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Pelosi narrowly wins speaker’s gavel after more than a dozen Democrats defect (Washington Examiner)

Nancy Pelosi on Thursday narrowly won re-election as House speaker after more than a dozen Democrats either voted for someone else or voted “present.”

Pelosi, D-Calif., won in a 220-192 vote that took place just moments after the 116th Congress was assembled. She needed a majority of those who voted for a named candidate, or 216 votes, to win. She defeated Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who will be House Minority Leader in the new Congress.

Twelve Democrats voted for another candidate, and three others voted “present.” [Read More]

Exculpatory Russia evidence about Mike Flynn that US intel kept secret (The Hill)

Sometimes public silence can be deafening or, for that matter, misleading.

For nearly two years now, the intelligence community has kept secret evidence in the Russia collusion case that directly undercuts the portrayal of retired Army general and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn as a Russian stooge.

That silence was maintained even when former acting Attorney General Sally Yatespublicly claimed Flynn was possibly “compromised” by Moscow. [Read More]

Warren brushes off Trump tweet mocking her DNA test (NBC News)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., brushed off a tweet Thursday from President Donald Trump mocking her recent DNA test, telling reporters the president should spend “his time getting the government back open.”

“We’re now in the 13th day of the shutdown, we have hundreds of thousands of federal employees not getting their paychecks and work that’s not being done all around this country,” said Warren, who recently announced she is considering a run for the White House. “Those are the issues we need to worry about, and that’s where we need to focus.” [Read More]

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