**The U.S. Seemed to Be Leaving Iraq. But It Was All an ‘Honest Mistake.’ A letter saying that the U.S. was “repositioning forces” for “movement out of Iraq” produced headlines around the world that a withdrawal had begun.**
*by perryyyyyy (<https://redd.it/el6l1p>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/middleeast/iran-letter-withdrawal-iraq.html

**Pentagon says will not break law of war, despite Trump threat**
*by roku44 (<https://redd.it/el6l20>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-culturalsites/pentagon-says-will-not-break-law-of-war-despite-trump-threat-idUSKBN1Z527H?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=reddit.com

**Trump Admin Denies Iran Foreign Minister’s Visa to Attend U.N. Security Council Meeting**
*by Ice_Burn (<https://redd.it/el6lbc>)*
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-admin-denies-iran-foreign-ministers-visa-to-attend-u-n-security-council-meeting/

**The last White House press briefing was 301 days ago**
*by mepper (<https://redd.it/el6lgu>)*
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/01/07/stephanie-grisham-press-briefings-ridiculist-sot-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn

**Massachusetts' first Muslim mayor elected in Cambridge on Monday**
*by NattyBohng (<https://redd.it/el6loh>)*
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/06/massachusetts-first-muslim-mayor-elected-in-cambridge-on-monday/

**Secretary of State Pompeo not planning 2020 Senate run: sources**
*by readerseven (<https://redd.it/el6p2l>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z528Y

**Republican congressman shares fake photo of Obama with Iranian president on Twitter**
*by xxxsultanxxxx (<https://redd.it/el6rfz>)*
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-gosar-twitter-republican-congressman-shares-fake-photo-of-barack-obama-with-iranian-president-rouhani-2020-01-06/

**Critics skeptical of EPA plans for tougher truck standards**
*by besselfunctions (<https://redd.it/el6s8o>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/477015-epa-eyes-tougher-standards-for-trucks-but-critics-worry-emissions

**Rep. Paul Gosar tweets phony photo of Obama and Iranian president, gets ridiculed**
*by superdude1970 (<https://redd.it/el6sta>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/06/arizona-us-rep-paul-gosar-tweets-photoshopped-photo-obama-rouhani/2829813001/

**The latest on the US-Iran crisis**
*by Craramy (<https://redd.it/el6tfx>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/us-iran-soleimani-tensions-intl-01-06-20/

**Trump Says He'll Target Iran's Cultural Sites. That's Illegal.**
*by clarebearpanda (<https://redd.it/el6ubn>)*
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/06/794006073/trump-says-hell-target-iran-s-cultural-sites-that-s-illegal?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr

**Warren: Trump inability to get story straight on Iran shows his real motives**
*by lombar77 (<https://redd.it/el6ugc>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warren-trump-inability-to-get-story-straight-on-iran-shows-his-real-motives-76149829507

**U.S. manufacturing activity hits worst level since 2009**
*by 1000000students (<https://redd.it/el6yxv>)*
https://www.axios.com/us-manufacturing-index-ism-lowest-great-recession-af6fb388-9cee-4944-8955-6aec166671ea.html

**Khamenei Wants to Put Iran’s Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General - In a departure from Iran’s usual tactics of hiding behind proxies, the country’s supreme leader wants any retaliation for the killing of a top military commander to be carried out openly by Iranian forces**
*by senfgurke (<https://redd.it/el70q0>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/middleeast/iran-khamenei-general-soleimani.html

**Arizona congressman tweets image of Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani — it’s fake**
*by NursingManChristDude (<https://redd.it/el755v>)*
https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/6A272572-30C4-11EA-A104-9520470DA890

**Daily Bulletin: Militias to Descend on Virginia Capital to Protest Gun Reform**
*by popashotbruv (<https://redd.it/el763o>)*
https://www.thetrace.org/rounds/daily-bulletin-militias-second-amendment-sactuaries-gun-reform-virginia/

**Bernie Sanders isn't a joke — he's dangerous**
*by lescrivens (<https://redd.it/el78lo>)*
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/bernie-sanders-isnt-a-joke-hes-dangerous

**Elizabeth Warren's Support For Trump Trade Deal Chafes Climate Allies**
*by Alec122 (<https://redd.it/el79l0>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-usmca-trade-deal_n_5e139811e4b0b2520d26252c

**Poll: Forty-three percent of Americans approve of Trump's airstrike of Soleimani**
*by anarchytravel (<https://redd.it/el79qv>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/06/americans-approve-soleimani-airstrike-but-needed-congress-approval/2827554001/

**Two Years Later: What Has Trump’s Tax Law Delivered? Since the law’s passage, the federal government has seen the largest year-over-year drop in corporate tax revenue outside of a recession.**
*by hugeposuer (<https://redd.it/el7axb>)*
https://capitalandmain.com/what-has-trumps-tax-law-delivered-0106

**How Lindsey Graham Lost His Way**
*by HNP4PH (<https://redd.it/el7bgb>)*
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/lindsey-graham-senate-trump-928948/

**Baby wrapped in plastic found alive in Singapore rubbish chute**
*by jacquelinecollen (<https://redd.it/el7bwb>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-baby/baby-wrapped-in-plastic-found-alive-in-singapore-rubbish-chute-idUSKBN1Z60GG

**Soleimani's funeral shows Trump underestimated how powerful anti-imperialism and nationalism is in Iran | President ignored warning signs and crashed us into crisis, says former White House senior official**
*by Majnum (<https://redd.it/el7g3p>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/soleimani-funeral-trump-irgc-military-war-nationalism-a9273121.html

**John Bolton Is Ready to Testify. Senate Republicans Aren’t Ready to Hear Him.**
*by Fitness_and_Finance (<https://redd.it/el7g8i>)*
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/john-bolton-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell-senate.html

**Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Iran Must Directly Retaliate for Soleimani Strike: NYT**
*by Normiesreeee69 (<https://redd.it/el7gda>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-reportedly-says-iran-must-directly-retaliate-for-soleimani-killing?via=twitter_page

**Obama's Iran deal granted an amnesty to the world's leading terrorist mastermind: Suleimani**
*by prong-fastner (<https://redd.it/el7gvn>)*
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11741235/Obamas-Iran-deal-has-just-granted-an-amnesty-to-the-worlds-leading-terrorist-mastermind.html

**Trump Administration Drafts Sanctions Against Iraq in Response to Vote to Expel U.S. Troops: Report**
*by JoseTwitterFan (<https://redd.it/el7kb0>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/trump-admin-drafts-sanctions-against-iraq-report.html

**Iran has brought down an American president before**
*by growleroz (<https://redd.it/el7kj7>)*
https://www.smh.com.au/national/iran-has-brought-down-an-american-president-before-20200106-p53p42.html

**Homeland Security warns businesses to brace for Iranian cyberattacks**
*by Philo1927 (<https://redd.it/el7ks4>)*
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/06/homeland-security-iran-cyberattacks/

**Bernie Sanders Goes After Biden Over His Claims About Opposing The Iraq War**
*by liquiddemocracy (<https://redd.it/el7mv5>)*
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e1402dce4b0b2520d26d3cb

**US denies Iran's Zarif a visa to attend UN: US official**
*by d3adbor3d2 (<https://redd.it/el7szb>)*
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/denies-iran-zarif-visa-attend-official-200107032757074.html

**Six B-52 bombers heading to Indian Ocean island amid Iran tensions, report says**
*by os2mac (<https://redd.it/el7unb>)*
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/six-b-52-bombers-heading-to-indian-ocean-island-amid-iran-tensions-report-says-1.613744

**Trump the Intimidator Fails Again. Because he’s just a bully with delusions of grandeur.**
*by stkmro (<https://redd.it/el821n>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/opinion/trump-iran-trade.html

**Rep. Krishnamoorthi: ‘This is one of those gut check moments for Republicans’**
*by Kunphen (<https://redd.it/el83l9>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/rep-krishnamoorthi-this-is-one-of-those-gut-check-moments-for-republicans-76119621823?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

**Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump**
*by fadka21 (<https://redd.it/el86kn>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/trump-esper-iran-cultural-sites.html?campaign_id=60&instance_id=0&segment_id=20102&user_id=cd1b9546c4a4fb958fa73e43b9c0b0ad&regi_id=69051566

**Toledo Democrats warn President Trump against hate speech during upcoming visit**
*by stkmro (<https://redd.it/el86sh>)*
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/01/toledo-democrats-warn-president-trump-against-hate-speech-during-upcoming-visit.html

**Lawsuit seeks to establish DC as venue for sex abuse accusations against Boy Scouts**
*by NotsoPG (<https://redd.it/el89sx>)*
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/477060-lawsuit-seeks-to-establish-dc-as-venue-for-sex-abuse-accusations

**Netanyahu Distances From Soleimani Slaying, Says Israel Shouldn’t Be ‘Dragged’ Into It: Report**
*by clash1111 (<https://redd.it/el8fxa>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/netanyahu-distances-from-soleimani-slaying-says-israel-shouldnt-be-dragged-into-it-report

**GOP Sen. Rand Paul Thinks Trump Needs Permission From Congress In Iran, Says 'Killing Country's Major General Is An Act Of War'**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/el8hba>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-sen-rand-paul-thinks-trump-needs-permission-congress-iran-says-killing-countrys-major-1480713

**Restraining Order Sought Against ICE Over Detained Transgender Inmate**
*by drewiepoodle (<https://redd.it/el8j6m>)*
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/01/06/restraining-order-sought-against-ice-over-detained-transgender-inmate/

**Bernie Sanders Goes After Biden Over His Claims About Opposing The Iraq War. The senator from Vermont also attacked his Democratic presidential rival for his positions on issues like trade, health care and the 2005 bankruptcy bill.**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/el8m57>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-goes-after-biden-false-claims-iraq-war_n_5e1402dce4b0b2520d26d3cb