Some headlines that caught our eye …
Iran
Iran Admits Shooting Down Airliner – Yasna Haghdoost & Arsalan Shahla, Bloomberg
Day Soleimani Killed, US Targeted Iran Quds Commander In Yemen– John Hudson, Missy Ryan & Josh Dawsey, Wash Post
Trump: Soleimani Was Targeting 4 US Embassies – Lisa Lambert, Reuters
Trump Vs. Gaetz On War Powers – Josh Dawsey, Wash Post
Impeachment
Trump Would Block Bolton Testimony – Alex Pappas, Fox
Pelosi: Trial Could Begin Wednesday – Press TV
Politics
AOC ‘Won’t Donate A Cent of Her Millions’ To DCCC – Marisa Schultz, Fox
Trump, Red States Ask Supreme Court To Delay ObamaCare Case Before Election – Susannah Luthi, Politico
National Security
White House Considering Dramatic Expansion of Travel Ban – Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro & Jill Colvin, AP
100 Miles of Wall & ‘Many More’ To Come – Adam Shaw, Fox
Texas Refuses To Host Refugees – Stephen Dinan, Wash Times
World
Catholic Persecution Worse After Vatican-China Deal, Congress Finds – Matt Hadro, Catholic Herald
EU Foreign Policy A Failure – Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg
Suffer The Children
God Save Ireland – RTE
Hungary To Provide Free Fertility Treatment To Boost Population – BBC
W. Va. Committee Passes Bill To Care for Aborted Babies Born Alive – Micaiah Bilger, Life News
Drums, Percussion
Neal Peart Dead At 67 – Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone
In Case You Missed It
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