A viral video shows Elizabeth Warren, whose Democratic presidential campaign has made railing against the “rich and powerful” a central theme, stepping off a private jet in Iowa Monday night. The Massachusetts senator was returning to the state after spending Monday in Washington, D.C., for the closing arguments in the impeachment trial of President Trump. At one point in the video, Warren seems to walk behind a staffer after apparently noticing the camera filming her in Des Moines. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh is expected to attend President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, where the president is to announce that Limbaugh will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the coming months. President Donald Trump told network anchors during a private lunch Tuesday that he will award Rush Limbaugh with the Medal of Freedom, one day after the prominent political radio host announced he has advanced lung cancer. Limbaugh has been a staunch ally of the President’s for years, and dined with him at his Palm Beach golf club over the holidays.

Clouded by doubts on a chaotic day-after, the Iowa Democratic Party began releasing partial results of the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucus on Tuesday. Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders were ahead in the initial results released by the Iowa Democratic Party, with Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar trailing behind in the tally of State Delegate Equivalents. The data, made public for the first time nearly 24 hours after voting concluded, reflected the results of 62% of precincts in the state. While campaigns were eager to spin the results to their advantage, there was little immediate indication that the incomplete results eased the confusion and concern that loomed over the opening contest of the Democrats 2020 presidential primary season.

President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has risen to 49%, his highest in Gallup polling since he took office in 2017. The new poll finds 50% of Americans disapproving of Trump, leaving just 1% expressing no opinion. The average percentage not having an opinion on Trump has been 5% throughout his presidency. Trump’s approval rating has risen because of higher ratings among both Republicans and independents. His 94% approval rating among Republicans is up six percentage points from early January and is three points higher than his previous best among his fellow partisans. The 42% approval rating among independents is up five points, and ties three other polls as his best among that group. Democratic approval is 7%, down slightly from 10%.

Two days after returning from a visit to London, the Vitznitzer Merkaz Rebbe (Reb Mendel) left early Tuesday morning on a mysterious trip which was kept top secret until the last moment, traveling toward Eilat with over 100 chassidim. The story began when 75 Vitznitzer chassidim who donated more than NIS 50,000 to Vitznitzer mosdos received a surprise message about a trip with the Rebbe and were asked to arrive at the main Viznitzer beis medrash in Bnei Brak at 4:30 a.m. with passports and tefillin, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. The trip was a complete surprise and was kept completely under wraps until the last minute.

President Trump blasted Democrats after Monday’s Iowa caucuses resulted in chaos and a failure to determine a winner even by Tuesday morning. The president cited the faulty process as just another example of Democrats having trouble running something important, such as the notorious crashing of the Affordable Care Act’s website during the Obama administration. “The Democrat Caucus is an unmitigated disaster. Nothing works, just like they ran the Country. Remember the 5 Billion Dollar Obamacare Website, that should have cost 2% of that,” Trump tweeted. Meanwhile, Brad Parscale, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, issued a statement Monday on the Iowa caucuses that have suffered a series of largely unexplained delays and raised questions about the legitimacy of the contest.

The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus were greatly delayed due to “quality checks” and new reporting rules, an embarrassing complication that added a new layer of doubt to an already uncertain presidential primary season. The party said the problem was not a result of a “hack or an intrusion.” The statement came after Iowa voters packed caucus sites across the state with at least four leading candidates battling to win the opening contest of the 2020 campaign, and ultimately, the opportunity to take on President Donald Trump this fall. Long before any significant results were released, the candidates pressed ahead with post-election rallies claiming momentum.

Every week, dozens of brissim are held in the Lederman shul with Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky serving as the sandak, but one of the brissim held on Monday morning was anything but routine. A bris was held on Monday for a baby whose father is currently serving a jail sentence,  B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. Before the bris, the man’s relatives asked Harav Chaim if the father could say the pesukim and the name of the baby from his prison over the phone. Harav Chaim paskened that it was permissible for the father to say the pesukim by phone and appoint the mohel as his shaliach. Harav Chaim served as the sandak and the father – as planned – said the pesukim over the phone and named the baby Neriya.

A Haaretz investigative report on Monday morning revealed incriminating information about Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman, who brought Israel to 2nd and now 3rd elections due to his refusal to join the right-wing coalition over the issue of the IDF recruitment agreement for Chareidim. The report revealed that when Lieberman served as Defense Minister from 2016 -2018, he was personally involved in handing out hundreds of exemptions from IDF service to Chareidim. According to the report, when Lieberman- the very Lieberman who turned incitement against the Chareidim as his campaign battle call – was Defense Minister, he had an open-door policy in his office in the Defense Ministry for Chareidim.

Rush Limbaugh just announced on his radio program that he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He says he will not be on the air for some days due to treatment. DEVELOPING STORY – REFRESH FOR UPDATE
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