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Trump seeks knockout blow in New Hampshire . . . Donald Trump is aiming for a commanding victory Tuesday in New Hampshire, securing a sweep of the first two Republican primary races that would make a November rematch with President Joe Biden look more likely than ever. The biggest question is whether Trump’s last major rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, will be able to eat into his margin or pull off an upset outright. Haley has dedicated significant time and financial resources to New Hampshire, hoping to appeal to its famously independent-minded electorate. Trump’s allies are already pressuring Haley, a former South Carolina governor, to leave the race, and those calls will intensify if he wins New Hampshire easily. Associated Press

Trump soars way ahead of Haley in new NH poll . . . The latest DailyMail/J.L. Partners tracking poll shows Trump has 57 per cent support to Haley's 37. Just 24 hours earlier, Haley was only behind by 10 points and had a glimmer of hope if independent and Democrat voters turned out to back her. On the final day the poll of 851 people was conducted, Trump had a 40-point advantage over Haley in respondents asked by J.L. Partners. Daily Mail

The poll was averaged over several days, but on the last day, Trump was 40 points ahead following the DeSantis exit. This suggests a possible Trump romp.

Haley seeks to dampen expectations . . . Haley’s campaign had once claimed she could win in the state but tempered expectations after Trump’s decisive victory in Iowa last week. “I think we always want to have as many people come out to vote,” Haley told reporters during a gaggle as she barnstormed New Hampshire over the weekend. “We want them to show the power of their voice. We want to get out there.”The former South Carolina had for weeks jockeyed with DeSantis to be the sole alternative to Trump, but she is at risk of losing that new mantle right out the gate. Washington Examiner

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Former Trump rivals join him for New Hampshire rally . . . Trump invited entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) to join him on stage at the rally, which was broadcasted by Rightside Broadcasting. All three former 2024 presidential candidates have endorsed the 45th president in the past eight days, as has Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who exited the race on Sunday after placing second in Iowa. Breitbart

Don Jr. opens door for DeSantis to serve in Trump administration

Biden's Democratic challengers hope to beat expectations . . . President Biden’s Democratic primary challengers are hoping for a symbolic victory in New Hampshire Tuesday as they seek momentum in their long-shot bids for the nomination. Challengers Marianne Williamson and Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) likely have their best chance at success in the primary Tuesday after focusing their campaigns in the state for months and with Biden not officially on the ballot. The Hill

Calls grow to remove Fani Willis from Trump case . . . Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an inappropriate relationship with a special prosecutor she hiredto seek convictions of Donald Trump and others for interfering in Georgia’s 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case. Willis has defended her hiring of Nathan Wade, who has little prosecutorial experience, and has not directly denied a romantic relationship. Associated Press

Democratic Socialists of America facing financial crisis . . . The Democratic Socialists of America, affiliated with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other liberal leaders, is facing severe financial trouble, with the organization’s leaders calling for massive budget cuts and layoffs. The seven-figure deficit comes after the DSA, which leads anti-Israel protests across the country, did not publicly condemn the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. Washington Examiner

Maybe they should try . . . capitalism.

Fetterman's break from the Left excites Republicans . . . The Pennsylvania Democrat is straying from liberal orthodoxy on the border and Israel, giving GOP colleagues hope that he might keep surprising them. But Fetterman’s voting record remains staunchly in line with the rest of his party. Politico

Trump proposes to revive Reagan SDI initiative . . . Former President Donald Trump proposed reviving an ambitious space-based missile defense program thought up during the Reagan administration.

Speaking at a rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, Trump promised to build a “state-of-the-art missile defense system” that would cover the entirety of the United States, dubbing it the United States’s own “Iron Dome.”Adding credence to his proposal, he brought up the famous “Star Wars” missile defense program touted by former President Ronald Reagan, which was scrapped due to the technology being out of reach. Washington Examiner

How a Navy SEAL fell into the sea and died along with another trying to save him . . . Under the darkness of night, in the roiling high seas off the coast of Somalia on Jan 11, members of the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 3 began to climb aboard an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen. As Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Nathan Gage Ingram began climbing the ladder onto the boat, he slipped, falling into a gap the waves had created between the vessel and the SEALs’ combatant craft. As he went under, Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers jumped into the gap to try to save him. It was an instinctive act, honed by years of training, one teammate going to another’s aid. But weighed down by their body armor, weapons and heavy equipment, the two SEALs plunged into the depths of the Arabian Sea and died. Associated Press

US strikes Houthi sites again . . . The United States and Britain carried out large-scale military strikes on Monday against eight sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi militants, according to the two countries. The strikes signaled that the Biden administration intends to wage a sustained and, at least for now, open-ended campaign against the Iran-backed group that has disrupted traffic in vital international sea lanes.

The strikes — the eighth in nearly two weeks — hit multiple targets at each site. New York Times

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International

Israeli military suffers deadliest day of the war . . . The Israeli military said at least 24 soldiers were killed when two buildings rigged for demolition in Gaza collapsed after militants fired at a nearby tank, by far the deadliest incident for Israel in the enclave since the start of the war.

The blast from the rocket-propelled grenade on Monday likely caused the explosives to detonate, collapsing the buildings, the military said. Wall Street Journal

Israel and Hezbollar teeter on the brink of war . . . An undeclared war is festering all along the hill country that separates Israel and Lebanon. It involves nearly as many troops as the war in the Gaza Strip. So far it’s a largely static battle of missiles, artillery, bombing raids and stealthy infiltration. Hezbollah hasn’t unleashed its long-range firepower. Israel hasn’t ordered forward its tanks. But the fighting has intensified this month. Nobody knows how long the border battle can continue before the gloves come off. WSJ

Americans overwhelmingly support Israel over Hamas . . . An overwhelming majority of Americans supports Israel in the Jewish state's war against Hamas, according to a poll released Monday. Eighty percent of the 2,346 registered voters in the poll from Harvard University's Center for American Political Studies, HarrisX, and the Harris Poll said they supported Israel over the terror group, while 20 percent said they supported Hamas. Washington Free Beacon

Money

Biden lying about billionaires paying only 8 percent in taxes . . . In the past year, in more than 30 appearances, the president has referred to billionaires paying about 8 percent in federal income taxes.  The line is a key part of his argument to impose a minimum 25 percent tax on all taxpayers with wealth greater than $100 million. That would raise about $360 billion over 10 years, the administration estimates. But if you check Treasury Department calculations for what the richest Americans already pay in taxes, you would see that the richest 1 percent pay in excess of 20 percent in income taxes and more than 30 percent in all federal taxes. Washington Post

Sports Illustrated embrace of woke agenda blamed for downfall . . . Showcasing transgender celebrities, plus-size models and Megan Rapinoe on the pages of its storied swimsuit edition wasn’t the only reason for the downfall of Sports Illustrated, but it’s hard to imagine that it helped. The “go woke, go broke” narrative surged on social media shortly after word broke Friday that Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated for owner Authentic Brands, would cut the entire editorial staff, a reduction of about 100 workers. Critics were quick to connect the 70-year-old sports publication’s collapse to the relentless leftward march of its annual swimsuit issue, a once-frothy celebration of female beauty that increasingly looks as if it were run by the Harvard gender studies department. Washington Times

Culture

Columbia University includes antisemitic terror defender in school's "day of Dialogue . . .C olumbia University defended its decision to invite a pro-terrorist professor who founded the Hamas-supporting group Students for Justice in Palestine to speak at its official "Day of Dialogue" event on Friday, praising him as a "renowned" scholar who could help students "examine all viewpoints." Hatem Bazian, a University of California, Berkeley, professor who has called for the dismantling of Israel and argued that "it’s about time we had an intifada in this country," was invited by school administrators at Columbia’s Barnard College. The college canceled classes so students could attend the event. Washington Free Beacon

Another giant win for US universities . . . 

Father to give birth . . . An Italian transgender man, who was far into the process of transitioning from female to male, has been discovered to be five months pregnant. The discovery came after the individual, identified as 'Marco', had undergonDe a mastectomy to remove his breasts as part of the sex-swap procedure. He had been assigned a male name by Italian authorities, had grown a beard, and was preparing for an operation to remove his uterus, Italian reports said. He will be listed as the child's dad. Daily Mail

Office of refugee resettlement spent $20B welcoming illegals . . . The federal agency responsible for busing, sheltering and supporting the largely unauthorized immigrant population pouring across America’s borders spent nearly $20 billion over the last two years, according to a new report. Most of that money was spent on sheltering and caring for immigrant children who are in the U.S. illegally, with other funds also going to help new arrivals from Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti and other nations favored by President Biden’s immigration policies. Washington Times

Supreme Court allows Border Patrol to cut  barbed wire Texas placed on border . . . Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said "this is not over" after a divided Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a victory on Monday by allowing federal agents to remove razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border. The high court's 5-4 vote, which saw Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett of the court's conservative wing side join the court's three liberal justices to side with the Biden administration. Newsweek

Man who slaughtered eight in two-day Chicago area massacre kills self in Texas . . . A man suspected of shooting dead eight people over two days in the suburbs of Chicago turned the gun on himself when confronted by law enforcement officials in Texas Monday night. 

Romeo Nance, 23, shot and killed himself at around 8:30 p.m. central time after US Marshals near Natalia, Texas confronted him, Joliet, Illinois police said. It’s unclear how Nance got from Illinois to Texas with local police and the FBI’s fugitive task force on the lookout. New York Post

Single man enrages date by asking her to split the bill . . . 

Does any man give their seat up for a woman on the metro anymore? Of course not, they could be sued for sexual harassment!