Senate Republicans are on the brink of bringing a quick and sudden close to President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. https://t.co/ermz4O55nD

— CNN (@CNN) January 30, 2020

The fix is in.
No witnesses.

The rest of this should be as easy as getting an all white jury to spring a Mississippi Klansman in 1965.https://t.co/2oDVcGZ2ZC

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) January 31, 2020

This statement is weak and incoherent.

It provides a broad license for future abuses of power, condones the WH’s complete rejection of Congressional oversight, and in the end renders the impeachment process a nullity.

The race to the bottom continues. https://t.co/GnX8Xgs4Xd

— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) January 31, 2020

The biggest takeaway happened after Thursday's question session ended: Democrats almost certainly aren't going to get their four Senate Republicans to call witnesses. https://t.co/oGxQd1tJ0R

— Amber Phillips (@byamberphillips) January 31, 2020

"This is President Trump's Republican party now, completely," Associated Press White House reporter Jon Lemire says. "It has been handed over to him in every way. He is now the first president who will go through an impeachment without witnesses."https://t.co/1Zg4HN6DgW

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2020

The Senate is in play pic.twitter.com/jA79mPk2QF

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 31, 2020

"What they really are afraid of is that this president, unfettered without a conviction, means that he's going to be doing a lot more stuff that will subject him to impeachment, because that's what this guy is. He believes he's king now." – Sen. Hirono https://t.co/9b6RrjgFCM

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2020

There are now 9,709 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus across mainland China, according to data from national and provincial health authorities, as the infection rate continues to climb. https://t.co/DYL4wQPHgQ

— CNN International (@cnni) January 31, 2020

Hong Kong schools are expecting to stay closed until March 2 as concerns over the novel coronavirus deepen https://t.co/7bi2dsdoPu

— Bloomberg (@business) January 31, 2020

Amid #coronavirus panic, doctors remind public that the flu is far more deadly and widespread in the U.S. https://t.co/LDfM1XTfwL

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 31, 2020

Israeli officials have announced that they plan to annex all West Bank settlements next week.

If they do, this new phase of the process will be dead before it really starts, writes @AmbDennisRoss and @DavidMakovsk https://t.co/niX5zWEEMQ

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 30, 2020

France’s economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter, hinting at a deeper deterioration in the euro area at the end of 2019 https://t.co/jyrmS4kSRe via @markets

— Geraldine Amiel (@GeraldineAmiel) January 31, 2020

For 2 years polls have shown a consistent majority for remaining in the EU. In the recent Election a majority voted for parties who wanted another Brexit referendum. The Tories only had 43% of the vote. Despite all this we have to suffer Brexit triumphalism. pic.twitter.com/gFvmSTEZAq

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) January 31, 2020

For the day that's in it. https://t.co/wcqey2wuY9

— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) January 31, 2020

Half the country is being dragged into Brexit against its will. Nothing Brexiteers have done or said has persuaded anyone who was not already on their side in 2016. And they talk about national unity. Liars. https://t.co/s8VPwwxold

— David Andress (@ProfDaveAndress) January 31, 2020

Easily the biggest news of the day comes from @ChrisGiles_ – the Bank has lowered its estimate of how fast we can grow to a DISMAL 1.1% – https://t.co/vNb5BksuCh

How dismal? pic.twitter.com/BUgVnNbS5X

— Giles Wilkes (@Gilesyb) January 31, 2020

Oof! Bank of England predicts sustainable growth rate so slow it would severely limit any rise in real living standards, leave public finances struggling to meet demand for better public services, and constrain "levelling up" regions https://t.co/n7Y1O5eQ6J via @financialtimes

— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) January 30, 2020

BBC News – Manufacturers urge clarity on post-Brexit trade.
Business and economy editor @BBCDouglasF #bbcgms 0655 https://t.co/YF75rUZ9mn

— Gary Robertson (@BBCGaryR) January 31, 2020

Something Trumpian about this. First you make the BBC abase itself with Brexit drivel, then you execute them anyway. https://t.co/zPyJpRdiWn

— Paul McNamara (@M_PaulMcNamara) January 30, 2020

🗣 The Prime Minister will address the nation from 10 Downing Street on Friday night.

📲 Tune in from 10pm on @BorisJohnson's Facebook page. pic.twitter.com/fkaGV8hQTt

— Conservatives (@Conservatives) January 30, 2020

whenever Jim Davidson is about to say something racist, Brian May appears on one shoulder advising him against it and Farage appears on the other goading him on pic.twitter.com/1R4MZCY2Ru

— BRYN_BORANGA (@BRYN_BORANGA) January 30, 2020

This one-month free trial of 2020 doesn’t really make me excited for the rest of it…

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 31, 2020