Above the Fold
**LACK OF PROSECUTION:** GOP senators move to dismiss articles of impeachment amid battle with Pelosi ([Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-introduce-resolution-to-dismiss-articles-of-impeachment-amid-battle-with-pelosi))
DRAFT-LETTER FRENZY: Pentagon scrambles: “There’s been no decision to leave Iraq” (Axios)
Media, Government, & Politics
**ISLAMIST SYMPATHIZERS:** Leftmedia impressed and sobered by tears at Qasem Soleimani’s funeral ([Washington Examiner](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-media-impressed-and-sobered-by-tears-at-soleimanis-funeral))
STAMPEDE: A stampede at the funeral of slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani has left at least 50 people dead and over 200 injured. (National Review)
3% INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS HIGH: FBI gun background checks, linked closely to weapons sales, recorded the second-highest month ever in December, propelling 2019’s count to the most since the National Instant Criminal Background Check System began in 1998 (Washington Examiner)
PRIVILEGES: Chelsea Clinton made $9 million since 2011 from corporate board position (New York Post)
National Security
**ENFORCEMENT:** U.S. implements plan to send Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/u-s-implements-plan-to-send-mexican-asylum-seekers-to-guatemala-idUSKBN1Z51S4))
FOR THE RECORD: Iran has terrorists embedded inside the U.S. and across our border (The Federalist)
“ENDLESS ARRAY” OF TARGETS: The terrifying possibilities for an Iranian cyberattack (Washington Examiner)
Culture
**”USED HIS POWER AND INFLUENCE TO ... COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES”:** Harvey Weinstein charged with rape, sexual battery in Los Angeles over 2013 allegations ([USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/01/06/harvey-weinstein-charged-rape-los-angeles-2013-accusations/2826179001/))
“NO EVIDENCE THAT THE SHOOTING WAS ... CONNECTED TO THE THEFT”: Lawsuit from Kate Steinle’s parents over stolen gun tossed by San Francisco judge (Fox News)
Closing Arguments
**POLICY:** How Trump can sort out the Middle East ([National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/how-trump-can-sort-out-the-middle-east/))
POLICY: California’s privacy law shows that congressional action is needed (American Enterprise Institute)
HUMOR: Iran declines to sign Colin Kaepernick after reviewing workout video (The Babylon Bee)
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