Below are some of the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Sanders holds lead in N.H., Buttigieg and Klobuchar battle for second - Politico | Watch the results come in alongside POLITICO’s 2020 team to find out who won.
- Prosecutors quit Roger Stone case as DOJ backtracks on prison recommendation for Trump ally - USA Today | The backtracking was met with swift backlash Tuesday.
- Biden vows comeback in South Carolina, after distant New Hampshire finish - FOX News | Biden confidently asserted Tuesday night that he would be able to pull out a win.
- Harris demands Barr testify over Roger Stone sentence recommendation - The Hill | Harris is asking Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to call Barr before the panel...
- Sanders, Buttigieg, Klobuchar leading New Hampshire primary field as two candidates drop out - USA Today | “The fight to end Donald Trump’s presidency is just beginning,”...
- Bloomberg's Awful Old Quotes Defending Unconstitutional Stop-and-Frisk Are Coming Back to Haunt Him - Reason.com | The former New York mayor is being called a racist...
- NH Democrats angry, seek alternative to Trump - AP | Roughly three-quarters of voters said they were not just dissatisfied but also angry with the Trump administration...
- Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence - AP | The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case Tuesday after the Justice Department overruled them...
- Trump mocks Warren over New Hampshire primary performance - The Hill | ... saying he thinks she is "sending signals that she wants out.”
- Michael Bennet ends campaign for president - USA Today | I wish all those candidates well that are going beyond New Hampshire," Bennet
- Amy Klobuchar is the thinking moderate Democrat’s elect-ability candidate - Vox | She has less baggage than Biden, and a real track record of winning Midwestern swing voters.
- Mike Pompeo warns of Chinese infiltration in American schools - Fox Business | Pompeo warns over Chinese officials threatening to discrupt in the U.S. at local and state levels
- China reports 97 new deaths from coronavirus on mainland on February 11 - Reuters | The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China had reached 1,113
- Andrew Yang ends 2020 presidential campaign - CNN | "While there is great work left to be done, you know I am the math guy, and it is clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win this race," YangProsecutors quit Roger Stone case as DOJ backtracks on prison recommendation for Trump ally - USA Today
- Trump considering Utah GOP lawmaker for top intelligence post: report - The Hill | Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) will potentially replace the president’s current interim director of national intelligence after his term ends in a few weeks.
- Equifax hack highlights China interest in U.S. personal data - AP | The latest in a string of China-linked hacking incidents came with the Monday indictment of four members of the Chinese military...
- US, Taliban close to ‘reduction in violence’ agreement - AP | President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic that there could be a U.S. agreement with the Taliban...
- AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts gains in retirement accounts - AP | Trump made the assertion at his New Hampshire rally Monday, where he also tried to snatch victory from defeat by claiming a shutout victory in the House impeachment vote, which he actually lost.
