The second impeachment of Donald Trump begins, President Biden reins in ICE as part of an immigration overhaul, and Fox News is hit with a $2.3 billion defamation lawsuit for spreading election conspiracies.

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Impeachment Preview

• CNN: Trump’s second impeachment trial set to kick off this week amid questions about what it will look like
• ABC News: Majority of Americans say Trump should be convicted, barred from holding federal office in impeachment trial: POLL 
• Politico: Democrats’ big shift in Trump’s second impeachment
• WaPo: Shape of Senate impeachment trial remains unclear as Trump rejects House Democratic request to testify 
• Politico: Trump won’t testify at his second impeachment trial
• NYT: Senate Leaders Agree on Impeachment Trial Delay, Giving Biden Breathing Room 
• Axios: Democrats call on Schumer for speedy Trump impeachment trial
• AP: Senate Republicans back Trump on eve of impeachment trial 
• LA Times: Trump backer decries ‘show trial’ as Democrats call on Senate to hold him accountable
• Politico: Trump impeachment lawyer says he’ll use video of Dems’ own remarks at trial 
• NYT: Impeachment Case Aims to Marshal Outrage of Capitol Attack Against Trump
• NYT: Read the Brief from Trump’s Defense Team on Impeachment Charge 
• WaPo: 5 arguments the GOP is making against impeachment, parsed 
• NYT: Impeachment Case Aims to Marshal Outrage of Capitol Attack Against Trump
• WaPo Analysis: Power Up: Democrats and Trump’s lawyers just previewed their impeachment trial strategy. Here’s a breakdown.
• WaPo: Trump’s actions described as ‘a betrayal of historic proportions’ in trial brief filed by House impeachment managers
• NYT: Republicans Rally Against Impeachment Trial, Signaling Likely Acquittal for Trump 
• CBS News: Biden says “no need” for Trump to still receive intel briefings
• Politico Transition Playbook: Impeachment? Never heard of her 
• WaPo: Trump’s access to sensitive briefings will be determined by intelligence officials, White House clarifies
• Vox: Biden’s hesitancy about Trump receiving intelligence briefings, briefly explained
• NYT: Biden Bars Trump From Receiving Intelligence Briefings, Citing ‘Erratic Behavior’

Immigration

• WaPo: New Biden rules for ICE point to fewer arrests and deportations, and a more restrained agency
• ABC News: Biden ending deals with Central America restricting asylum
• WSJ: Biden Withdraws From Trump’s Agreements to Send Asylum Seekers to Central America
• NPR: Biden Moves To End Trump-Era Asylum Agreements With Central American Countries
• NYT: Migrant Families Force Biden to Confront New Border Crisis
• The Guardian: US to resume deporting asylum seekers after judge rejects Biden order
• Texas Tribune: Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden’s 100-day deportation moratorium after Texas sues administration
• Politico: Biden dealt blow on 100-day deportation moratorium
• CBS News: ICE starts 100-day moratorium on deportations for certain immigrants in U.S.
• Vox: Biden will pause deportations for 100 days
• WaPo: Biden announces efforts to reunite migrant families separated by Trump administration 
• ABC News: Biden creating task force to reunite families separated at the border 
• The White House: Executive Order on the Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families
• WaPo: Biden seeks to restore ‘badly damaged’ refugee resettlement program
• NYT: Biden to Welcome More Refugees, but Far From All Will Get In 
• The Hill: Biden immigration policy looks beyond reversing Trump 
• WaPo: Biden’s new orders seem bold. For most immigrants, they don’t change much. 
• Texas Tribune: President Biden’s early immigration overhaul has overlooked one growing problem: A massive court backlog
• New Yorker: The Race to Dismantle Trump’s Immigration Policies 
• PBS: Why reforming the U.S. approach to deportations could be Biden’s biggest immigration challenge
• Vox: What Biden can learn from Obama’s immigration mistakes
• NYT Op-Ed: 3 Million People Were Deported Under Obama. What Will Biden Do About It?
• WaPo Opinion: Opinion: Biden must fight for immigration reform like never before. Until I see that, consider me a skeptic.
• WaPo Opinion: Opinion: ICE’s union can basically veto any Biden immigration plan — thanks to Ken Cuccinelli 
• NYT: Trump Loyalists Across Homeland Security Could Vex Biden’s Immigration Policies 
• SC Now: Lindsey Graham says Joe Biden’s immigration polices will make the migrant caravans flow again
• The Hill: Biden on immigration orders: ‘I’m eliminating bad policy’ 
• The Hill: McConnell criticizes Biden’s Day 1 actions
• Fox News: Marco Rubio rejects Biden immigration bill, calls it ‘blanket amnesty’ 
• CNBC: Bipartisan pair of senators reintroduces immigration reform bill protecting ‘Dreamers’ 
• Politico: Biden open to breaking his immigration bill into pieces 
• AP: Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill 
• NBC News: Senate Republicans throw cold water on Biden’s immigration proposal
• AP: Biden immigration plan opposed by GOP, conservative groups
• CNN Analysis: On immigration, Biden seeks a new approach to an old deadlock 

Disinformation and Defamation

• Vox: Fox Business abruptly canceled Lou Dobbs Tonight
• LA Times: Fox News cancels Lou Dobbs’ show; pro-Trump host not expected to be back on air
• WaPo: Smartmatic files $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News over election fraud claims 
• Axios: Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell
• NYT: Fox News Is Sued by Election Technology Company for Over $2.7 Billion 
• WaPo: Dominion voting machine firm sues Giuliani for more than $1.3 billion 
• NPR: Dominion Voting Systems Suing Giuliani For Defamation 
• CNBC: Dominion Voting warns Fox News, Sean Hannity, other conservative outlets that defamation lawsuits are imminent
• NYT: Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation
• WaPo Analysis: Lou Dobbs, and the most problematic claims Trump allies made about voting machines 
• Vox: OAN prefaced Mike Lindell’s election “documentary” with a hilariously massive disclaimer 
• Bloomberg Opinion: Defamation Law Can Slow the Plague of Fake News 
• CNN Business: ‘There is real teeth to this’: Legal experts weigh in on Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News
• USA Today Opinion: Fake news victims are using lawsuits to shut down the lies. Can courts cure this plague? 
• Columbia Journalism Review: The debate about fixing America’s information ecosystem 
• Media Matters: These companies dropped the GOP’s insurrection caucus — but are still running ads on Fox 
• WaPo Opinion: Fox News is a hazard to our democracy. It’s time to take the fight to the Murdochs. Here’s how.
• NYT: More Than 1,000 Companies Boycotted Facebook. Did It Work? 
• NYT: Advertisers Are Fleeing Tucker Carlson. Fox News Viewers Have Stayed. 
• WaPo: Three ways the media can vanquish the Big Lie that will linger even after Trump is gone
• NYT Opinion: The Women Who Paved the Way for Marjorie Taylor Greene 
• WaPo: The media can’t ignore Marjorie Taylor Greene. Can they figure out how to cover her?

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