Biden Admin: We have deep concerns about the way the early findings of the COVID-19 investigation were communicated & questions about the process used to reach them. It's imperative this report be independent, with expert findings free from intervention or alteration by the CCP

Impeachment Trial: No witnesses to be called in Senate trial, after dramatic reversal

Bloomberg: CEOs of Melvin Capital, Robinhood, Citadel, and Reddit will testify to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 18 regarding Gamestop

Politico: Richard Grenell, former ambassador to Germany and Acting Director of National Intelligence during the Trump administration, is considering running for Governor of California

DONALD TRUMP ACQUITTED IN FAILED IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

MORE: Senate acquitted Trump 57-43
GOP who voted to Convict:
Burr
Cassidy
Collins
Murkowski
Romney
Sasse
Toomey
67 votes were needed to Convict Trump

NEW: statement of Donald Trump

Louisiana GOP: The Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Louisiana has unanimously voted to censure Senator Bill Cassidy for his vote cast earlier today to convict former President Donald J. Trump on the impeachment charge.

Trump lawyer Van der Veen: “My home was attacked. I've had nearly 100 death threats."

GOP NC Chairman Michael Whatley: North Carolina Republicans sent Senator Burr to the United States Senate to uphold the Constitution and his vote today to convict in a trial that he declared unconstitutional is shocking and disappointing

NEW: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says TJ Ducklo has resigned after his threat against a female Politico reporter became public

PENN LIVE: York County GOP committee votes to censure Sen. Toomey after impeachment vote

Disgraced NY Governor Andrew Cuomo holds first press briefing NOW since cover-up revealed:
- CUOMO: A person in NYC has tested positive for South African Covid-19 variant
- CUOMO: 6,623 hospitalizations
- CUOMO: Still, NO apology

Press Conference: NY Gov Cuomo blames nursing home visitors and nursing home staffers for Covid deaths

Press Conference: Cuomo says there is ‘nothing to investigate’ when it comes to nursing home crisis

Press Conference: Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it is "criminal" for the New York legislature to threaten subpoenas and to rescind his emergency powers over the nursing home scandal: “You can't use a subpoena or the threat of investigation to leverage a person"

Breitbart: NY Councilman Robert Holden (D) urged the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to take back Cuomo’s Emmy, saying that his actions “have been an insult to every New Yorker who lost a loved one” to the coronavirus

ZeroHedge: Texas deploys National Guard as power grid leaves millions freezing in darkness

Federalist: Florida announces bill targeting big tech’s grip on private user data and privacy