Above the Fold
**AT LONG LAST:** House prepares to vote Wednesday to transmit Trump impeachment articles to the Senate, where it will be disposed of ([CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/14/house-vote-wednesday-to-transmit-trump-impeachment-articles-to-senate.html))
376 MILES OF NEW FENCING: Trump planning to divert additional $7.2 billion in Pentagon funds for border barriers (The Washington Post)
Business & Economy
**BROKERING:** U.S. drops designation of China as currency manipulator ahead of trade agreement ([National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/news/us-china-trade-deal-trump-administration-drops-designation-china-currency-manipulator/))
THE TRUTH ABOUT POVERTY: Child poverty in the U.S. is at an all-time low, and saying otherwise does not help American families (Institute for Family Studies)
DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT: Stocks are up 495% in the past decade — here’s why you probably aren’t (MarketWatch)
National Security
**TERRORISM IN THE HOMELAND:** NAS Pensacola shooting was an “act of terrorism,” Attorney General William Barr says; U.S. to expel 21 Saudi nationals in training program ([Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/us/saudi-nationals-to-be-expelled-from-us-source-says))
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: According to Fox News, “Barr says DOJ was consulted before Soleimani strike as Trump goes on defensive.” The Leftmedia spin regarding Trump’s comments is a distinction without a difference, and it’s meant to make it look like this was a conspiracy to kill some innocent Iranian without justification.
Government & Politics
**PREEMPTION:** Here’s a setup story from The New York Times to undermine anything about the Bidens and Burisma so that if something emerges on Joe, it can be written off as “Russian meddling”: “[Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Center of Impeachment](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/politics/russian-hackers-burisma-ukraine.html).”
DEZINFORMATSIYA: TV’s Trump news: three-fourths impeachment and 93% negative (NewsBusters)
FOR THE RECORD: Hillary Clinton vindicated on corruption charges? Hardly. (Issues & Insights)
Closing Arguments
**POLICY:** Obama’s midnight regulations, lawsuits still hamper the U.S. economy ([Issues & Insights](https://issuesinsights.com/2020/01/14/obamas-midnight-regulations-lawsuits-still-hamper-the-u-s-economy/))
POLICY: The why and how of market-driven medical care (RealClearPolicy)
HUMOR: Mitch McConnell sends Pelosi shirt reading “I impeached the president and all I got was this lousy T-shirt” (The Babylon Bee)
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