner in Iowa - AP | Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez asked the Iowa Democratic Party to conduct a recanvass.
- Trump acquittal confronts Dems with election-year choices - AP | “When you have a lawless president, you have to bring that to the fore, you have to spotlight that,” Nadler said.
- Republican governor says Trump shouldn’t be in office - AP | Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a fellow Republican, said Thursday in a rare dissent from within party ranks.
- Barr warns against Chinese ‘dominance’ in wireless networks - AP | decrying what he said was Beijing’s determination to establish “dominance” in the market of next-generation, high-speed wireless networks.
